We again express our gratitude to Raphael and his team who have begun distributing the items purchased through the kindness of the Lord’s people.
Pails, soap and masks have already been distributed in Chitipa and work is underway to sew masks for the remaining five prisons in the region.
Each inmate has also received a supply of Gospel Literature.
Thanks to everyone who has given support to this valuable effort.
The government in Malawi has just re-introduced prevention measures designed to slow the progress of the virus – many of them measures which were lifted a month or two back to facilitate the Presidential election. This U-turn has caused considerable confusion about the issue.
The above images show the Prison Officers’ sleeping quarters and the Training Centre kitchen.
Although well-established within the prison culture in the UK, chaplaincy is still in its infancy in Malawi.
It was a privilege to spend a couple of days with key officers within the chaplaincy team, who work with limited resources for the spiritual and physical care of inmates.
We put the final touches to our latest consignment of Prison Hygiene Packs this afternoon. 7 pallets with 133 cartons (approx 3000 packs) will be picked up tomorrow and taken to the premises of Revival Movement Association to be consolidated with the second part of our literature shipment, and onward to Malawi this weekend.
If you’d be willing to help with this ministry, please get in touch. https://saltrust.org/pack/packing-instructions/
MGO has been challenging and encouraging to me, both of which are personal answers to prayer!
Visiting the prison today (Tues 13th) was emotional for me for many reasons, but I didn’t expect to actually cry and I did a few times during the gospel message that Jim shared with the the men and women there. I watched one male prisoner specifically because when Jim first stood up to speak I noticed he laughed and continued talking to his friends. But as the message of the gospel continued I watched the prisoner’s face become very focused, he stopped joking around and seemed to really listen to what Jim and Harold were saying.
Obviously, I don’t know what that man was thinking or feeling, but just to watch his change in attitude as he heard the gospel was a great personal reminder of the power of God’s word!
(Contributed by Ruthie)
Our Hygiene Pack program has really only begun in earnest since the start of the year, and already we have volunteers packing in 17 locations across the UK.
Many thanks to the Christians at Hope Hall, Lesmahagow, from who we received a pallet of 8 completed cartons. Together with those received from the Christians at Bloomfied Gospel Hall & Ebenezer Gospel Hall, that brings to 55 the total ready to ship.
Sadly, brother Jim will have to cut his trip short and will return home tomorrow as Janet has been taken unwell.
We are so thankful to the Lord that, notwithstanding this unfortunate turn of events, we were able to accomplish a major objective of the trip when we met the management of the Malawi Prison Service at HQ today.
