pray without ceasing

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and encouragement.  What a testimony to the body of Christ.  The last two days have been a lot quieter.  The curfew was lifted till 5 pm.  There is still a heavy presence of police and military.  My heart is sad for the people here.  There is reported to be between 300-500 people killed and over 1,000 injured.    There are said to be approximately 25,000 displaced people in camps around the city.  We hope to be able to get out and help with relief efforts soon.  Many people here live day to day. With this lasting almost a week, they are out of money, food, and water. 
Hopefully school will start back on Tuesday or Wednesday.  I am anxious about how to process this with my students.  Many of them experienced the riots of 2008.  Please pray for wisdom as we all return to our ministries.  Pray that God would use this as an opportunity to proclaim His faithfulness in this fallen world. 
Please pray:
for the displaced people.  Pray that they would have access to basic living needs and that they would be reunited with family members.
for those who lost loved ones. 
for the church of Nigeria.  Pray for wisdom for the pastors and that the body of Christ would unite and boldy proclaim Jesus Christ to this city.
for spiritual awakening in the city of Jos. There are many who don't know the truth of the gospel.  Please pray that somehow through this, they would come to know Christ as their Savior.


I am reminded of the urgency of the gospel.  I pray that we would all live out our faith.  Thank you so much for your prayers.  God is faithful and He is everlasting.