NEWS FROM MALAWI

DZALEKA REFUGEE CAMP

Here we are all fine. I've received news that you have accomplished the printing of the whole Bible, may the Lord bless your work. I do appeal for copies for us here, and your prayers..

--Bro. Bernard Wabene

Brother Bernard with his NEV New Testament

GONDA

Thank you for six copies of the New Testament, New European Version and six Bible Companion Reading Plans. For this parcel I have enclosed a photo showing brothers and sisters reading them and also holding other Christadelphian literature. When you put this photo into Gospel News please send me my own copy so that I can remember about this distribution. Gospel News is very interesting and encourages us, because through this brothers and sisters share their knowledge of God worldwide and this makes them into one family. We learn from it or tell others what we get from our Bible Study through it.

Don't forget us in your prayers. May God lead us, as Jeremiah 10:23 says, "that I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own. It is not for man to direct his steps", and Jesus said in Matt.7:7, "Ask and it shall be given to you".

--Bro. Robert Folley

KASUNGU

I have been elected to grow ground nuts. It is my wish to grow ground nuts as a cash crop, instead of tobacco as it is in our country, so through your prayers which change my life, I believe my dreams will come true. The rules are very difficult to follow, for example the minimum average amount to grow is five hectares. As I may not manage to do the work on my own I have found two young

men (twins) with their families, which is also tough as one has to feed these helpers. I would ask for more prayers that I may achieve my goals.

The picture is showing me feeding the young local chicks in my house after the mother started laying eggs. There were twelve chicks and one got lost during this time, so I thought of appreciating on what the mother chick has provided for my living and take care of them.

My fellow students are requesting if you may have some "New European New Testament" books like you sent to me ­ there are eleven of them. I would also like to have a "Good News" Bible as it is a recommended for our Bible Knowledge syllabus.

--Sis. Bertha Khonje

Gonda Ecclesia

Sister Bertha feeding her young chickens.

Sister Bertha relaxing and doing her readings.

LINGA

Now we have five ecclesias in this area: Mnduluka, Mkaika, Mwamsambo, Linga, Thale and Msenjele May God bless, and all I want is some more Bible Basics and Bible books. I am eagerly waiting my brother John Aldersley from New Zealand so that he can assist with baptism, God willing.

--Bro. Leonard

MTENTHELA

God "will render to every man according to his deeds. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath." Rom.2:6- 8. "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor.5:10.

We saw earlier that God offers us salvation, Titus 3:5, but the Bible says that we will be judged by our works. Nowhere does it say that we will be judged by our faith. How can this be? This is not a contradiction. If we have a vehicle which works well, do we say that vehicle became well-built by doing its job well? No, there is nothing it could do to become well built, yet the true test of how well it is built is how it works. So we are created in Jesus Christ unto good works, Eph.2:10. We are saved by faith but tested (or judged) by our works. That is why faith without works is dead. (James 2:17). God can see our hearts. He would not need to see our works to know how to judge us. However, by our works we can tell if we are truly His children. It is for our benefit that He tells us how He will judge.

--Bro. Henderson Sosola

MZUZU

A child would go around bare without any feeling of shame. However, the opposite is true with a normal grownup person. If you happen to see an adult person going around naked be assured that, that person is not normal.

The Bible presents the word nakedness in this way: Adam and Eve, after eating the forbidden fruit, realized that they were naked. This realization was accompanied with shame. In other words, these first two parents had sinned.

They went around looking for a covering for their nakedness, but what they discovered was not ideal enough. It was God who had the solution for their covering: An animal was slain and its skin was used for man's covering.

This animal slaying had foreshadowed one vital thing: the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Lamb of God prepared for the covering of our sins. One thing is important: we need to admit that we are naked (sinners) and hence the need for our covering ­ Jesus.

--Bro. Sylvester Tembo

NENO

Thanks very much for the 2 cartons of Bible Basics and other booklets, that is what I wanted, and as I said, it is my duty now to distribute them to various places and to different people. I am happy receiving these books so that the word of GOD may spread. I am hoping some will be ready for baptism by the time Bro Aldersley comes.

--Bro. Amison

NGABU

I want to thank CAT for the books as they will enable me to teach my fellow friends the

Bible lessons. Here at Ngabu the work of God is going smoothly because God has added more people to our church. Please may I ask fellow Christadelphians all over the world to help us by prayers because of the situation which Malawi and the whole of Africa faces.

--Bro. Micky Mbawe

NKHTAKOTA

I am 50 and Cathy my wife is 39 years and we have 5 children one is studying in university of Malawi for 4 years she is in the second year another is finishing his form four, two of them are in form two and the last one will be going to secondary school so that I thank GOD because they were thrown out from my former mission School. Thank you for arranging for seven Chichewa Bibles and I have to share them in our ecclesia.

--Bro. Leonard Chaunga

I am encouraged by the way people are trying to respond to the word of God. Today Leonard and Catherine visited an Ecclesia at Mwansambo and next week is scheduled to visiting and training the Brothers and Sisters in these areas. I still thank God for being faithful.

--Bro. Esau

NTCHEU

Warmest greetings of love and peace in our fabulous hope in Christ. God is in control here but some months ago my mother, who was disabled, died. We cannot live without God's words. `Gospel News' is probably the most widely circulated and interactive Christadelphian magazine and it helps a lot of people to receive God's words. I want to encourage you in printing the whole Bible: to me it is another interesting thing and I assure you we are waiting for a copy.

--Bro. Peter Mbingwani

SALIMA

I just want to share with you that by the grace of God we have found a new contact in Salima. This man is originally from Nkhotakota but settled in Salima at a place called Limbe, just close to Salima township. He is a retired pastor of Anglican Church and is still being used as a pastor. His surname is CHIWEYO and is commonly called Pastor Chiweyo. The interesting part of his story is that he has wholeheartedly accepted the `doctrine' and he has even started teaching it in his church and he has told me that he is very ready to quit. The only thing that he fears is financial support; once he quits, the church will remove his name from their pension voucher and, because he does not have any other income or any other means by which he can create any, he asks me to try to find any income generating activity so as to support him with his family should his little pension cease. Health-wise he is not 100% because he was once knocked down with paralysis which affected one of his legs. He walks by being supported by a stick. It seems he was a teacher before he joined the pastoral work so one time last year he was picked by a private school as a teacher, but this time he is not working. Since our first meeting a year last October, I have given him some books including Bible Basics and he has managed to get a number of what he styles `disciples' from his church. When we met today he told me he is arranging to have a meeting on one of the Saturdays with those disciples where I will be called to assist him answer some of the questions to the topics he may not have fully grasped as yet. How do I help this contact?

Thank you very much and may the Lord be with you as you ponder over this issue.

--Bro. George Mayimba

TSANGANO

Those who confessed their sins and turned to God, have left their sorceries. 2 Kings 23:24-25. Witchcraft has no power over God's people who keep trusting in Him. God has always been against sorcery and witchcraft. "If God is for us who can be against us?" Romans 8:31-39. I was once African traditional witch doctor, but now I am a born again in the Christadelphian Church at Tsangano.

--Bro. Gomo Lampango