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“When were you hungry…?”
(This is a true story, but the identity of the individuals involved has been deliberately obscured for their protection.) We had a really moving experience at the refugee camp. We were visiting a refugee orphanage run by a Christian couple within the camp. Wow! How the Lord is using the husband and wife in such awful circumstances. He was a government official in his previous country who couldn’t condone or carry out the killings by the President. An assassination on his life was attempted and he narrowly escaped death several times during his escape. He got separated from his wife…
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The wee heart-breakers
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MGO Monkey Business
A few light-hearted MGO moments captured in Photo of the Day.
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Sunday Sadness
This morning (11 August) we went to a small church about 1/2 hr away. Stephen was asked to give ministry to the believers, and a local elder was responsible to preach the Gospel. It was very disappointing to hear him preach that salvation is by continuing to do good works – going against everything our faith is founded on – that salvation is not by works but by grace alone. Although they call themselves a Gospel Hall, they are clearly missing first base. Apparently this is a very common error throughout Malawi.
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The Prison & The Pottery
On our way to Dedza prison today we saw a large truck that had just rolled over. The people of the village thought it was their lucky day as it was full of beer and they were going crazy removing all unbroken bottles, free of charge! For some distance after the accident we saw people carrying their loot away in a big hurry. Strangely on our way home the area was very quiet. I was a bit concerned that the people were more concerned about the loot than the driver and I sure hope no one was crushed under it…
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If only someone will come…
Whenever I come to Malawi, what strikes me is the thousands of children who have an open ear for the gospel. There is so much potential, if only someone will come and pour the word of God into their precious hearts.
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Devil Street
This morning we did a big distribution of gospel texts near the bus depot in Devil Street, Lilongwe. It was very busy. I had a guy wanting to marry me, when I told him I was already married he asked me if I had a sister, I told him she was already married too!! Quite the interesting morning!! We had some good conversations with people too. And one of the girls in our group from Zambia saw someone from her village, he recognized her first. Its a small world! When we got back for lunch quite a few were not…
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MGO 2019 Update
I really must apologise. MGO 2019 is more than half-way through, and I still haven’t posted an update. I’m not sure whether that’s a reflection of the hotter-than-usual weather, the more manic-than-usual environment that is Lilongwe, or just that I’m getting too long in the tooth for this stuff 🙂 We are so thankful to the Lord for a great team of enthusiastic and energetic (at least for the first few days) volunteers. They’ve assembled from N.Ireland, England, Scotland Canada and USA but gelled together almost instantly – a real testimony to the grace of God which has made us…
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Cyclone Idai Relief Update
When Cyclone Idai hit Malawi and neighbouring countries in March this year, experience had taught us that the real problems would manifest themselves in the months, rather than days that followed. These events have a “long tail”.
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Going to press again
As we go to press on half a million 2020 Gospel Calendars, we express our thanks to Brian Chalmers for his help with the artwork this year.
Points for Prayer & Thanksgiving
