From: Evang. Lawson S. Sampson [lawson_ro@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:15 AM
To: jddetweiler@yahoo.com; rmhelton@houston.rr.com
Subject: Pastor Lawson's Ministry Update and Prayer Request!!!!!!!


Dear Friends and prayer Partners,
 
Greetings to you all you in Jesus name Amen.
 
Please I am sorry for this late update is due to the fact that I have been preparing our sports ministry team for State League since Febuary 2007. Please thanks for all your supports and prayers.
 
As it were, the sports ministry team trained throughout the month of Febuary and early March in preparation for the mentioned tournament in order to keep fit physically and spiritually as well. By His grace we played our first League with Pillars FC, and before the Match commence we gave them the gospel of John bibles and try to build some relationship with players. This all took place on the 10th of March 2007, and our team won the Match by 3 goal to 2 in favour of our sports ministry team. The 18th of this month when we are going to play the opening March. Our Sports ministry team won to playing the opening ceremony Match as other teams coaches and the organizing body pick us during the ballots. This opening ceremony Match is very important and special to our sports ministry team because of the kind of personality that will be present and the opportunity for us to share our faith with many and giving of the gospel of John to the team we are going to play with, namely, Owebessibe FC. Most of the players in this team are unsaved so please pray for us earnestly. Thanks.
 
The church here too will be having a 3 days revival programme at the church auditorum the last week in March By His grace. The Theme of the event is tagged: ALIVE FOR THE MASTER'S PURPOSE and our guest minister will visit from Ghana. Please keep the programme in your prayers daily as always because we are going to invite to saved and unsaved people to join us during this time. We all are created and Alive for the Masters purpose but so many people in the world do not understand that and it is our prayers that the Holy Spirit would unfold to each us during this programme how we are created for His Purpose. Please pray! Thanks.
 
On the other hand, By His grace and provisions I will be leaving for Ghana on my first mission trip in the year 2007. I have been invited to come and be a blessing at church for 4 days, and we are going to be feeding 50 Orphans at the Liberia Refugee camp. I am also going to be meeting with churches pastors and leaders. I shall be discussing with them when possible I should visit to teach them in a conference on how to effectively win souls for Christ through Sports Ministry. I will be meeting with all the coaches and soccer teams in the refugee camp as well. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss on how we can host an evangelistic tournament in the camp for the teams there, and how a conference could be scheduled to educate the coaches on how to evangelize through Sports. I will also be meeting with The Shot-Put Regin Convener as well to discuss on how we are going to organize the Pre-Nations Cup More than Gold evangelistic competition because during our last sports Ministry partnership conference we agreed that a porgramme will be in place in order to create awareness for the African Nations Cup that will take place in Ghana come January 2008. Beloved brothers and sister this what I will be doing Lord willing through my stay in Ghana. From 2nd through 16th April 2007. Please I need your prayers and support. Thanks.
 
Prayers Items:
1. Please pray that the Lord would provide the funds for the feeding of the Orphans in the refugee camp. It is will cost Approximately $302 for the feeding and the purchase of the cooking items.
2. Please pray for my traveling funds that the Lord would provide because at this moment nothing has come in for the journey, feeding, lodgeing accomodation. It would cost approximately $500 for round trip, feeding, accomodation, incountry transportation for 14 days.
3. Please pray for all the events that will take place in Ghana that It would bring glory to the Lord.
4. Please pray that I would be an effectively worker as one of the GNP's work with Churchsports interantional. I have been appointed as one of her GNP's that will be represent them 10 times a year in different churches and areas in which Brother Rodger could not visit because of his busy scheduled. Please pray for me!
5. Please pray that all the meetings I would be having when I get there would be fruitful from the beginning till the end.
6. Please pray for my safety as journey through 4 different borders and that the Lord would deliver me from the hands of evil there in Ghana and on my way to Ghana.
7. Please pray that the word of God would run swiftly and be honored even as it is with us today and that many will come to Christ as well.
8. Please pray that the Lord would touch hearts to give for this work generously.
Thanks to each of you for your prayers and supports. May the Lord God Almighty bless and keep each of you in Jesus name Amen.
 
Lawson S Sampson
Crossway Evangelical Ministries World-Wide
Mount Olivet Prayer Garden, Anaye-Ajara Badagry Expressway
P.o.Box 191 Badagry
Lagos Nigeria West Africa
Phone: +234-8034088963
Email: lawson_ro@yahoo.com


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