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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 members of her family who are unsaved.
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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.
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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 of road which skirts along the edge of Mozambique. It’s an area notorious for armed bandits who take advantage of the open border. And there was only a hour or two of daylight remaining. The car had overheated several times recently, so I put in a…
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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 the site to try to establish the nature of the difficulty. Please pray that he will be able to “get to the bottom” of this issue quickly and that the water supply will be restored soon.
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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 by last year’s Cyclone Ana. Please pray that the many tens (hundreds?) of thousands of people very vulnerable to serious weather-problems will be spared further hardship. Pray too that these difficulties may be used by the Lord to create increased opportunities for the Gospel. Click here…
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Do you have any of these skills?
SALT was established to lay a foundation for the development of the Lord’s work in Malawi. We are seeing that work grow, and could use some additional skills to build upon what has already been achieved, particularly in the following areas:
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Pray: Nthawi ya Baibulo pilot groups
Wati mentions: “We can pray for the Nthawi ya Baibulo as we pilot it. The books have now been shared among the different groups that will be piloting it.”
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Give thanks: Bible class for secondary students
Anna says: Give thanks for those who came to the first Bible class for secondary students today. This is a group I’ve long been burdened for because they aren’t really covered in any of our other classes, but until now I lacked the confidence in Chichewa. The Bibletime curriculum is already proving to be a blessing in that regard. Please pray for God’s word to bear fruit in these lives.
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Give Thanks: Very useful trip to Malawi (Stephen)
Stephen asks that we join in giving thanks for his safe return and for a very profitable trip to Malawi. Although he landed in Addis Ababa in a very serious rain and lightning storm, the return journey was otherwise long, but uneventful.
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A call to prayer
It’s 4:56 AM and I’m listening to the morning call to prayer. I should say another call to prayer, for this isn’t the first one of the new day. The muezzin’s cry from some other distant minaret already penetrated my dozy darkness some indeterminate time ago.
Points for Prayer & Thanksgiving
