Hello Followers of Jesus Christ our Great God and Savior ! It is with great pleasure I am introducing in this update a great ministry partner amongst the Muslims in W. Africa. We call him Lassina and he is precious to the Lord. Here is his introduction in his own words :
Lassina and Ina, working among dogosse people in Burkina Faso, West Africa:
Dear ones,
My wife Ina and I Balagassina (short name : Lassina), are grateful to God for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well. We are presently doing the ministry of Bible translation with our National Bible Translation Organisation ANTBA. We coordinate 16 Bible translation projects. Thus we share our time between two locations, Ouagadougou and Dogosse area. Moreover we share gospel with dogosse people in the villages.
The dogosse people are about 45000 persons and most of them are moslems and animists. However there are some young churches with about 150 christians. As we use to share gospel with dogosse people, the problem which confrontes us is how to deal with the new believers who are forced to flee as their parents persecute them. In the dogosse area also, the young girls are forced to marriage so they flee and come to church for finding a shelter.
Facing these problems, I prayed the Lord for help and He put in my heart the burden to welcome people in difficulties in a shelter where they can stay, hear the Word of God, give themselves to Jesus, become m
ature in faith, learn craft like carpentry, sewing, breeding animals, weaving, masonry, how to make soap and so on. Thus I built a small house and when I finished the house, the mayor of the village told me that it is a good project but It must be better if I had built it to an appropriated area. For the mayor the place I built the house will not be put in plot as it is reserved to become a communal forest. I was discouraged but with prayer I understood that satan is against my project. Here is the first house I built.
Recently I went to my village and looked for an appropriated place about 7 hectares. I am praying to God to be able to buy the place and start my project. It costes 1500 000 FCFA about 3000$. I already have 1/3 of the cost (500 000 FCFA or 1000$). My first step for accomplishing my project is to buy the land, the second step is to build houses, the third is to equip the houses and the last is to do the work by receiving people. It will be an evangelical training school with dorcas home inside. If it is God’s will I am planning to receive orphans and widows in it in the future.
Pray for me as I am planning to finish the New Testament in my mother tongue in 3 years and thus be free to do this ministry among dogosse people. Before the beginning of this ministry, I have to build houses and equip them.
I don’t want to do my will but God’s will. I am confident to the Scriptures which said in Psalm 127 : 1 that "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain…"
Pray for us and for pastor Don who came twice in our area to train dogosse christians, strenghten them for sharing gospel among dogosse people. We are praying to God for a such opportunity this year.
Pray also for my family, as we are waiting for a baby at the end of February. Pray also for the checking of the gospel of Matthew we will have in February with a Bible consultant.
Pray for dogosse churches and for dogosse ethnic group for salvation.
May the Lord bless you in the new year! Balagassina (Lassina) and Ina.
As I close this update I pray you have been blessed by hearing from this dear brother in Christ ! If you are interested in learning more about him go to the African Partners page of our website www.pouredoutforafrica.com.
Praise King Jesus!
Don Schwarz
Missions Pastor/Executive Director
Poured Out For Africa
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