August 20, 2009
Aniefiok Akpan is the Director of WEI in Nigeria while serving as Principal of Rhema Academy, and ministering to the Campus Church of Christ at Uruk Otong. He and his wife, Etang, use WEI as an evangelistic tool and are reaping a harvest under trying circumstances. Fifty of their students have been baptized in recent months.
In July, Aniefiok wrote, “Two middle-aged women believed the gospel, accepted Christ and were baptized in our campus church. They were brought to the Lord by Brother Monday James Udo, a World English Institute student who was converted during Rhema Summit 2009.”
A few days later, Aniefiok wrote, “We are facing constant threats to our lives and property daily. . . . We narrowly escaped when our family compound was raided by dare-devil armed robbers last year. . . We slept in the bush with our little daughter Nancy throughout the night and subsequent nights.”
Then, a few days later, Aniefiok wrote, “Yesterday was a great day for us. We received a phone call last night from a preacher friend of ours, brother Iboro Ikafia. He told us that three of our WEI students in Ika area accepted Christ and were baptized in his congregation yesterday.”
On 9/11, Aniefiok wrote, “We have survived another difficult night of fear. Shortly after midnight, our security dog, Tarzan, barked on a very serious note. Then, we heard a gunshot within our premises. After the gunshot, Tarzan ceased to bark. With trembling and fear of being attacked by armed robbers, we knelt and prayed for safety and protection. It was indeed a sleepless night. This morning, we found Tarzan stone dead from a gunshot.”
Aniefiok and Etang are understandably concerned about their safety. They are serving God under difficult circumstances. Aniefiok wrote to say that they are getting another dog to guard their home.
Let us remember the Akpans in our prayers
