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.
Please pray for our latest shipment of Gospel Tracts and Calendars has been delayed in transit.
Although the shipping agent told us on 16 Jan that it was due to arrive in a couple of days, it now turns out that the container has been stuck in Reunion / Mauritius since 28 Dec, with no ETA in Malawi.
This is a disappointment as we are eager to start using the contents as soon as possible.
Please pray that the container will soon be loaded on a ship for onward transit
Please pray for the safe and speedy arrival of a large consignment of much-needed Gospel Literature for Malawi. In total, there are around 1.75 million items in transit, including Gospel Calendars and Tracts.
The consignment also includes several thousand prison hygiene packs.
The team would appreciate your prayers for the various children’s programs that will take place over the Christmas period. Hundreds of children will be fed and have opportunity to hear the Gospel at the events at Dzaleka Refugee Camp, the street kids’ feeding centre in Lilongwe, and at the SALT campus at Saidi.
These are wonderful opportunities to demonstrate the grace of God in practical ways. Pray that the kindness of the Christians, and the Word of God preached, would bear fruit in many young lives.
Harold would appreciate prayer as they plan to return back to their own home this week for the first time since the and robbery.
They have been staying at Anna’s home for the past couple of months while repairs and security improvements were carried out, but now really need to return so the boys can get back to school.
All are still anxious about the move, so please pray that the Lord will give needed grace after such a serious trauma.
Anna writes: Pray for grace, wisdom and strength to deal with the many, many requests for help that seem to be exponentially increasing.
Note: The economic situation in Malawi continues to deteriorate. The fuel shortage has intensified and maize (the staple food) is becoming increasingly scarce
Anna writes: Goodson and I are planning to go to Lilongwe on Monday, God willing, to pick up two guard dogs and also distribute some of the literature that’s been on hold for a while now.
Please pray for safety. Please pray for a miracle in terms of peacefully transporting the dogs, who I’ve just learned have never even left their compound let alone been in a car.
Note: The dogs have been inherited from a German missionary couple who have sadly returned to Germany as the wife has been suffering from PTSD since an attempted break-in at their home in Lilongwe area. Please pray for the entire family who have been traumatised by this. It is yet another example of the deteriorating security situation in Malawi.
Regular prayer supporters are well aware of our frequently recurring vehicle reliability problems, and the debilitating effect this has on the work, particularly literature distribution. Road conditions, lack of spare parts and poor workmanship all conspire against us and the cost of replacing vehicles is generally prohibitive. Surtax, Excise & Duty frequently double or triple the on-the-road cost of new vehicles.
Recently, we have become aware that SALT is eligible to import cut-price vehicles from a special division of Toyota set up to supply registered NGOs working in the third world. We have obtained a quotation from them for an ideal 4×4 Land Cruiser utility vehicle, which is substantially less than what we would pay for a comparable vehicle in Malawi. We are exploring the possibility of a duty-free waiver with the Malawi Revenue Authority.
Please pray that we will have clear guidance about this purchase. Although much cheaper than alternative options, it still involves a significant outlay of resources, which impacts our ability in other important areas of the work.
