Points for Prayer & Thanksgiving

  • Why Extreme Weather Events in a Third-World Country are Extra Devastating

    Many of my friends in the U.S. have either personally experienced or know those who have experienced extreme weather events. In some areas of the country, we have it down to a system.

  • Anna & Goodson assess the damage following Cyclone Freddy

    The rain has eased enough for Anna and Goodson to begin to assess the damage in the surrounding community following Cyclone Freddy. Anna writes: ” We walked. 😉 Not even trying to drive today. “Some pictures are following. The damage is extensive. Many, many houses have fallen. It’s a bit overwhelming. “And, yet, what weRead More

  • Cyclone Freddy Malawi Relief Effort

    As heavy rain continues to fall, the situation continues to develop. It’s still too early to say what the scale of the disaster is – but it is a disaster! The death toll from Cyclone Freddy Malawi has already exceeded 100, and some people have been in touch to ask what they can do asRead More

  • Cyclone Freddy breaking records

    CNN reported today that Cyclone Freddy is breaking records for the duration and strength of tropical storms in the southern hemisphere. Al Jazeera says police in Malawi have reported 11 deaths around the city of Blantyre. [Edit: The death toll has now exceeded 60 – 18:00 GMT – 13 March 2023)

  • Video: Recent Child Safeguarding Training

    Malawi has one of the worst records in the world when it comes to child marriages. According to the UNPFA, almost half of women in Malawi are married before they’re 18, with an alarming number married very much earlier than that. Child marriages often have devastating consequences for the girls involved. Not only are theyRead More

  • Pray for Wati on the loss of her grandmother

    Please pray for Wati on the loss of her grandmother in the early hours of Saturday. The burial took place yesterday in the midst of Cyclone Freddy. Please remember Wati at this difficult time and pray that the Lord will comfort give much grace. Pray that Wati’s faith may be a testimony to other membersRead More

  • Pray: More homes destroyed by Cyclone Freddy

    Please pray for those affected by Cyclone Freddy. Brother Goodson reports that the roof of his own sister’s house was blown away yesterday. This morning, the homes of a sister at Saidi and the carpenter who works on site there, have suffered partial collapse.

  • 3 Litres of Music

    That’s 3 litres of music there. And you have NO IDEA how sweet it sounds! Over four years ago, Goodson and I were travelling home from Lilongwe (Lee-long-way) when the engine in my Isuzu pick-up packed in. It wasn’t a good situation. We were a couple of hundred Kms from home, on a section ofRead More

  • Pray: Water supply problem at Saidi

    Please pray about the water supply at Saidi. Water comes from an on-site borehole, but this has been giving intermittent problems over the past couple of weeks, and has now stopped completely. Our first borehole gave problems when it ran dry and we had to re-drill a deeper well. An engineer is to visit theRead More

  • Pray: Tropical Cyclone Freddy tracking towards Malawi

    Tropical Cyclone Freddy has already caused serious disruption and some loss of life as it passed over Madagascar and Mozambique. After heading back to the Indian Ocean, Freddy has again begun to track towards the coast on a path which would take it to Malawi by this coming weekend. Many families are still affected byRead More

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