by Melissa | Feb 23, 2015 | Life in Nigeria, Supporters
A couple of weeks ago, the Grace Gardens outreach team went into one of the brothels and we were met with more hostility than we had been met with in a long time. The brothel manager tried to kick us out and one of the girls tried to hit me when I tried to start a...
by Melissa | Dec 23, 2014 | Life in Nigeria
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the...
by Melissa | Jun 3, 2014 | Life in Nigeria, Slider
I know Nigeria has been in the news often lately. All of us missionaries who live here have seen the news and we have all had e-mails and/or phone calls from well meaning family and friends asking us why we are staying here and at what point we will leave. I have...
by Melissa | Apr 24, 2014 | Life in Nigeria, Slider
This last week in the brothels, we got three girls to sit and listen to Mercy share the gospel. One girl was sitting right in front of her room as Mercy spoke about the righteousness of God and His love for these ladies. As Mercy spoke, I started hearing a man’s...
by Melissa | Apr 24, 2014 | Life in Nigeria, Slider
A few weeks back we had an outreach party with the ladies from the brothels. We invited them to Grace Gardens, made them lunch, shared the gospel, gave them a tour of Grace Gardens and sent them off with new bibles and gift bags. A couple weeks ago a woman who came to...
by Melissa | Mar 2, 2014 | Life in Nigeria, Slider
Last Thursday, we drove 5 vehicles to the brothels to pick up any prostitute who would come to Grace Gardens for a party! We had advertised it for two weeks, passed out invites and everyone at Grace Gardens was all excited to introduce new ladies to Grace Gardens! We...
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