Prayer Letter / Testimony Jason, Kelli and Selah Sigmon
Testimony of Jason and Kelli Sigmon
To start out, I was born again at Freedom Baptist Church in Hiddenite, NC in July of 1996 at age 19. My Pastor at the time was preaching on Hell and I realized I did not want to spend eternity there. The Lord convicted me of my need for the Savior and I made a bee line to the altar where a I fell to my knees crying like a baby and trusted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Amen, Amen. My church did not have any type of discipleship so I didn’t change right away. I wasn’t even told about baptism after my salvation. I was baptized however later in the same church. I now am a firm believer in discipleship of new converts and that water baptism is important for our first step toward obedience toward Christ and our baptism is a cymbol of the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 6:4).
Later the Lord started dealing with my heart about missions. After a few years of having missionaries come through our church presenting their work, a missionary from Southeast US and Jamaica Ministries came and offered anyone a chance that wanted to go to Jamaica on a mission’s trip. The Lord dealt with my heart right then and opened the door for me to go. In February of 2003 we were in Jamaica for a week. The Lord broke my heart and made me realize just how spoiled we are as Americans and especially in the so called Bible belt. I truly felt at home in Jamaica and was amazed at how humble and thankful the people were. They walked for miles just to attend church. I told God I would go where ever He wanted me to go. I publicly announced my calling when I returned to America and after talking with my pastor. Later that year, on September 13, I announced my call to preach. I have been to Jamaica now four times, but I knew that it was not God’s will for me in Jamaica because there are over 150 Baptist churches already on the small island. I have done a lot of street preaching and nursing home ministries. One thing my pastor emphasized was that God never calls a lazy person.
After a year or so, I realized I needed to simplify my life for when the Lord was ready for me to go wherever he wanted me. I sold my house, and everything I owned. The Lord then directed me to Harvest Baptist Bible College. I knew I had a calling on my life, but I just didn’t have any direction. I visited the college and found out that they have a very good mission program. I attended and graduated in May of 2006 with my associates degree. During Bible college we had a missionary come named Gil Anger. He travels the world year round helping third world pastors and missionaries. He told of the great need for the gospel to be preached in Madagascar. God laid the country on my heart and I knew that was where He wanted me.
My wife Kelli was saved at the age of 7 in a youth meeting at Twin Ports Baptist Church in Superior, WI. She was baptized and has lived for Jesus ever since. She attended Pensacola Christian College where she wanted to major in missions but couldn't. She majored in Education which was a blessing as it will help us more in the mission field. After graduating she taught at New Manna Baptist Christian School for 5 years. My wife and I were married on June 17th 2006 after meeting at a revival. I thank God for my wife and I thank God most of all for saving our souls from the eternal flames of Hell and allowing us to serve Him. We are thankful for the calling the Lord has given us. We would rather live poor in Madagascar in God’s will than here in America out of God’s will. Amen 1 John 4:4
Thank you and God bless;
Jason and Kelli Sigmon
ll Corinthians 4:3-5
ll Corinthians 4:3-5
Birthdays:
Jason 12-14-76
Kelli 11-23-76
Selah 5-1-2007
Uriah 6-10-2011
The 7th day adventist spent a billion dollars building false church buildings in Africa last year. If they will give and sacrifice for a lie, think what we should be doing with the truth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ..........
Dear Pastors, Church Members, Family and Friends; October/November 2011
Greetings again from the continent of Africa and the Lords work here in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. The last couple months have been very busy. To begin, the family is doing good with Kelli, Selah and Uriah along with myself staying healthy and safe. We have all started taking anti-malaria medicine during the start of the hot rainy season because I am not taking the chance of my wife and Selah suffering from malaria again as they did last year. With Uriah only being 6 months old we do not want to risk him catching malaria because it can be very deadly if not detected soon enough.
We are thankful Ms. Theresa has arrived from Zambia to help us with medical clinics. She is a native of Zambia and worked in New Zealand as an RN for 7 years. As Brother Gilbert Anger was preaching in her church in New Zealand about the great need here in Africa, thankfully God convicted her about returning to her native land to help us. We have had several clinics in different villages in our area. The main goal is to allow our church members to preach and witness to the people sewing the seed for salvation (l Corinthians 3:5-8). Also, we are looking for any serious cases of illness with children and others that need hospitalization. We’ve had hundreds of people come through our clinics. A mother brought her young infant to us that had cerebral malaria and was close to death. We rushed her to the hospital where she received treatment and is doing good thank God, Amen, Amen.
Here in Africa there are many cripple and handicap people due to incest and wicked traditions. One wicked tradition is babies being born from dads committing sexual acts with their daughters when they reach the age of 12 or 13. In America this is illegal but here in Africa its called a tradition so people say its ok. Also, a lot of demonic activity happens in villages because many people look to witch doctors for medical help and other issues. There are so many wicked traditions and customs of the people here in Africa and someone needs to warn them of their wicked ways to save their lives (Ezekiel 3:18-21).
We praise God that a couple of our orphans became born again. Nduzani, a 15 year old girl, that lives in our orphanage told us God convicted her of the sinful life she had lived. She said she fell down beside her bed, repented of her sinful life and trusted the blood of Jesus Christ. We thank God after 10 months of witnessing to her God convicted her of the truth that she had been hearing (John 6:44, 64-65). Our other orphan lives in a small village not far from our home. His name is Osman and he is 18 years old. He has 3 younger brothers that he is trying to take care for. He is unable to work because he still has 3 years before he graduates high school. We help them with clothing, food, and other necessities. We have spent time witnessing to them and we thank God for showing Osman his need for the precious blood of Christ. Please continue to pray for the other orphan children and for their salvation. We currently have one young lady from America helping in our orphanage and another coming from Australia early next year to help full time. We could always use more men and ladies from America with a heart to help teach and nurture children in the orphanage and reach adults here in Africa the truth of Gods word.
As the churches in Malawi and Mozambique continue to serve the Lord in spirit and truth, Brother Moses who is our evangelist has been going over to Mozambique and helping the churches reach out to new unreached areas (Romans 15:20). Northern Mozambique is such a vast open area with millions of lost souls that need someone to bring them the truth of salvation. Northern Mozambique sadly has never had any missionaries to its vast area of people. I am so thankful God has given us good pastors and church members here in northern Mozambique with a heart to go and reach the multitudes. Sadly, we learned that because of all the wars that happened in Mozambique along with poverty and corruption, the government is not recognizing the people in northern Mozambique as citizens of their country. There will be no help with medical needs, roads, construction or food if a famine occurs. Please help us pray for God to keep our nationals safe in Mozambique as they reach this vast needy area.
Lastly, but very important is the situation in Madagascar with Pastor Pierre and Lucien. The orphanage is doing very good as the kids are doing good in school and thankfully staying healthy. The church is staying faithful as Pastor Pierre and Lucien serve faithfully feeding the church and going out street preaching and having bible studies.
I received a phone call from Pastor Pierre and I knew something was wrong as he was crying. He told me he and Lucien had traveled up to the northern city of Mahajanga to preach the truth of salvation on the streets. As they were preaching the city police stopped them and took them to the police station. They were told there was new law that no one could preach openly within l km or just over half a mile of any so-called church buildings. This means that with all the false catholic and protestant religions located in the city of Mahajanga, no one is not allowed to preach anywhere in the city.
Thankfully the police did not charge them since they did not live in the city. Of course satan was not done, the police ran the identity numbers of Pierre and Lucien trying to cause more problems. As we use to live in Mahajanga we purchased a small lot in town with a building where we taught English, had bible studies and met on Sundays for church services. The building was in Lucien’s name because a foreigner with a visa like myself could not own property. We spent over a year in Mahajanga where we saw one lady and her daughter saved. They are now living in Antsirabe behind the church building in some small houses we built.
While we lived in Mahajanga we had many problems with the police and others. With our house being broken into while the neighbors stood and watched the thieves take things out during the day. People vandalizing the church building and even the threats against my family. We finally did what Christ said in Matthew 10:14-15 because they would not hear our words so we shook off the dust from our feet as it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgement, than for that city.
I was excited that they had went back to Mahajanga to try again to preach the truth of God’s word, but of course satan used that wicked city to cause more trouble. After the police did a check on Lucien they found that the property, so they say had back taxes that were never paid by the previous owner. I know this was false because I had all that checked out when we purchased it. The corrupt police asked them about where I was and Lucien told them I was living on the main land of Africa now. The police put Lucien in jail and said he had to pay 30 million Fanc which is $3000 American dollars. I had Lucien tell the police that the property is not being used any more and they could keep it since we only paid $2500 for it. The police as usual demanded money so I had to use what support money we had and borrow the rest from my mother. We were able to get the money to Pastor Pierre via money gram to get Lucien out of prison. Lucien told me for that week the police beat him and shocked him with electricity as they do all inmates. He also informed me that the police confiscated the property as well which is not surprising to me.
We are asking if any churches or individuals can please help us in this situation. For the last 4 years we’ve had nothing but problems in Madagascar. This country is so wicked because of the lack of truth and foundation of God’s word. These people are in such spiritual darkness and I am so thankful for Pastor Pierre and Lucien’s willingness to do all they can to help show their people the truth of God’s word. I now can understand where Christ told us about those that are first shall be last and the last shall be first in Glory (Matthew 19:25-30; Luke 13:29-30).
For God’s Glory;
Jason, Kelli, Selah and Uriah Sigmon
ll Corinthians 4:3-5, Romans 15:20
ll Corinthians 4:3-5, Romans 15:20
Prayer Request:
- Souls to be born again and discipled
- Souls to be born again and discipled
- Men and Women from America to come and help reach this needy continent of Africa
- Orphan Children to be born again in Madagascar and Malawi
- Protection of national Pastors
