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AFRICANUS Report (English) – April 2, 2023

by | May 29, 2023

Greetings from the Motherland of Africa & the Mid-Atlantic US!
“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown...” (Proverbs 12:4)
Dear Kip, Elena, and FOMM Family,

Greetings from Johannesburg!  The church rejoiced on Sunday as Xolani, a Wits University student, and Hlengiwe, the wife of our brother Musa Malinga, were baptized!  Xolani is a first-year nursing student, and Hlengiwe works for the loan department at a prominent bank in Johannesburg.  Please continue to pray for more prominent South African nationals to be won for the LORD!

In Lagos, the LORD blessed our plan to split the Mainland Region in sectors, one of which is our Campus Sector, which had their Inaugural Service on Sunday at the University of Lagos campus.  With 35 campus disciples, they had a total attendance of 122 campus students and another 30 students online as they witnessed the baptism of Mimi, a student majoring in Theatre Arts!  The Yaba Sector in Lagos also baptized a single professional named Toby, a software developer.  In Kampala, the fruit of loving discipling has exposed major sins within a family, but I am grateful that the leadership there was eager to seek advice to avoid any further pain.  Please pray for this precious church to stand firm and remain holy despite Satan’s schemes!

Our brother Blaise Feumba reported that the LORD blessed their prayers for the month of March as 106 souls were baptized into Christ throughout the French Africa churches!  To God be the glory!  Please continue to pray for our respective Missions Conferences entitled, “Show Me Your Glory” from June 2-4th (French African Missions Conference in Abidjan) and June 23-25th (the African Missions Conference in Lagos)!
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Xolani and Hlengiwe are spiritual twins as they celebrated their baptisms on Sunday!  Please pray for our campus ministry at the University of Witwatersrand to continue to grow as we have 14 students at the #2 ranked school in all of Africa!  
Hlengiwe and Musa are grateful to be united in the LORD since Musa’s baptism in November of 2020.  Please pray for this precious couple to be used by God powerfully in Johannesburg and beyond!
It takes a village to make disciples in the Motherland!  Patrique is truly “my crown” as she has been doing a great job training the sisters to win hearts on campus, in the singles as well as the marrieds – all while homeschooling two children!  
Please pray for the Malinga Family, as Hlengiwe’s mother also joined our service to witness her baptism!  God is moving to win their extended family!
LAGOS, NIGERIA
The LORD blessed the faith of the Lagos campus disciples as they were able to reserve the beautiful Julius Berger Hall at the University of Lagos for their worship services!  
Miracle (left), aka “Mimi,” rejoices at her baptism with her roommate Dami Kadiri (right) who reached out to her!  Despite Miracle’s father being a pastor at one of the most influential churches in all of Nigeria (The Redeemed Christian Church of God), Miracle held onto her convictions and respectfully challenged her father on his religiosity and hypocrisy!
Toby (center), overcame his reluctance to come out to church after doing the Kingdom study, and started giving his whole heart before being baptized!  Please pray for the saints in Lagos as they have two more predictions next week, and they are currently seeking a location for their third sector within the Mainland Region of Lagos in Ikeja!
KAMPALA, UGANDA
Prayer Request Update:  The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has called on African leaders to reject “the promotion of homosexuality,” suggesting that he will sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which was passed by the Ugandan parliament last month.  This bill imposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” and life imprisonment for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “activities.”  Speaking last Sunday, Museveni said that “Africa should provide the lead to save the world from this degeneration and decadence, which is really very dangerous for humanity.”   Corporate giants in the western world are already threatening that this law would hurt Uganda’s economy.
Please join the Kampala saints in prayer as we beg God to give the leaders of Uganda the wisdom to lead their people to “live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” (1 Timothy 2:2).  Pray also for the church to expose any other hidden sins so they can remain humble, holy, and hungry for the Harvest!  
In this Year of Miracles, please pray that the LORD will guide us as we lead others to the truth in an age of confusion!  Don’t forget to mark your calendars now for our African Missions Conferences in Abidjan (June 2-4) and Lagos (June 23-25)!  We’ll see you there!  

Much love,

Andrew & Patrique