Make Your Day Count

 LR:
Welcome to Make Your Day Count.  My name is Lindsay Roberts.  And today on the program you’re going to hear from my daughter Jordan and her friend Haley and her friend Amber, and Neal and Danette Childs, the people that they went to see in Niger when they went to Africa, in the crusade that they had, the feeding program that they had.  My husband Richard Roberts conducted a Crusade there just a couple months ago.

            There was a medical, a dental, evangelistic crusade, a feeding program.  And they’re the ones that were responsible for taking the 285,000 meals to Africa.  We’re going to talk about that, talk about the need that is still very great and how the Holy Spirit has really birthed in our kids a need to do a school for their kids.  And I really believe it will bless you. 

            What a day!  What a day it is here on our campus, learning all about how God is ministering in Africa.  So stay tuned.  We’re going to bring them on the program, and I believe they will be a tremendous blessing to you.

  LR:

Okay, now as you can see, my puppy baby here is kissing grandma because this is Jordan’s baby Ella.  This is Amber’s baby Lucy.  This is my baby Jordan.  This is Amber.  This is Haley, and this is Danette and Neal Childs.

            Now why are we all here?  Okay, Amber is here totally against her will.  And they came over because she wanted to watch us tape this program with Neal and Danette.  And she was going to dog-sit the babies, but I wouldn’t have it because I said, “No, you know what?  You’ve got to talk.”

            And she’s never done this before, except one time she cooked for me on TV.  And we want to talk about something that is just absolutely overflowing in our hearts.  We have set it up the best we can. 

            Twenty-four years ago I went to Africa, ran into Neal when he was in high school, barely.  He was a baby.  I’m old.  Say a word now and I’ll push you right out of the . . .   Neal comes to ORU, marries Danette.  At ORU both meet here, going to just be a business student, sociology major, social work.

            The next thing you know, God calls them back to Africa where your family is from.  And you are opening work in Niger, poorest, hottest country in the world.  God lays it on Richard’s heart to go there.  Richard tells Jordan, and she can’t wait.  Jordan tells Haley, and Haley was going to go, no matter what.  And Amber and I are sitting back home.

 AMBER:
I got stuck in the rowboat.

 LR:
You got stuck back home because we all said, “This is so not fair.”  (All talking at once)  She is itching to join you.  And Laura and Amber griped the entire time.  Now think about this, they are going to the hottest, poorest country in the world that has never had a crusade before like this in the country and now mad they didn’t get to go.  Talk about missions heart!

            And that’s the kind of thing we’re producing here at ORU.  Obviously you know that because you’re from ORU. 

 AMBER:
I had to stay and baby-sit.

 LR:

She had to baby-sit me, and I was crying every day because I miss my family.  And something happened over there that we knew would happen.  I’m going to let you guys pick up the story.  In spite of enormous opposition, you knew God was supposed to bring Richard there.  And the crusade was something that the country had not seen before.

 NC:
That’s right.  Well, Niger, a nation that is less than one percent Christian, it’s, like you said, the poorest country.  It doesn’t have enough resources to sustain the population.  It’s the lowest in education, ranked on the education index in the world; 208 countries, it’s last.

            So from the natural standpoint, you say, “What is in Niger?”  Even two years ago the news media was referring to it as the silent crisis, the forgotten nation.  But we know God has not forgotten Niger.

            And from that point, the Lord just began to open doors.  And when President Roberts was hearing the voice of the Lord to come, that opened the nation up, as far as our ministry is concerned, and we could then take the gospel to a higher level.

            We’ve been preaching in the villages and in the towns, but now we wanted to penetrate the capitol city.  We were able to hold this Rally that was across the city.  We had over 90 churches all gathered together.

LR:
Never been done before in the history.

 NC:
Never been done before.

 LR:
Healing Rally, Christian rally. By the way. If you need prayer you can call 918-495-7777 or write Richard Roberts and Lindsay Roberts, Tulsa, OK 74102.

 NC:

Healing Rally.  People were getting saved in this rally, more people saved in this week than 70 years of Christianity all throughout.