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Pray: 2023 Calendar Print Run

Stephen Harper
19/12/2022
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Although a consignment of 500,000 Gospel calendars is en route to Malawi from N. Ireland, we ordered a further run of our 2023 Calendar to be printed in Malawi. The increasing costs of materials meant we could only manage an extra 100,000, so we expect to have a shortfall of around 400,000 calendars compared to last year. Please pray (1) that the printer in Malawi will complete the order in good time (it has already been delayed due to power supply problems) and (2) that we will have wisdom to use the reduced number of calendars to best effect.

Pray: Ongoing Children’s Outreach at Dzaleka

Stephen Harper
19/12/2022
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Please remember Anna & Wati who are presently busy with the Children’s Outreach at Dzaleka. Due to increasing numbers, they will run two 2-day camps, the first of which started on Sunday.

Each day, the children will take part in various activities and learn about the “Christmas story”. Most of these children come from very disturbed backgrounds, and it is a great opprtunity to be able to reach them with the Gospel.

Pray that Anna & Wati will be preserved in body & spirit, and that they will have the stamina for what will be a truly exhausting week.

We posted some photos of the first day here.

Kids’ program at Dzaleka

Stephen Harper
18/12/2022
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Wati shared the following pics from the kids’ Christmas program at Dzaleka.

Urgent Prayer Request: Goodson’s son

Stephen Harper
15/12/2022
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Goodson asks for urgent prayer for his son (27 years) who has been taken to hospital with suspected cerebral malaria.

He is presently unresponsive and on a drip.

Please pray for him, especially during the next few critical hours.

Pray: Busy Christmas Program at Dzaleka

Stephen Harper
12/12/2022
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Concerning the Christmas program at Dzaleka, Anna writes: “Please pray for grace, strength and safety as Wati and I anticipate two two-day kids’ camps at Dzaleka next week. Please pray that the gospel will be central.

“Please also pray for the Lord to continue to use Bibletime in the refugee camp to bring many to the Saviour.”

Pray: Gospel Calendars update

Stephen Harper
03/12/2022
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Please continue to pray for the progress and arrival of the shipment of Gospel Calendars sent recently. This is now expected to land in Beira (Mozambique) on 13 December. Arrival in Malawi is likely to take at least a further 4 weeks.

We have been considering printing part of the expected shortfall of calendars in Malawi, but prices have more than doubled since we last printed there. We expect considerable outlay for printing Nthawi ya Baibulo in the New Year, Lord willing, so please pray that we will have wisdom in the prioritisation decisions we have to make.

Pray for salvation

Stephen Harper
03/12/2022
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Anna requests: Please continue to pray for salvation, specifically for people’s eyes to be opened to the truth of the gospel of grace.

Note: Malawi is a “Christian” country, however for many their understanding of the Gospel is seriously flawed. It is not unusual to hear professions of faith, only to discover on further enquiry that the person is depending upon their own works. As the work grows, it is important that we pray it will have a firm foundation – that those who profess will have been genuinely been saved by grace.

Give thanks for rains

Stephen Harper
03/12/2022
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Anna asks that we give thanks for the arrival of the annual rains.

Note: Over 85% of Malawians are poor, subsistence farmers. Most have very small farms and cannot afford to irrigate. Accordingly, they at depend heavily upon natural rainfall if they are to feed themselves and their families. In recent years, the rains have been very erratic, leading to serious food insecurity.

The situation has been made very much more precarious this year due to the rocketing price of fertiliser as a consequence of the war in Ukraine.