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Pray that Stephen & Gail’s current visit to Malawi will be profitable

Stephen Harper
19/04/2022
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After a night each in Blantyre and Zomba, they spent the weekend at the home of German friends in Lilongwe, where Anna has been for the past week and a half. Together with Anna, they moved on yesterday to Cape Maclear on the shores of Lake Malawi.

Cape Maclear is famous as the location of the earliest missionary settlement in Malawi, but also as a very peaceful tourist location. They are staying at a very tranquil lakeshore lodge run by a wonderful Christian couple from South Africa, who insisted that they come and stay as their house guests.

Please pray particularly that this time together will be conducive to Anna’s ongoing recovery from her recent traumatic ordeal.

Pray: Consignment of security equipment ready for shipping

Stephen Harper
11/04/2022
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A pallet of CCTV security equipment is due to leave NI this week en route to Malawi. Unfortunately a short delay means that it has missed the deadline to make this week’s airfreight consignment and won’t now go until the end of the month. Please pray for its safe arrival.

Pray for Harold as he recovers from a very painful Scorpion sting

Stephen Harper
11/04/2022
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Goodson and Harold (with baby Trevor) on Sunday afternoon

Brother Harold was stung by a large scorpion hiding in a timber pile at the home he is building. When Stephen called him on Saturday evening he was crying uncontrollably with unbearable pain. Scorpion stings can be fatal, so we praise God that he is recovering.

Wati & Goodson visited Harold at his home on Sunday and reported that he was feeling somewhat better, although he still has pain and numbness at the site of the sting.

Pray for Stephen & Gail as they travel to Malawi

Stephen Harper
11/04/2022
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Stephen and Gail will drive to Dublin on Monday evening for a Tuesday morning flight to Stockholm, en route to Malawi. It’s a long, 27 hour journey with 4 flights, so please pray for them as they go.

Pray that the short visit will be a blessing – Stephen hopes to attend to several matters pending after his recent visit with Jim, and Gail hopes she will be able to give some encouragement and support to Anna.

Akuba

Stephen Harper
09/04/2022
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I’m sharing this from Anna’s personal blog, with her express permission with the intention is that we may continue to uphold her in our prayers.

Anna hopes that giving this account in her own words will prevent unnecessary speculation and having to repeat the story over and over.

Pray: Anna’s Recovery from her recent trauma

Stephen Harper
06/04/2022
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As communication with Anna has been restored, it has become apparent that her recent trauma was much more than “just” a burglary.

Please enfold her in your prayers and pray for her physical, emotional and spiritual preservation during this extremely difficult trial.

Pray: Stephen’s next visit to Malawi – 12 April

Stephen Harper
04/04/2022
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Brother Stephen has been considering when to make his next visit to Malawi. Recent events have confirmed that this should be sooner rather than later, so he plans to depart on 12 April, Lord willing.

Please pray that Stephen will remain Covid-free prior to departure, and while in Malawi, as a Covid infection could cause serious disruption to travel arrangements.

Pray: For maize harvest – Extremely difficult days ahead

Stephen Harper
04/04/2022
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Please pray for the maize harvest in Malawi. According to the Famine Early Warning System, large swathes of the country are already “stressed”. Much of the Lower Shire is “in crisis” and Anna’s recent burglary reminds us that crime inevitably occurs more frequently when life is so difficult.

Pray: Continue to uphold Anna and her family

Stephen Harper
04/04/2022
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There is much to give thanks for following Anna’s recent ordeal, but still much to pray about. Please particularly remember the following matters:

That Anna will continue to know the peace of the Lord as she processes the emotions & memories of what happened, and what could have happened.
For preservation of Anna, and the rest of the team, from similar incidents.
Continue to pray for the recovery or replacement of the stolen goods
Please remember Anna’s family – this is a difficult time for them as they deal with their own emotions and natural instincts to care for her.
For those around Anna to be able to give the support – and space – that she will need.
That the Lord will overrule so that this will somehow be to the furtherance of the Gospel, not to its detriment.

Work for the Lord in Malawi – Reflections on the past 20 years

Stephen Harper
02/04/2022
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Unbelievable. But true. 2022 marks the 20^th anniversary of our first experience of life and work for the Lord in Malawi.

From Heaven to our hearts

We were young and inexperienced, but Gail and I were both feeling the unmistakeable weight of a burden from the Lord. Not particularly for Malawi, at first, but each of us had a very definite sense that the Lord was calling us to dedicate ourselves more fully to him. For many months it seemed that every passage we read, every message we heard, was a voice from heaven straight to our hearts. (How I long for days like those again!)