Mission report from Benin Republic Missions Team. Pray for the Us.

Hello,
Sorry that I have not been able to send you an email in the past few days. Internet access has been rather difficult and when we are able to get access, it is extremely slow. However, I give thanks to God for the opportunity to be here in the Republic of Benin as one of the armies of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I want to let you know that you are an integral part of the mission work going on here in the Republic of Benin. Your love for Jesus that motivated you to support my missions work will never go unrewarded in Jesus name. Your prayers, financial, encouragement, and moral support are greatly appreciated.

We are here in a village called Ikpinle. It is about 55kilometers from Port-Novo, the second largest city in the Republic of Benin. We arrived on Sunday evening after a torturous 2-3 hours ordeal with the immigration officials at the Nigerian/Benin Republic border who were coming up with all types of excuses to extort money from our team members. To the glory of God, they did not succeed.
The past three days have been extra-ordinarily busy and exhausting. On Monday, we visited some of the businesses of recipients of the African Christian Fellowship (ACF) 2010 Economic Empowerment Program (EEP). The EEP was initiated to provide economic empowerment to pastors and missionaries wives in some of the most remote villages in Africa where ACF has a presence. In 2010, seven of such women received $300 each of no-interest revolving two year loan. Each of them came up with their own entrepreneurial ideas and what to invest the money in. To the glory of God, the three we visited are doing fairly well. Time and distance did not permit us to visit the rest of the recipients.

Tuesday and Wednesday were dedicated to medical missions. The medical missions have been the most exhausting part of the trip. Our day typically starts around 7:30am and we retire to rest around 10:30pm. I preached two messages on Tuesday and to the glory of God, when I gave alter calls, so many gave their lives to Jesus Christ. The same thing happened yesterday, our second day of the medical missions when we experienced the largest crowd of the medical missions. Pastor Sonny Ikotun, one of our team members preached with anointing and power. Several people answered the call to come to Jesus. By the way, idol worship is very prevalent in this part of the world. This is a very strong hold area of the enemy of our faith (Satan). However, we thank God for the opportunity to win souls to His kingdom. The battle is not over yet. Please continue to pray for us.
Today, Thursday and Friday have been dedicated to pastors training. The pastors training will run from 10am to 4pm and we will have open-air crusades from 6pm to 9pm. We need urgent prayers for the events of today and tomorrow. We are expecting about two hundred to three hundred pastors from several towns and villages. Our missionary team on the ground has done extremely well in organizing our programs. They had news of our programs on the radio and announcements in various churches. Please pray for them especially, Sister Emilia Ogigirigi who has worked so tirelessly to make our missions work to be successful.
Thank you for your time, your prayers, and partnership in building the kingdom of God. The lengthy email is to give you a detailed account of what we have been doing in the mission field.
May the Lord richly bless you, your family, and all that you do in Jesus name. Amen.
Yours in His royal service,
Hyacinth Ezeka.