Job Description: Relationships

So our job description is in and we are pumped!

We will be involved in relationship building ministry with a Jos, Nigeria, through a community center called BRICC.  The focus for our short term trip will be to enter into relationships with people who live in the mixed Muslim-Christian neighborhood where BRICC has its office.  As we become familiar with the culture and build relationships, we may get involved in the programs BRICC has initiated in the neighborhood.  Initially, we will go as language and cultural learners. Our “learner status” can open up opportunities for deeper relationships which we pray will result in opportunities to share our faith.  Jeremy may have opportunities to use his music degree both in giving lessons and relating to men interested in guitar and perhaps occasionally writing and maybe performing music for BRiCC's promotional videos.  Katie may have opportunities to help with teaching seminars BRICC may facilitate. 

There may also be opportunities for us to participate in and eventually to help facilitate a newly launched ministry initiative called InReach, which is about taking to small groups of Nigerians, helping teach what BRICC has been learning about relationship building with Muslims: taking Muslim Evangelism from “an event” to a way of life.

I (Katie) am so excited about this job description because it fits so well with our passion to build relationships with Muslims and desire to see them come to Christ. It is also very cool to see how God is 

confirming some things He has already been talking to me about...I feel like He wants to use this trip to change my own heart and focus my desires on the only thing of lasting importance and that is developing sacrificial relationships that impact people for eternity. 

Please continue to pray for us during this exciting time. Some of the of our major prayer needs during the next few weeks are...

1. Courage to present our trip to our church family on Feb 2nd.
2. Time and energy to move our things into storage and ourselves into Jeremy's mom's house
3. Patience as we wait for God to provide the funds we need for our dream to become a reality. 
4. Persistence as we begin to learn Housa in order to relate better to the people we will meet.