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Peter Abdul-Razaq, OLAYINKA
P.O. Box 149 Imeko
Ogun State 110001,
NIGERIA.

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February 23, 2009
Greetings, BerkeleyVersion folks, in Jesus' name. How are you doing? God will bring to completion what He has started in your life. Amen. It is a dawn of a new day here. It is exactly 7.20am. People are going about their daily routine duties. There is apparently joy in every man's face. It was an indication of a happy Sunday yesterday. We were equally in the school for another week of work with our pupils. I choose to feel cheerful too, but I am yet to recover from the sight of the scene that I witnessed yesterday. Our mission efforts took us to another village called MUMU in Republic of BENIN. The people number slightly more than 200. They gave us a rousing welcome, the first of its kind in five to six villages we have visited in the recent times.

I am convinced that we are set for a collision course with the power of darkness that pervaded the whole village. After community prayers and exhortation for the people and few others who came out for special ministrations, we started receiving calls to pray for people. Imagine who the people were—the mad, the psychologically disturbed, the psychotics, and the diseased.

The village is a noted place for the cure of these categories of people where they made sacrifice on their behalf to ATINGA—the goddess of healing. A woman brought her husband from Nigeria to be healed of foot disease. There was a woman who, until January, was speaking, hearing and walking. But she has been denied of all now.

As we prayed for them all our people were expectant of rapid healing and recovery. But I looked at the situation and ascertain that there are people who needed just a minor medical attention. There are others with relationship and affection factors. Many who needed encouragement and others. We need prayers to be able to minister life to there people and that He will grant us wisdom to handle it and he will supply us with needed materials to minister to their physical needs. We need God at this time. I mean we need Him!

-- Olayinka Peter, and team

[The writer of this letter is often evangelizing in Nigeria for the Lord Jesus Christ. His name is Olayinka Peter. He originally visited our BerkeleyVersion web pages and filled out the request for the Gospel According to John CD set that is freely given away. He also asked for, and received, an NASB translation Bible—the New American Standard Bible.]

Peter's letter starts: "I hereby attached some of the pictures of our outreaches and the little group we have over here that is reaching out to village people. The majority are in high school, a few are in the University, and some are teachers in elementary school. You will see some of the beneficiaries of the Bibles you sent to me—not all are distributed—since we've got to give some out in other churches, and others scattered in other places. But we are sure they are being given to the right persons who value them and its uses and application.

This is the outreach team of members that are in high school, a few from the University and some are teachers in elementary school. You can see here the Bibles you sent us.

This is the outreach team of members that are in high school, a few from the University and some are teachers in elementary school. They deliver the Word of God out to people at the grass-roots level.

"We endeavor to reach out in two villages (Oke-Odo and Ijumu) shown here. The latest one in the neighboring Republic of Benin started this year. Because most of the time the villagers feared being molested by their neighbors, we usually reached out to them one-on-one. However, at times we do gather them for a short time—about 30-40 minutes for prayers and exhortation.

"In one of the outreaches to the Oke-Odo [the photo below], one of us ran into the grove of the strongest cult among the people—even during their meeting—although she was unaware that they were meeting at this time and that the place is meant for that purpose. To the amazement of this cult group, they have already applied juju power that will not allow non-member to come in. But they were surprised to see this sister unhurt and unharmed. Later on, they decided to shoot and machete her. But you see, God proved the powerlessness of their cult and god, and exalts His own kingdom even among them. Has He not said that, nothing shall by any means hurt us. And that He will be going with them with signs following. For, the kingdom is not in word, but in power. This I think has made some of them to respond to our call as against their traditional belief and power.

The Shepherd Olayinka Peter with his flock. Their ears are “open” to the Word of God he teaches them.

"At another village, Ijumu (Nigeria) [the photo below], the head of the village (Baale) has given his consent to the new movement and he always accommodates us and he is strong member of the church there. Now, there is sacred bush where the cult members are empowered for wicked act. The head of the community as a result of his new belief went and cut down this sacred bush. He was approached by the Cult leader never to attempt it, but the Baale went ahead. He was warned not to plant on it (the ground), he did. And as the time came to harvest the produce, the head of the cult—without previous sickness—died. This again boosts the morale of the villagers to come to the knowledge of Christ. Indeed in the Bible, Philip went to Samaria, and all with one accord gave heed to what he was saying when they see the signs and wonders being performed through Him. To God be the glory great things He has done!

Preaching and Bible study in the outreach station at Ijumu.

Pastor Olayinka Peter teaching the Word of God to villagers in Ijumu, Nigeria.

Larger view of the typical Nigerian village visited by Peter Olayinka and the Outreach Team.

Larger view of the typical Nigerian village visited by the Outreach Team.

"I am full of praise. I tell this always to my friend everywhere even the amount you send. There are some who use the whole time soliciting for fund on the net, yet you have given me the hand of fellowship, and thus you are teaching me about the love of Christ and to be good always as we have opportunity.

"Thanks for being there." -- Olayinka Peter

You, the viewers of www.BerkeleyVersion.com, have an option for a direct participation in his group's missionary effort. Olayinka Peter is very effective with his outreach team in these two villages in giving them the Word of the Lord he truly loves and devotedly preaches to all willing to listen. This website's association with Peter began with his simple request for CDs for himself and to receive a nicer study Bible. I sent him a fine NASB and it got through all the customs and mail delivery. He then emailed me to tell of his personal history—for he is college educated—and his desire to be full-time in the Lord's work.

In assisting him, www.berkeleyversion.com sent 15 Bibles—as you see here, the recipients are holding them—and 2 college dictionaries and a NASB Bible concordance. With grammar books also sent to him, Olayinka Peter now endeavors to improve the reading skills of villagers; for to read the Bible in English is a goal that many people have. Note: of the two hundred or so emails I have received from this country, and Ghana, Mr. Olayinka Peter writes with the best English of any—he definitely is a person of the Lord's choosing to lead in evangelizing the Africa around him.

So YOU, too, can participate in this successful ministry in an important way. Olayinka Peter can certainly use the shipment of more bibles (NASB, please)--contact me and I'll give you the address, or via Western Union some donation into Nigeria directly to him can be sent. But if you wish, send me the money and I will forward every bit of it to his group. He spends only after much prayer and obtaining guidance from the Lord.

Western Union requires this information: Name of recipient--Peter Abdul-Razaq OLAYINKA, with the nearest city service being in Lagos, Nigeria. (Note, his family name is Olayinka.) So that you understand, in my case, I paid the $20 service fee to Western Union in order that they deliver $200 to him over there. Besides their asking him to show identification, he must answer a four-words-or-less question you put to him on their form. (My Bible question involved the name of the translation I had sent.)

I can share this with you. On a certain night not too long ago, the Lord let me know that I would need to give two donations to Peter and the group's ministry; the first was for $200 and then three months on into the future, a little more than that again. I confirmed my heart to the Lord in obedience. Next morning, Peter's email reached me--first time in a couple of months--and he told he needed money, and this had been the very first time he had asked for it. So this was in keeping with the Lord's way of arranging finances for God's children in the Kingdom. In the Lord’s Name I give you this thanks for any help you may offer in helping spread the Good News to African villages Olayinka chooses to travel to. Their group is committed to faith sponsorship of a young girl in school. All this money for her school needs—uniform, books and the cafeteria—comes from what others can send to Olayinka Peter. Won't you have a part in this now?