Conference

What an amazing couple of days it has been! About 160 people attended the missions conference today, maybe a few less yesterday.

Can you find us?😂

Each morning the conference started with some singing and prayer time, followed by a devotional. There were speakers who challenged those in attendance to serve well, in a variety of areas. Very powerful teaching in each case. The speakers were able to handle the word properly. 

One big event of the conference was presentations by people who received money for projects after last year’s conference. Project managers, who included pastors missionaries, and evangelists, gave updates of how the funds were used, and the people impacted by their projects. 

As an example, MSE gave a pastors wife a few treadle sewing machines, the kind you pump with your feet. She brings in refugee girls and trains them to be tailors, and while training them shares the gospel, and disciples believers. All of here apprentices got saved.

One project close to our heart because of our work with CEF was this man.  

He used money from MSE for food and supplies, and using these fund he was able to hold a series of events across Benin. Around the country, about 4,000 children heard the gospel and about 400 believed!

The end of the day Friday was eagerly anticipated. Projects for the upcoming year had been presented to a committee on Wednesday, and now the 30 which were approved for funding were to be announced.There are 13 outreach projects and 17 discipleship projects for 2026.

Pictured below are 13 men with outreach projects selected for his coming year.

I was granted the privilege of praying for these man as they go out to do their work. 

I will learn more about the projects soon. There may be ways we can help support the work of these projects this year.

At the close of the event, Lisa and I were honored to be recognized as special guests, and received a gift from MSE. We are bringing this gift home with us, but the real gift is in our hearts and minds as we think about this trip, and the work of spreading the gospel here.