Source: The Christian Post, January 15, 2022
Oscar Amaechina, the president of Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network in Abuja, Nigeria, will never forget the day he thought his life would end.
”I remember there was a particular mission field where we were ministering to people, and some people came to kill us,” Amaechina told The Christian Post. “They confessed that they were there to kill us. We saw them with their machetes, we saw them with their swords, and we believed that that was our last breath. We thought we were going to take our last breath and go.”
While staring death in the face, Amaechina and his fellow missionaries decided to offer one last act of kindness to their persecutors.
“We gave them rice, gave them spaghetti, gave them cream and soup … and they moved away from us,” he recalled. “They returned, and one of their leaders spoke to us through an interpreter and said, ‘We were here to kill you. Since we are poor, no one has ever given us gifts, but because of these gifts, we want to become Christians.’”
The assailants’ instant change of heart, Amaechina said, both shocked and amazed him.
“I couldn’t believe it,” he shared. “And we led them to Christ. It was wonderful, it was awesome, and it was an eye-opener. Since that day, we have never resisted showing kindness. There’s power in kindness and love. And that is what we believe in ministry.”
The full story includes a 15-minute video interview with Amaechina talking about ministry in Nigeria.
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