Brother Goodson shares why he’s so encouraged with the spiritual progress at Saidi
Recorded in October 2023
Transcript
The spiritual work here at Saidi is going up because we started with a small small team [group] but right now we have a large number So we praise the Lord because there’s spiritual [work] is going up And right now we plan to have next baptism at the last week of this October So I’m very encouraged Very encourage Because I [didn’t] believe maybe we can find the people as we see right now so I’m very encouraged because I see that Lord himself is [bringing] the people to us We need to pray for the work of the Lord here Because every time we we meet with the challenges as you know here in Malawi people is very suffer with the hunger and other problems here so we’re looking [after] the spiritual And also we’re looking [after] the body of the people so we need to pray [for] the work of the Lord here
Please pray for Angel, our admin / accounts assistant who has sustained a displaced fracture of her humerus in a road accident on Sunday.
Treatment options at the local government hospital are limited, so we are investigating the possibility of her being treated more quickly and to a better standard at the private Adventist hospital in Blantyre.
We praise God for a very profitable Bible Conference. Over 50 of our literature distribution volunteers came for a week of teaching – some from as far as Mozambique. Many more would have come, but we were constrained by lack of accommodation, and the need to help almost all with their travel expenses.
Many of the brothers who attended commented how they had been so greatly helped by the teaching from 1 Corinthians. Many had never had the opportunity to listen to consecutive Bible teaching before.
Please pray for lasting benefit in the lives of those who came.
Edward reports on an impending crisis which threatens the existence of the Street Kids feeding centre in Lilongwe.
SALT gives regular financial support, but does not actively run the feeding centre in Lilongwe. They do an amazing work feeding street kids and other very vulnerable people who would otherwise starve.
Please remember this situation in prayer.
Transcript
Greetings to all of you friends and partners of Divine Touch Youth Foundation in Malawi, where we feed the children – those that are street kids, the mammas that goes around in town begging and those that are vulnerable. So our main aim is that we always do this in order to show them the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, we got this is an opportunity that as we are feeding them, we should also be preaching the Word of God to them. Mchesi has been an area where a lot of prostitution drug addicts and a lot of alcoholism has been taking place.
I would like to appreciate the kind gesture that SALT has been doing. SALT has been blessing us a lot, have been sending us funds that have been helping us in many ways to keep this running. So, we’d like to thank you all the members of SALT, wherever you are it’s been a privilege that we have you as partners as friends
We just have finished the feeding – all these few people you can see them around means that you are finishing the feeding
We have got a need this year. We’ve got a challenge. We always have got corn but as I’m talking right now, the corn that we had last year is the one that we are finishing this month, that will mean we will not have any corn any more.
So looking at how much corn we normally use five hundred bags and that caters for the whole year and those who normally purchase them for us they told us that they have been having difficulties to have funds that they can be able to buy corn as well as beans that can cater for the whole year
So we are saying this so that you can take note of and you can be praying for us because we know that if we don’t have corn this year, then that will mean that the feeding center needs to be shut off, and that will mean that all the people we’ve been helping and feeding and people have been preaching to they will never have any chance to come and get food here.
But that will mean that they will starve because whatever meal they get here whether once a day, it helps them. It sustains them.
God bless you.
Take note that we always appreciate. Thank you so much. We wish you all the best. Thank you for.
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.
Please pray as Bros Stephen and Mark travel to Malawi this week in anticipation of the Bible Teaching conference at Saidi, commencing on 29 April, God willing.
This will be the first conference to take place since before Covid, and we are earnestly seeking blessing as a result.
Please remember Brother Stephen and his family as he will be travelling to Malawi on Tuesday to visit the team there.
Unfortunately, Stephen’s father in law has been in hospital for the past week so he is sadly leaving his wife, Gail, with the burden of daily hospital runs, and the burden of supporting her mum and dad through this difficult time.
Please pray for journeying mercies and that Stephen’s trip will be a help and blessing. Please also pray for Gail and family as they make important decisions regarding her dad’s future care needs.
Sad to say, our consignment of Gospel Literature for Malawi is still delayed in Mauritius. In total, there are around 1.75 million items in transit, including (now overdue) Gospel Calendars and Tracts.
The consignment also includes several thousand prison hygiene packs.
According to the revised shipping schedule, the container is due to be moved early March – pray that there will be no further delays.
