The Chairman’s Report for January

In this issue of the newsletter
New: Vice Presidential candidate accepts the Lord? Not on main stream media
New: Orphans graduating from our transition house to attend university!!!
New: Our Nigeria Christmas events – Birthday Parties for Jesus
New: More aid for Christian children who are IDP’s in Nigeria

Mainstream Media: Jesus, Baptisms and Nigeria

The Conversion the Media Refused to Cover

If you rely on the legacy media for your news, you likely missed one of the most compelling spiritual transformations of the year.

Nicole Shanahan is not the “typical” candidate for a revival meeting. As the former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, a wealthy Silicon Valley attorney, and recently Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vice-Presidential pick, she was firmly planted in the soil of progressive secularism.

I see a reflection of my own history in hers. As many of you know, I was raised in the home of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the headquarters of American atheism. I know what it is like to be surrounded by a culture that believes God is a myth and that the state is the ultimate authority. I was raised in an atheist/Marxist home!

But God has a way of breaking through the hardest secular barriers even those surrounding Nicole Shanahan and me.

In September 2024, amidst the grueling pressure of a national political campaign, Nicole’s world collapsed. She suffered a catastrophic miscarriage at twenty weeks. She lost nearly all her blood. As the darkness of death closed in on her hospital bed, her wealth, political status, and progressive ideology could offer no comfort.

But Jesus did.

In that terrifying void, she didn’t find nothingness; she found a profound, overwhelming peace. She realized that despite her brokenness, the Creator of the universe loved her. A hospital chaplain later opened the Scriptures to her, explaining the meaning of the Blood Covenant—the sacrifice of Christ.

Nicole, once a darling of the secular elite, was baptized. She chose the Cross over the crown of public approval.

This brings us to a critical question: Why wasn’t this headline news?

If you look up Nicole Shanahan on Wikipedia right now, you will find details about her education, her billion-dollar divorce, and her political career. But you will find zero mention of her life-changing conversion to Christianity. The editors of history at Wikipedia have simply scrubbed accepting Jesus from the public record.

Why is the media ignoring a billionaire progressive finding hope in Jesus? For the same reason they ignored my story years ago. They want the world to believe that faith is fading, not that it is conquering the hearts of everyday Americans and the culturally powerful.

But there is a silence far more deadly than the one surrounding Nicole Shanahan. If the media will not cover a wealthy American woman finding hope in Jesus, they certainly will not cover the slaughter of poor Christian farmers in Nigeria who are dying for that same hope.

Nigeria

Aged out orphans to attend Plateau State University: The orphanage we founded in Jos, Plateau State, was built with a single vision: to provide a safe haven for children orphaned by Islamic terror. Today, that vision is bearing fruit as we witness the first generation of these children growing into faithful, educated adults.

As our children age out of the orphanage system, we do not abandon them. Through the Heart for the Persecuted Church, we have developed a comprehensive Transition Program.

The program supports our graduates as they move into “Transition Homes,” providing them with the stability they need to pursue higher education or vocational training.

Only 30% of secondary school graduates are accepted in universities. Many of those are on a two to three year waiting list because of lack of space. Our Transition Program graduates begin university studies this Fall!

These graduates are living testaments to the power of God’s healing. Many arrived at our gates traumatized and alone, having lost their parents to Jihadist attacks. Now, they have been accepted at Plateau State University!

They are no longer victims; they are the future Christian leaders of Nigeria. Your support has not just saved lives; it has launched new ones.

Nigeria Christmas events: On December 13th, we brought the joy of Christmas directly to those who need it most. In a massive “One Day” event, we united the children from our own orphanage with displaced children from five different Local Government Areas and other Plateau State orphanages.

For one day, they were not “victims” or “orphans”—they were simply children celebrating the birth of their Savior.

The day began at the K4 Children’s Event Center, where the air was filled with laughter and worship. The program was packed with joy: a Gospel based puppet show, games, and a dramatic play depicting the coming of Jesus.

Most importantly, the children received a clear Salvation message, reminding them that their true hope lies in Christ regardless of the current situation.

A highlight of the day was the excursion to the Jos Museum Wildlife Park. For many of the IDP children who live in cramped camps, seeing the animals and walking freely in nature was a rare gift of wonder.

Every child received a beautiful gift pack, and, thanks to your support, they were all outfitted in brand-new sweatshirts. These sweatshirts provided not just warmth against the December chill, but a sense of dignity and belonging to the Lord!

The children were seen as a large group wearing the sweatshirts with Matthew 1:21. Jos is still a Christian city and our purpose was to proclaim it for the Lord.

Pictures from our event for IDP children can be seen below.

(NOTE: Because of year-end holiday closures this newsletter had to be printed before Christmas Day – We are still awaiting many photos)

The next newsletter will have more photographs and stories of the Christmas events that were held in the Middle East. Photos and stories from the Nigeria orphanage events will also be available.

Please pray for all the Christian children of the Middle East, Africa and the rest of the world. Pray for our orphanage children as they go to minister to the less fortunate.