Brother Harold recently mentioned several contacts who are interested in Baptism: “I talked to two sisters whose testimonies are clear and Goodson has talked to three or four brothers whose testimonies are clear too.”
As you give thanks for this, please pray that the brothers will have wisdom as they go forward. Harold continued, “Goodson has some difficulties in going forward because of the responsibility he has so he wants to make sure that these who come have pure motives.”
Brother Stephen was greatly encouraged by his recent visit to Ontario for report meetings. Apart from the warm hospitality, it was a real blessing to see the enthusiasm with which the Lord’s people received the updates from Malawi and committed to pray for the growing work there.
Stephen hopes to be with the assembly at Manvers Hall, Bath on Saturday 10th December for an evening intended to encourage younger Christians to become more involved in missionary work. Please pray for this important meeting – the value of missionary endeavour is being eroded in the classroom as our children are being indoctrinated at school with the idea that “interfering” in other cultures is an evil thing.
Please continue to pray for the shipment of 2023 Gospel calendars and hygiene packs which was sent from Belfast during September.
Due to breakdown problems at the printer they were only able to complete half of the planned print run of 1,000,000 calendars. Please pray for the timely arrival of the container and for guidance as we consider whether to print all/part of the remaining 500,000 calendars using a commercial printer in Malawi.
Please continue to remember Janet McMaster’s health. Janet has recently had a second cancer surgery and expects to begin further treatment in the coming weeks.
Janet has been responsible for overseeing SALT’s finances and we miss her input. Please also remember Gail as she tries to handle the increased bookkeeping / finance responsibilities as a result of Janet’s illness.
Anna says, “Give thanks for consistent attendance and new faces every week at Sunday Gospel meeting”.
Anna says, Please pray for the health and strength of the team. Both Harold and Goodson have been under the weather during the past week.
Note: Malawi is currently experiencing yet another Cholera outbreak. According to Reuters, it has claimed over 110 lives since March, with thousands of others infected, making it one of the worst outbreaks in recent years. Millions of people in Malawi have no flush toilets and many still do not even have access to a latrine. During wet season these poor hygiene standards leave such people very vulnerable to disease. Wet season is also the time when Malaria proliferates, due to increased numbers of mosquitoes which carry the parasite.
Please remember the ongoing Fuel shortage in Malawi. This has been a persistent problem for 4 months now. Over the past week or two supplies of diesel have been intermittently available, but there has been little or no petrol at all.
Apart from further limiting the country’s already struggling economy, this frustrates the work daily. Every journey has to be carefully evaluated and much time is wasted searching / queueing for fuel.
500,000 Gospel calendars and 2400 Prison Hygiene packs will soon be on their way to Malawi.
Earlier this week we loaded 96 cartons into a rental van at SALT’s depot in Newtownards. We extend sincere thanks to the assemblies and individuals across the UK who have helped put these packs together.
Please remember Anna as she will be returning to Malawi on Wednesday, after a few weeks’ break in the UK and USA.
Please pray for safe, trouble-free travel, and that she will recover quickly from the long and tiring journey. Pray too that she will settle back quickly to the work in Malawi, and know the Lord’s presence and guidance in the weeks and months ahead.
As previously mentioned, we weren’t able to have this weeks’ annual trustees’ workshop as planned. However, some of us met together for a couple of days earlier this week to discuss some of the topics which had been on our agenda.
