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Please pray for the safe and speedy transit of the first of 3 shipments expected to arrive before the end of the year (DV). This has just been sent. and contains a significant portion of our 2025 Gospel Calendars (around 500,000), 42 boxes of Gospels and around 50 boxes of prison hygiene packs.

Later this month a further consignment of Classroom packs, other practical items and literature from Everyday Publications will be sent from Toronto. We are grateful to MSC and ACCTS for the kind use of their shipping facility. The remainder of our calendars, Nthawi ya Baibulo (Bible Time) booklets and other Gospel literature should follow in the next month or two, Lord willing.

Please also pray that the Lord will richly bless this literature to the salvation of many souls.

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Please pray for a good supply of water as we proceed with well drilling at the Saidi site.

Unfortunately our on-site borehole ran dry a couple of months back, causing considerably challenges there.

We commissioned an independent survey which identified three locations with the promise of good water yields. The economies of scale of drilling three wells at the same time have given us confidence that now is the right time to proceed with the first phase of our longer-term plans to irrigate the few acres of farmland at the south of the site. Please pray that the investment will yield a good supply of water.

Thereafter we will consider the timing of the next phase which will involve installing additional solar pumps and water storage facilities, as the Lord enables.

Thank you so much for praying – we recently received confirmation that the authorities have granted concessionary rates of import tax & duties, reducing the potential tax burden from almost US$50,000 (as much as the price of the vehicle) to only $12,500! We were far from certain that the concession would be granted, and the higher rate would have been an enormous drain on our resources.

The new vehicle is expected to arrive in Malawi within the next couple of weeks, God willing.

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Pray for the kid’s camp at Dzaleka this week: 29 July – 1 Aug. Some of the older girls from Saidi will be joining Anna.

In previous years the camp has taken place around Christmas, but we are experimenting with alternative dates this year. Hopefully the cooler temperatures and fewer mosquitoes will be a little less troublesome.

Pray for Anna as travel to & from Dzaleka, for health, stamina & safety during the week.

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Please pray for a fruitful meeting with the Emmaus International Coordinator and other key stakeholders aimed at re-energising the extremely useful Emmaus Correspondence Ministry which has been stalled for a while in Malawi.

Emmaus is a really good fit with the Gospel literature ministry which is at the core of what SALT does, and the Nthawi ya Baibulo (Bible Time) ministry which is due to come online later in the year. Particularly, we see it as a priceless tool to instruct and spiritually develop our network of literature distributors, and others by extension thorough them, so pray that a Lord will guide us and that a clear strategy will emerge as we go forward.

Angel had a follow up appointment with her surgeon last week. She said it was a positive meeting and the surgeon said she was surprised to see that the bone seems to have started growing back!

Angel’s had a couple of physiotherapy sessions over the past weeks which were quite challenging, but thanks be to God for the prayers and the positive feedback from her doctor.

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We have just received notice that the new Toyota Land Cruiser we ordered several months ago is due to be shipped from Gibraltar on 22 June.

Please pray for its safe transit by sea to Durban and then by road to Malawi. It is expected in-country by early August. This will be a huge benefit to the work!

Please also pray particularly that we will be able to obtain duty-free clearance of the vehicle on arrival. There will be surtax & excise to pay on arrival, but duty, if charged, could amount to twice the purchase price! Please pray!

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The extremely poor rainy season has resulted in the borehole at Saidi running dry. This affects the operations on-site, as well as the many villagers who have become accustomed to using the free water we supply.

It will be at least 5 months before rain is expected and there is any prospect of the water table starting to rise again.

Please pray as we explore options for an alternative water supply.

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Anna requests prayer for the Lord to give clear direction for the development of the work in schools and with the Nthawi Ya Baibulo (Bibletime) curriculum, as we anticipate a new phase in the next few months.

Note: Translation & editing of the 3-year Bible Time curriculum is at an advanced stage. We are hoping that the first booklets will be printed and shipped to Malawi in the next few month. Anna and the team are anticipating a lot of preparatory work once the next school term begins in September.

Anna says: “I am thankful for a safe and incredibly encouraging trip to attend the BES Conference in Northern Ireland.”

Give thanks for journeying mercies and for the encouragement received.

Note: BES provide the Postal Bible School curriculum which we are already using in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp (Swahili language), and which is in process of translation into Chichewa for use in the rest of Malawi. Anna was able to attend their recent conference and meet key people involved in similar ministries around the globe.

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