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AFRICANUS Report (English) – February 5th, 2023

by | Feb 8, 2023

Greetings from the Motherland of Africa & the Mid-Atlantic US!
“And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and entreat him.” (Zechariah 8:22)
Dear Kip, Elena, and FOMM Family,

Greetings from the Motherland!  The Joburg disciples are fervently praying for God to bring an abundant harvest as we work to baptize true disciples!  Our campuses are finally getting back into session after three months, so we have begun campaigns across our Bible Talks to “make them come in.” (Luke 14:23).  God willing, our five predictions will make it next week.  The LORD is also gathering several members of the Joburg ICOC for revival – please pray as a former ICOC ministry leader, Roger Sibo, is eager to place membership next week!

The Lagos Church increased their studies this week, and have a prediction for baptism and restoration next week.  In Kampala, God blessed the church with a restoration of a single and the baptism of a campus student this week.  Please pray for this young planting as we prepare to send out the Nairobi, Kenya planting this June!

Exciting news from French Africa continues as 18 souls were baptized this week, and our sister church in Washington, DC also reports two more baptisms!  Please keep us in your prayers as disciples across the AFRICANUS World Sector beg God for “even greater” miracles! (John 14:12)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
We know that the harvest is plentiful on campus as the first-year students have arrived on the University of Witwatersrand for their Freshman Orientation.  All the students will return by February 21st after a three-month break when the university officially reopens, but we are eager to catch the “young ones” as they search for meaning and purpose on campus! 
Please pray for our brother Roger Sibo (far right), a former ICOC ministry leader who was baptized in the Joburg ICOC back in 1995.  Originally from Angola, Roger is fluent in both English and Portuguese, and brought out a bashful Joburg ICOC former member named Emmanuel (2nd from left) to our BYND service on Sunday.  Emmanuel is also originally from Angola.  Our brother Yuri Lauriano de Oliveira (3rd from left) is fired up to lead the planting to Maputo, Mozambique (Portuguese-speaking) in the near future!
Patrique and I are so proud of our precious daughter Naomi (left) as she is already in effective Bible studies since her baptism in January!  Please pray for her friend and fellow kingdom kid, Jordan Swartz (right), as she was so moved by Naomi’s conversion that she is now eager to seek the LORD!  Our sister Tina Nwachuwhu (center) has been a great “auntie” as we build a fruitful middle-school ministry!
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Lagos EVL & WML, Bolaji & Chinyere Akinfenwa (left), along with Region leaders Wale & Yinka Balogun, are prayerful that God will bring an abundant harvest in Lagos and beyond for his glory as they aim for 200 disciples and beyond!  Please pray for their two predictions this week!
KAMPALA, UGANDA
There was great rejoicing in Kampala as Rita Kyazike, a 2nd-year Industrial Art student at Makerere University was baptized!  Rita chose to study day and night despite being in the middle of exams to become a sold-out disciple of Jesus!
Rita shared powerfully at her baptism that she had been convicted by the sermon at her first visit to the Kampala church last week.  After the service, she called all her friends and shared that they were going to hell if they didn’t change from their religiosity!  She studied everyday with great delight and is now your sister!  To God be the glory!
The LORD also blessed the church with a restoration of another “Ritah” in the church – Ritah Kemigisha!  The word Ritah means “precious pearl,” and Uganda is known as the “Great Pearl” of Africa!  Ritah confessed and renounced her sins of greed, independence and rebellion and was warmly restored to the fellowship. 
God is clearly moving in His new movement!  Please pray for the many spiritual seeds that have been planted to produce an abundant harvest across the Motherland and beyond!

Much love,

Andrew & Patrique