“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
For most of the UBF members, the year 2012 was the year of Africa. And the Lord blessed the three African regional Bible conferences that took place during the first three weekends of August. At our UBF website (Home Contents), you can find detailed reports on them.
During the first weekend of the New Year 2013, we had a New Year African Directors’ Conference at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The conference was particularly meaningful for it took place at a place called “Bagamoyo” which means “I leave my soul here”, which is what African slaves, after having been caught by slave traders during the early part of the 18th century, but before being exported to a foreign land, gave a final look at their mother land, said. At the outset of the conference Missionary Timothy Chung said, “Let us pray that this land be changed from the land of exporting slaves to the land exporting missionaries.” And we did pray accordingly.
Missionary Andrew Kim, the African Co-ordinator, made a detailed report on this new year’s conference, and I trust that it is available online.
On my way from Tanzania to Los Angeles, I read from an inflight magazine (of the Ethiopian Airline) an article which I think is worth quoting. “We firmly believe that the 21st Century will be an African century. With its young and dynamic population, most of the world’s uncultivated arable land, untapped natural resources, a rising middle class, and fast economic growth, Africa will be the next and perhaps the last frontier in the advancement of globalization.”
Last December I visited Kenya to attend a wedding. At that time I saw that business-minded people such as the Brussel Airlines have a keen sense that “a big time money making opportunities” are opening up in Arica, so they opened up new services connecting the world with more than two dozen cities in Africa especially in the western region.
UBF shepherds and missionaries operating in Africa also understand the urgency/trend. And they pray to send out missionaries and shepherds reach out to souls in all unreached African nations. Missionary Peter Park of Nigeria for example prays to send out missionaries to and pioneer 14 French speaking African nations such as Ivory Coast.
Enemies also are working hard to disrupt the work of God in Africa. You’ve heard the prayer topics from one missionary in Sudan, especially the restriction of the religious freedom. There is also a news report on Mali where Muslim insurgents are taking over villages with guns and rifles. And the French government is losing out the battle against the villains.
Last August we were glad and prayed for one missionary arriving at the heart of Congo. But the project was canceled so he pulled himself out of the mission field. However, Missionary Truman Lee is in Ghana a new mission field.
Let us keep praying that the Lord empower us to send out shepherds to all 55 African nations.
One word: You will be my witnesses
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In Christ,
Isaac H. Kim
LA UBF
http://laubf.com
http://isaachkim.blogspot.com
Cell: 562-714-0417
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