Hello {{alias | friend}}, 👋🏽

It’s been over a month since the last issue, and this seems to be becoming a trend. 😭Hopefully, we’ll soon see why this one was late 🤞🏽.

Regardless, I apologize for the lateness 🙏🏽, and invite you to explore the details below.

Let’s dive in! 🪂

This season has been a busy and tiring one, {{alias | friend}} 😪.

I've had to scout for, and move into an apartment in the past month. It was exhausting. I remember the haulage guy belting "Lift! Lift!!" 😅. I didn't feel the pains from all that lifting till the next day 🤠. We're still settling in, but the apartment is in a much better shape than it was initially ✨.

I've also had to travel to Lagos twice this past month 🚘.

Once for a Family Retreat and the most recent one was for a series of Missions Conferences. I was particularly happy to learn about the essential elements of Family Worship, and what that could look like practically. I had experimented with different things in the past 👨🏽‍🔬, and really needed some direction in that regard 🤠.

I must confess that my junk-to-proper-food ratio has been quite high in this season 🫣. My biological dad, being a healthy food advocate would be disappointed, and I wonder what God thinks of me in that regard 😭.

I used to have snacks handy in my room to quell any hunger that rears its head while I'm working. I've found that to be a lethal convenience, and I've moved them into the kitchen now, tucked away into a top drawer. Short me has to work to get snacks now 😅. Even then, I still take them a lot, in multiples too 🥲.

I have reasonable excuses for this behaviour, but I'm praying the Lord gives me a disdain for it, as it is sinful 🤲🏽.

In the past month, I spent most of my time working with Upstream, to wrap up the paid contract I had started earlier. By God's grace, we were able to deploy an app to the stores - Google Playstore and Appstore ✨.

We pray and trust that the Lord will use this app to point His people in Bhutan towards Christ, the Source of life and only hope of this dying world 🤲🏽.

I've also requested permission to share the hymnal 👌🏽, but it's not been granted just yet. I will nudge the stakeholders once more, and Lord-willing, share it as soon as I have permission 🤞🏽.

Sadly, I didn't make any progress on Whatchu Believe 😔, and on two separate occasions, I received commensurate rebuke and encouragement in that regard 🥲. The first was from a friend and accountability partner, and the second was from a sermon at the Missions Conference 🤠.

Lord-willing, I will double down on finalising the scheduling platform next 🤞🏽.

It was a Wednesday, and had just been shooed off by some muslims who threatened to beat us up 🤠. In their defence, they accused us of trespassing - trying to “proselytise” during one of their festivals 🤷🏽‍♂️. Not too long after, we encountered an old woman who gave us audience ✨.

Seeing that she was communicating in Yoruba, I introduced us, and explained that my brother¹ was going to engage her with the gospel in Yoruba 🤠.

"Why not you?", she asked.
"Ma'am, my Yoruba still has training wheels 😭", I explained.

"I'm also not a fluent speaker, but I want you to share the gospel with me in Yoruba", she insisted 🤠.

I struggled through explaining the character of God and the rebellion of man, and it was roughly here that she permitted my brother to intervene 😅.

After we had shared with her, she overflowed with joy ✨.

Apparently, she was already a believer ✨, and even though she is not a local, she regularly evangelises in Yoruba 📢. She prayed for us, opened Scripture before us and even walked with us for a considerable distance 👫🏽👬🏽 before bidding us depart, all the while encouraging us to hold on to Christ ✊🏽.

It was pleasant to have met this woman, and I was encouraged ✨.
I mean, if an Igbo woman could properly read the Yoruba Bible and evangelise in my mother tongue, I have hope 🤠.

Here are a few specific ways you can pray with me 🙏🏽:

I pray intentionally for my partners regularly, and I'd love to know how I could be specifically praying for us. If you are interested, use the button below to share prayer requests, and I'd be happy to join you in praying for them.

Before I resigned from Lune, my bosses gave me a parting gift which included a Swiss Army knife 🗡️. It's proved to be handy ever since, and it was particularly useful while settling into the new apartment ✨.

However, I accidentally cut myself with it, at some point 😬.
Instantly, I saw this ball of rich glistening red fluid seep out of the cut 🩸.

"Oh wow! My blood - how deep and rich and beauti..." [drip🩸] [drip🩸]
"Oh no! I have to stop the bleeding - I can't waste this."

"..also, I may die if I don't 🤠"

It took a while (and a bunch of calls to my mum²) to stop the bleeding, but I'm glad I was able to 🥳.

After a while, it got me thinking, and I'd love to invite you to think about how precious blood is - especially human blood 🩸, and consider with me:

Well, Jesus did just that - He shed His blood (wayyy more precious than mine ✨) and gave His life for His people while they were still enemies, so that in Him they will find eternal life ✨. This act is a beautiful demonstration of love 💝, and the life it produces cannot be found elsewhere!

Have you found this life? Please, look to Jesus if not 🙏🏽.

That’s all for now, {{alias | friend}}! 🤠
See you in less than a month, Lord-willing 🤞🏽

Till then, may we become increasingly acquainted with the depths of God’s love for us in Christ Jesus. 🤲🏽

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