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One year on, team members share their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of Cyclone Freddy.

Recorded in October 2023

Transcript:

After the Cyclone Freddy happened we visited so many camps preaching the gospel and giving out some flour as a relief measure

So that has also been an eye opening to me as regards to the problems that people face when it comes to disasters like this

Initially the work started with would I say it immediate response relief. So distributing food to the camps. And with that distribution also sharing the gospel with people. But in the recent months it’s been more about rebuilding the houses of some whose homes fell during the storm.

From the time that we met with the problem of the cyclone Freddy we started to visiting in to the different camps and also we share the food and right now we are rebuilding the houses for the few families and we are already finishing nine houses

The great part of Cyclone Freddy is that we were able to visit as many people and preach the gospel in an environment where the hearts are so ready to receive the gospel in the camps that we’ve been trying to visit we are the only organization that has been able to make an impact both spiritual and physical

We’ve been able to go there and preach the gospel on a weekly basis some organizations just visited the camps once and gave them like five kgs of maize

Very encouraging because when the brothers and sisters from other countries when they listen the problem here in Malawi they take part to help us

So this is [a] very [great] encouragement And I pray for the sisters and brothers who will take the part to help us here in Malawi

And also I ask them to continue to help us because we have still a problem here

It’s been a good opportunity to share the love of Christ in a practical way. We’ve gotten to know some people that we wouldn’t know otherwise. The situation is not over and we’re in for a really bad couple of months because of the destruction of crops from the cyclone.

And the needs aren’t going away. They’re just getting more and more. So pray for wisdom discernment and kind hearts. Caring hearts.

Because it can be overwhelming.