September update

Dear friends,

We send you greetings in the Name of our Lord.

We have been back one month now and the semester is well under way. 367 students have registered for study this semester and that is the largest number we have ever had. Praise the Lord people are still interested in studying for Christian ministry (Eph. 2:10).

The last time I wrote I mentioned having to set up a battery-based freezer system since the Kerosene fridge isn’t working as well as it should. Thank the Lord the freezer section in the Kerosene fridge is working well enough during this rainy season to keep things frozen. (The ambient temperature is only 23C at this time of year.) As the weather gets hotter, though, we will need the alternative system. We purchased a small chest freezer and a deep-cycle storage battery locally, and brought a multi-stage battery charger and an inverter back from the UK. Unfortunately, the inverter just isn’t able to provide the high kick-in current the freezer motor needs so we will have to buy a more powerful inverter to get the system working.

I am enjoying teaching Galatians this semester. It is a level-4 class so the students are nearing the end of their degree studies and actively take part in discussion with some great ideas and observations to help us all learn how to apply the text to life here. There are 39 students in that class.

Pray that Debbie will be able to block off some hours each week for study in her D.Min. programme. There are always so many things to do here and teaching is very time consuming so it is hard to fit everything in.

A team from the National Universities Commission is coming to the Seminary soon since the accreditation of our degree programmes by the University of Jos is up for renewal. Pray that visit turns out well. Thanks.

Please keep on praying for Dennis Shelly who had surgery on his lower spine in the US. Though he is recovering from the surgery well, it was discovered his haemoglobin count is low and he is undergoing tests to try and sort that out. It looks like he will not be able to return to teach this semester but he is working on some things for the Seminary while he is in the US.

Thank you again for your prayers for us and the work here.

In Christ,

David and Debbie