Missions for 2010
Malawi 6th to 27th May 2010
Birmingham UK, 18th - 20th June 2010
Rwanda 1st to 24th July 2010
Report on Malawi mission 6th to 27th May 2010
Rwanda and Kenya 2nd Nov to 24th November report.
Malawi May 2010 report
We visited Malawi between 7th and 27th May, part of this visit was with a team of men to assist with the building of the Clinic at Vibitac, Kande. This part was a great success with most walls of the clinic being rendered. Several local people were trained in rendering which will hopefully enable them to obtain similar work. The team left on 17th May to fly back home on the 18th.
Ruth and I travelled to Mzuzu with our very good friend Steven Chisale, who had all the following arrangements.
18th Was a full days marriage seminar at Mzilawaingwe, Mzuzu.
19th Lunch hour talk (general) in Mzuzu followed by evening Marriage Seminar, at Katoto Church, Mzuzu.
20th Travelled to Mzimba to settle in and prepare tents for ‘Marriage Encounter’
20th in evening most participants had arrived so introduction to the Marriage Encounter was made.
21st -22nd Marriage Encounter at Zuwayumo (which means ONE DAY)
This encounter must be classed as the most successful of all. There were 23 couples in tents and another one couple left early as the wife went into labour, walking home and then being taken by Ox cart to hospital. (Mother and child were well when we left). The Holy Spirit was in evidence with more than 14 couples confessing to wanting a divorce or having a divorce in the heart (we lost count of how many of these couples we prayed for, so 14 is a conservative estimate). God moved on the couples and many repented of their attitude and behaviour after understanding what a marriage really is. We were totally amazed at the poor state of marriages in this area.
Many husbands leave for months or years and travel to work in South Africa. This means the wives and families are left behind, sometimes without money, and the husbands find other wives or use prostitutes whilst away. These husbands often come back home with HIV/Aids or other diseases and pass them on to their wives.
One testimony from one of the wives was” We have been married 7 years; we were in love to start with. When I came to this seminar I had decided that after it finishes I will go home to my parents, and legally divorce my husband. God has changed all that”.
On our journey back from this ‘encounter’ we had one of our own, when our car pulling a trailer with the equipment lost the rear nearside wheel and we scrapped along the road with our wheel overtaking us and travelling down the hill. The studs (6 in all) had sheared off and it was now becoming dark. Our driver and friend Marcin set to work and we were later joined by two white people who assisted us with welding parts and giving some of us transport to our lodgings. They were angels sent by God in answer to our prayers. It is not nice being ‘broken down’ without roadside assistance (such as RAC or Green Flag) in a foreign country and in the dark!
23rd Sunday service at Steven’s Church, Holy Cross Pentecostal,Mzuzu.
Evening marriage seminar (approx 100 couples) at Assemblies of God Church in Mzuzu with the Bishop of the Northern region of Malawi. (Malawi is split into three regions) This seminar was a great time with demands for our return shouted from the congregation and also a demand for us to have Marriage Encounters with this church.
24th Should have been a full day at Kaweche seminar but became only half day due to transport problems.
25th Lunch time talk in Mzuzu by Ruth (General subject) evening meeting cancelled (no reason given)
26th Travelling to Lilongwe for onward flight on 27th.
Tents in use at the Marriage Encounter, with couples inside talking to each other! .Please consider investing in our brothers and sisters lives by donating through Links International via the DONATE button at the top of the page.
Malawi Clinic
We are very pleased to say that the rendering is now done thanks to our friends who went to Malawi to do this important task. The whole wants to return in September 2010 to put in the ceilings, electris and plumbing. Thay will be holding many different fund raising events.
