I Came Because I Was Told CFI Would Help Me

Moving from a concern for his safety, to a desire to train, to a desire to serve and repair others. God's journey for our lives, step by step, to rehabilitate a region: to take us, bless us, grow us and use us for others.

Around 2015, Antangwa Musa, an indigene of Borno State, fled from Boko Haram’s attack on his village to seek asylum in Yobe state. According to Antangwa, his father married six wives and the number of children from his father was about thirty plus.  His father later died from an undisclosed illness.

Antangwa spent a few years in Yobe with a woman who was kind to him. The woman took Antangwa as her biological child but later sent Antangwa to Jos where he could be properly secured due to the security challenges in Yobe. While Antangwa was in Jos, Plateau state, his heart began to yearn for Christ. There was a woman in Jos who had an interest in Antangwa, having learned of his challenges. According to Antangwa, the woman was also making an effort to see if she could find a charity organization that would be willing to help him, until one day the woman asked him what he would like to do with his life. It was at that time Antangwa told the woman that he would like to go to a bible college. The woman told him that there was no money but she knew of a place in Plateau State that would help him. The woman told Antangwa that Christian Faith Ministries would help him.

This woman, who had confidence in Christian Faith Ministries as a result of testimonies she heard from people, brought Antangwa to Christian Faith Institute. Even with no money Antangwa was received and was offered admission.

Christian Faith Institute as a bible college has many of this kind: those who have come from insurgence and terrorized communities, where almost everything is destroyed. CFI as a bible college serves as a house of refuge where they settle to rebuild their shattered hope.

Like many other students who have come from such regions, Antangwa has been given a 100% scholarship to study at Christian Faith Institute. This includes free accommodation and feeding, which includes vocational skill training that can help bible college students have a soft landing when they leave after their studies in CFI.

Antangwa (at far right with his hand in the pocket) in a group picture with other  metalworks students

In a chat with Antangwa, he expressed a deep concern over his community which has morally broken down. Antangwa said that when Boko Haram attacked his village, people fled to different directions and some stayed in camps. This sent a lot of children out of school and parents in the region lost control over their children and as a result of this, many underaged girls went into unlawful sexual practices and had children from different men. Some of these girls or boys indulged in drugs and other practices that can tarnish ones’ image and make them prone to becoming gang or terrorist members. It will take the grace of God to rebuild such communities.

In Antangwa’s words, “I have been seriously thinking about my village, how I will apply to the knowledge I have acquired in CFI, most especially in the area of peacebuilding to save my community from further decay. I have learned a lot at Christian Faith Institute but the challenge now is how to start. I even feel I won’t be considered because I am young but I am trusting God to help me. I think the knowledge of peace and humility I acquired in CFI is enough to bring at least a little change in my village but how to start is my problem. I am grateful to God and CFI for giving me the opportunity to study for free throughout my two years in the college”.

It is obvious that Antangwa needs courage and prayer to spark a change in his village. He wants to take the gospel of peace. Please pray for Antangwa and his village, that God will give him wisdom and use him to bring change to his community.