Mission Trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia. Rev. Patrick R. Novak D/Min, P.H.D., Senior Pastor of Church of the Valley in Santa Clara, California discusses the church’s mission trip.

Pastor Patrick Novak introduces Marilyn Kibambe and Paige Takemoto, who offer testimony on the D.O.N.E. (“Discipling Our Nations Effectively”) mission trip to Africa.

From Church of the Valley in Santa Clara CA, Paige Takemoto shares the details of her church mission trip to Africa and how it has changed her life and outlook on the world, as well as her relationship with the Lord.

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Thanks to those who lifted me up in prayers for the three days revival.  A three days revival was led by me at the Philadelphia International Church in PA who Pastor is Pastor Samuel Martin.  My testimony couple with the message God put in my heart for His people (LIFTING UP GOD’S GIFT TO THE CHURCH), was heart touching many experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon them.  Many were transformed by the word.  Members testify that there are great changes now in the congregation towards the church and Pastor.  They have learned to honor, and appreciate their Pastor and also to be a blessing to the church in any way they can.

As usual Doris minister in songs for the three days.

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Immediately after she was baptized, Joel fled the city for the village (name withheld) because of continuous harassment and pressure from family members and friends. From the village, Joel now reports that the Lord is working through her to His glory and many are getting to be saved through her testimony. At her request the ministry has send Evangelist Testimony Weah to assist her in what we believe the Lord is about to do through her. With in a period of two month, two cells groups have been established.
Joelle  was baptized on Saturday June 30, 2007, by Rev. Thomas Browne after she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She is the only member of her family who is a Christian. Contrary to the family pronouncement that she is frustrated, Joelle is normal, well and very intelligent.

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This past Sunday Bishop Abdoulaye and Doris Ba joined us. Bishop Abdoulaye serves as General Overseer for DONE Ministries in Senegal. After recounting how he became a follower of Jesus Christ after his conversion from Islam Abdoulaye talked about Mission and his understanding of mission.

Abdoulaye defined mission as sharing the name of Jesus Christ with those who do not know the love of God. What struck me most about Abdoulaye’s message was his singular focus on the “power of God” at work in the world and the idea that the news of Jesus Christ is fundamentally good news.

Abdoulaye also emphasized that the call to be a missionary has little to do with geography. As best I can remember he said, “If you have the money to come to Africa and be a missionary great, but if you don’t you can be a missionary right where you are”. This reminded me of a quote from Dr. Alister Begg, “There is no better place to serve God that right where he put you”. I personally think the challenge is to find ways to share the good news of Jesus Christ in the United States in an area where faith is becoming increasingly public yet increasingly private all at the same time.

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Women from all walks of life came to celebrate this wonderful occasion with us. Pastors’ wives, members from different evangelical churches in Senegal, Catholics friends in the neighborhood, Muslim women, diplomats from the American, Nigerian, and Congolese Embassy were also present. They all heard the Word of God and were blessed. The speaker preached on the life of Deborah, and how she made herself available and God used her for His glory. God is respects people and women are as useful to Him as men (GAL 3:28). She emphasized on the power of prayer and challenged women to rise up in prayer. To be women of integrity, women that will build their homes and not destroy it with their own hands – virtuous women. Many women stood up to be prayed for. Learn about how D.O.N.E. Inc. encourages women toward self-sufficiency with micro-enterprise.

Mrs. Cecile Diedhou Shares Testimony

My first two children are girls, and I was believing in God for a boy child after my second girl, but it seemed impossible to get pregnant. For eight years I tried, I went to see the Doctor thinking that something was wrong with me but the Doctor said that, absolutely nothing was wrong with me. It happen that the women department of the church declared a three days fast and prayer at the church. This was my prayer request to them that God would breathe life in my womb, and He did. After the three days fast and prayer, I had a dream. One of the Pastors in the church handed a baby boy to me to take care of. The next day I knew that God had answered my prayer. After few months I got pregnant, and God blessed me with a baby boy. His name is Victor Diedhou. God hears and answers the prayers of the patient and delivers them out of their troubles (JDG 4:3) THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER.

Testimony of Healing at Mbad Village

My husband and I are assigned to the Mbad church which has about five hundred inhabitants. Over thirty children from the surrounding villages come every Sunday to church. Very few adults come to church. By the Grace of God, the children are now bringing their parents to church. There was a little boy whose mother had been suffering from leg pain for over a year. She couldn’t walk long distance, because of this handicap she couldn’t afford to work and feed her children. She is the sole provider for her family. She went from witch doctor to witch doctors to find healing but to no avail. She had charms around her leg. Her son told her about the church; therefore, she decided to come. We introduced her to Jesus Christ. She decided to follow Jesus. She removed the charms, and she came for three days prayer. On the fourth day she met me at the well and told me that she’s well now she can walk in the market and on the farm because Jesus had healed her. This Testimony from this woman had brought other women in the village to believe in Jesus and, come to church.

Children’s Dance Group

The children of the church organized themselves and form a dance group by the name “BORN AGAIN”. This was their first performance. According to the President of this group, he said dance is for the children of God and not for the World. We are going to take back what the devil have stolen from us. We will bless the Lord with our dance and all that is within us bless the Holy name of the Jesus Christ.