Currently, the legal marriageable age in Niger is 18 for girls, and yet according to UNICEF, Niger has the highest prevalence rate of child marriage in the world. Approximately 76% of girls are married before the age of 18 and 28% marry before they are 15 years old. Pray for workers...
When “Sanka” decided to follow Christ, his father, a marabout and devout Muslim felt humiliated that his son would choose to bring shame on his family by abandonning Islam. Sanka’s father relentlessly persecuted him to the point that he questioned whether or not he and...
"And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and their boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him....
Pray for “Sebastian,” a man who was recently in a serious car accident and sustained a severe head injury. Sebastian has been in a coma since the accident and remains in critical condition. Although most of his family is Muslim, one of Sebastian’s brothers is...
The Wodaabé place a high value on physical beauty and believe themselves to be attractive people. The highest priority for Wodaabé parents is to have pretty children. In some cases, a man who is not considered to be attractive will share his wife with another...
Praise God for “Sonny,” a man who recently accepted a job as a guard on a Christian’s property. When Sonny and his family first heard about Jesus, they were hungry to hear more. On Christmas, they heard a sermon about the birth of Christ and...
"The Lord opened her (Lydia’s) heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And after she was baptized, and her household as well...
According to joshuaproject.net, there are 13,598,000 Hausa living in Niger, and only 1.6% of them are evangelical Christians. Hausa beliefs are typically Islam intermingled with animism. They believe in spirits and participate in traditional rituals including sacrificial offerings to the spirits and to the spirit...
Praise God that “Kafisou’s” health continues to improve. A few months ago, Kafisou’s abdomen had been abnormally swollen and he was experiencing tremendous pain. His parents are grateful that his abdomen is only slightly enlarged and his pain has decreased significantly. Pray for his continued...
"And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us...