Summary
SummaryI traveled to southern Nigeria with YWAM, arriving just as a group of widows and orphans—who’d fled Boko Haram’s attacks—were settling in. 💔 At 2 AM I woke to the sound of their torches and Bible reading, praying aloud for mercy on those who killed their husbands. It felt like heaven in the darkness. 🕯️ Over six months, I witnessed the Holy Spirit tenderize hearts scarred by loss. One widow, Ruth Savaki, lost her husband in a Fulani attack in June 2022, yet chose to forgive. 🌅 I sat with these courageous women for hours—listening deeply before raising my camera—then gifted them jewelry to remind them of God’s unending love. 💍 When their school was renamed “Women of Honor DTS,” I realized God was rewriting their stories from grief to glory. 🙌
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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’s founder who recently graduated to heaven, on her life and on encouraging her to use her gifts more fully to further the gospel. She’ll 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.
“It was a holy place,” Susi said. “God hears the suffering of each individual day and night. He’s challenging us to carry a little piece of His heart.”
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.
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Time Chapters
03:23 Arriving at YWAM base 06:10 Nightly prayers begin 14:45 Scars on my heart 19:38 Choosing forgiveness 23:21 Ruth’s widow story 24:50 Women of Honor named
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