Isaac Daye Report

Isaac Daye <ikdaye@yahoo.com>

04/24/2008 08:50 AM

 

 

 

 

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LIBERIA MISSION TRIP-ISAAC DAYE

 

 

 




The marching order from our Lord and Commander in Chief is ‘go and preach the gospel to all nations, in obedience I have gone from one continent to another, one nation to another, one city to another, one town to another.
Often it seems we focus more on urban evangelism then rural and there are so many reasons we can give for that, availability of basic amenities-lights, good roads, hospitals, internet, pharmacies, water, banks ect,ect
 One good lesson I learned from our Lord is that He balance His outreach and I said to myself that we must leave the city and big towns and go to the villages as the Lord did-(Mt 9:35;Mk 6:6;36;56).
I spend 18 days in Liberia on this trip and 8 of them in Bong County working in four villages and my experience and encounter with the villagers rent my heart and brought tears down my check on certain occasion.
 
In Yeniquille I saw hardship and difficulties and a struggling Church of Christ, membership 15 before our arrival that rose to 25 before our departure two days later.
 
Next we move to Isaac David Town that have a congregation of over 60 but meets in a hut that was built to seat 25,we spend one day working there show the passion and before we left 5 souls were baptized and the church appeals for $1,500 to enlarge their building to hold 150,I highly recommends this appeal as a good investment.
In Mamua we met a very aged church of mostly women who said to us that they have been abandoned by the churches of Christ in the cities and for the first time I saw something I will also remember old ladies accompanying us on house to house and before we left this village and the church 4 souls were added unto their number.
The high light of our campaign was Johnson Caldet village were a church was planted after 14 souls give their lives in baptism after watching the passion of Christ and receiving a brief soul searching sermon from me, they were baptized two  hours  to mid nigh in a jungle river nearby.
This village is one of nine that is serve by one Baptist Church and our presence in the area brought joy to many and the Baptist minister who worked with us through out our two days visit express desire to be baptize and for us to come and teach his over 60 member harvest Baptist Church.
The village has set aside 25 acres of land for mission work that will be given to any church that may need it. Brethren with the newly established Church of Christ in this village and the offer of the chief and villages, I see this as an open door and a great opportunity for the saving of souls and the growth of the Church in that part of Liberia, the vision is to establish a school to provide the uneducated village kids with education, build a modern church building for worship and a clinic to meet the medical needs of the surrounding villages. For this I am not asking you for any financial support but a link to any Para church ministry of the churches of Christ that is seeking for a fertile mission field to carry out a long term and productive mission work or a Church with such a vision.
In all a total of 42 souls were baptized on my trip.
I offer my special thanks to God and all who pray for us and provided financial support for my trips and mission work, God bless and keep you in good health and prosperity.
More interest news on this trip and pictures will be coming to you soon; I need to rush back to the Gambia for a very important church engagement, that is the ground breaking ceremony for the Kanifing Church of Christ new place of worship before going to Sierra Leone some time in May and stay continue to ask for your prayers.
Our team member included John Travis, Nathan Tears, Gabriel and myself. 

 
 
PEACE.
ISAAC K. DAYE
P.O. BOX 4066 BAKAU,
THE GAMBIA.
TEL: +220 439 5407
MOBILE: +220 992 5398
E-MAIL: ikdaye@yahoo.com


 

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