Since 2001 I have made five trips to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. I fell in love with the people and consider it a second home now. I wouldn’t mind living there, but it isn’t easy adjusting to the frequent power outages and endless traffic jams.

I primarily work in Nigeria with Rev. Mosy Madugba, an apostle based in the city of Port Harcourt. Mosy hosts an annual Ministers Prayer Network conference attracts up to 10,000 pastors and leaders. I have addressed this conference twice, challenging the Nigerians to liberate their women and to dismantle cultural mindsets that abuse and demoralize women and girls.

Here is a photo of Mosy Madugba, who is also on my reference board.

The first time I addressed this audience, in 2002, a group of Nigerian pastors came to the altar to repent for the way women have been treated in their nation. They asked God to forgive them for domestic violence, the shunning of widows, and the male pride that has made women feel inferior. A great healing began that day. I can still hear the sound of thousands of Nigerian women weeping as the Lord healed their hearts that day.

I often visit the city of Lagos to work with two emerging leaders of the Nigerian church—Tony Rapu (pastor of This Present House, a growing church with many university students) and Ladi Thompson (pastor of Living Waters Unlimited Church). Ladi has a special ministry aiding the persecuted Christians of northern Nigeria. I will be doing more work in the north in the days to come.