A typical day when visiting with a National Evangelical Alliance involves interaction with church leaders, sharing the vision and mission of the regional/global alliance, learning about the work—accomplishment, current activities, challenges, state of the church etc. It is also an opportunity to clarify expectations, the mutual benefit of the alliance family and the biblical and theological significance of the alliance work in the mission of the Church.

This time round, our brothers and sisters were very expectant and had exciting and very rich programmes lined up for our visit. The NEAs were particularly expectant to have a visitor from the global body; the WEA. Programme schedules included, meeting with Church leaders not only of the evangelical alliance but also heads of other church traditions, courtesy calls on government officials (including the head of state in one case), preaching in churches on Sunday. I had the opportunity to share about the work of AEA/WEA and learn about the NEAs.

I was very encouraged about the work of the alliances, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone. These alliances have a visible and engaging presence of national importance and impacting the wider society with their services. Reports and visible signs of transformation were much of an encouragement to me and their experiences could be of value to other alliances.

Let me take the opportunity and commend these leaders and their nation to you for your prayers and support this month.

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