Malawi Report
Drove to Dzaleka refugee camp to collect about 23 of the refugees who form the church there. Ferried them to Lodzi where we hired a lodge for the day. Gave exhortational power point talk on the Power of One which encourages us all to realize that we all can make an eternal difference working for the Lord. Also a power point talk on the nature of the devil. After lunch, Greg spoke on Faith. It was inspiring to see that the refugees have built their own church hall from handmade mud bricks. They have reached a stall point being unable to afford the roof. I appreciate this sort of initiative, so we gave a donation towards the roof, and also some bags of maize.
On to Ngona where a church has been established. It started from a woman who heard our teaching and left her Pentecostal church. Others followed her, and we also met her son Limban who has left the Seventh Day Adventists to follow the Truth. We taught again on the Kingdom and the devil. Visited Sister Ruth where a house church meets broke bread with her family and gave Bibles for the group there. Frederick came back with us from Ngona to be baptised in the bath at our lodge.
Travelled into town in the morning to try to get the data projector fixed. As a result we met a young man named James who we preached to and he was happy to take a copy of Introducing Bible Basics. He led us to a young man who fixed the projector for us. I learnt last time to trust God when things go wrong, and all things work for good.
Arrived in Nkhota where we were met by Catherine / Esther / Florence and Alice. Apart
from Alice, the other sisters were stalwarts last time and travelled with us everywhere. they are just as keen still praise God! We gave the group there a Power point talk on the devil. We spoke to a woman called Love, who is a school teacher. She was a Muslim and wants to become a Christian. I explained to her the vast difference between Jesus and Mohammed. Jesus' credentials as far as the prophecies He gave and those which came before Him show He is the true Messiah.
At Thale only about 20 kms from Nkhota. Used Austin's generator to give Ppoint talks on Kingdom of God / Baptism. 3 baptisms in the pool filled via the village pump a slow process!
Traveled to Nkhota which is along a dirt track. Last time we had walked this. Again we had our meeting under 2 shady mango trees this is truly one of the highlights! Bros Innocent and Daniel have started a group here and Greg spoke on the importance of Truth as a follow up to what they already know doctrinally. We were given Nsima and relish for lunch in their newly built church hut again a great example of initiative shown. There were 13 of us brothers all eating together which reminded me of Jesus and the 12 having fellowship around a meal. Distributed Bibles and Bible Basics.
Drove to Matiki and taught about 100 people in a hired school room. Gave ppoint on the
Kingdom / Hell / soul / baptism. Broke bread. Baptised 33 people in Lake Malawi.. As we do everywhere we go, we gave them a notebook, pen and Bible and they wrote down all the scriptures relating to the devil being human nature and other doctrines etc.
On to Chitala. Met in a school hall and again used Austin's generator to give ppoint on the devil. Greg again followed up talking about the importance of Truth. Arrived at Mangochi about 9 pm to meet Bro Esau who is the brother baptised by Duncan in Norway who then showed Leonard Bible Basics, and Leonard with his evangelical skills has been spreading the Truth since. We spent a couple of hours discussing the way to further develop the Truth. Leonard and Austin both agreed that the main priorities are: Transport cost / Bibles / Teaching books / self sustainability. So, we see our mission as primarily twofold: 1) To supply Bibles to Malawi. 2) To supply Bible Basics in Chichewa. Carelinks has just ordered another 1000 copies to be printed in China and delivered in Malawi early 2013.
