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Susi Childers has served with Youth With A Mission<\/a> (YWAM) for more than two decades, using her photography skills to open doors to communicate the love of Christ to people all over the world.<\/p>\n

Listen this week as Susi describes the impact of Loren Cunningham<\/span><\/a>, YWAM\u2019s founder who recently graduated to heaven, on her life and on encouraging her to use her gifts more fully to further the gospel. She\u2019ll also share some of the personal qualities that made Loren such an impactful and visionary leader.<\/p>\n

Susi will also share highlights from a recent trip to Nigeria, where she ministered to widows of Christians killed in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram or by Islamist militants from within the Fulani tribe. With more than 223 million people, Nigeria is the most populous country on the African continent. It is also a young country: 70% of the people are under 30. Susi believes that reaching the people of Nigeria with the gospel can be a key to reaching millions more all across the African continent.<\/p>\n

A YWAM training school in southern Nigeria is a refuge for widows and orphans, providing them with a place to heal, as well as six months of training and discipleship. Many of the widows desire to go back to northern Nigeria, in spite of the loss they suffered there, to advance the gospel and live out their faith in Christ.<\/p>\n

With her camera in hand, Susi went to visit and meet the widows and their children. Night after night, she awakened to hear singing and found, in the wee hours of the morning, these women gathered to read the Bible and pray for their persecutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a holy place,\u201d Susi said. \u201cGod hears the suffering of each individual day and night. He\u2019s challenging us to carry a little piece of His heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen as Susi shares how God led her to take donated jewelry with her on this visit to Nigeria, and how God used that jewelry to remind these widows of His abiding love for them. Susi and her husband, Paul, have both previously been guests on VOM Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the podcast<\/a>Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily reminders to pray for persecuted Christians\u2014in the VOM App<\/a> for your smartphone or tablet. You can give online to support VOM\u2019s ministry to the persecuted church here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susi Childers has served with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for more than two decades, using her photography skills to open doors to communicate the love of Christ to people all over the world. Listen this week as Susi describes the impact of Loren Cunningham, YWAM\u2019s founder who recently graduated to heaven, on her life and on encouraging her to use her gifts more fully to further the gospel. She\u2019ll also share some of the personal qualities that made Loren such an impactful and visionary leader. Susi will also share highlights from a recent trip to Nigeria, where she ministered to widows of Christians killed in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram or by Islamist militants from within the Fulani tribe. With more than 223 million people, Nigeria is the most populous country on the African continent. It is also a young country: 70% of the people are under 30. Susi believes that reaching the people of Nigeria with the gospel can be a key to reaching millions more all across the African continent. A YWAM training school in southern Nigeria is a refuge for widows and orphans, providing them with a place to heal, as well as six months of training and discipleship. Many of the widows desire to go back to northern Nigeria, in spite of the loss they suffered there, to advance the gospel and live out their faith in Christ. With her camera in hand, Susi went to visit and meet the widows and their children. Night after night, she awakened to hear singing and found, in the wee hours of the morning, these women gathered to read the Bible and pray for their persecutors. \u201cIt was a holy place,\u201d Susi said. \u201cGod hears the suffering of each individual day and night. He\u2019s challenging us to carry a little piece of His heart.\u201d Listen as Susi shares how God led her to take donated jewelry with her on this visit to Nigeria, and how God used that jewelry to remind these widows of His abiding love for them. Susi and her husband, Paul, have both previously been guests on VOM Radio. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the podcastOr you can listen each week\u2014and get daily reminders to pray for persecuted Christians\u2014in the VOM App for your smartphone or tablet. You can give online to support VOM\u2019s ministry to the persecuted church here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nNIGERIA: Martyrs\u2019 Widows are \u201cWomen of Honor\u201d - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/nigeria-martyrs-widows-are-women-of-honor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NIGERIA: Martyrs\u2019 Widows are \u201cWomen of Honor\u201d - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Susi Childers has served with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for more than two decades, using her photography skills to open doors to communicate the love of Christ to people all over the world. 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