We have received reports of very severe rainfall and serious flooding in parts of Malawi’s Southern Region.
Brother Emi reports that locals have taken refuge at the Kindergarten he runs at Kachoka as many homes have collapsed due to the adverse weather.
Sadly, brother Jim will have to cut his trip short and will return home tomorrow as Janet has been taken unwell.
We are so thankful to the Lord that, notwithstanding this unfortunate turn of events, we were able to accomplish a major objective of the trip when we met the management of the Malawi Prison Service at HQ today.
Malawi Prison Service latest recruit
Every picture tells a story. This one says that we had a great visit with the staff at prison HQ.
We were able to explore some very promising opportunities for the future, of which more later, and have arranged a further visit for next week when we will be able to hand over some much-needed learning resources for the prison school at Zomba.
Please continue to pray for this work.
We’ve had a very profitable first day on this trip in Malawi. Not too intense, but we had useful conversations with parties interested in the prison work.
Jim McMaster and Stephen Harper travel to Malawi today for a two-week visit during which they hope to make further progress developing the prison work and other areas of SALT’s ministry.
Of particular importance will be trying to negotiate on land for the planned project to build a centre from which to base SALT’s future operations.
Please pray for safe travel, good health and for a fruitful time in Malawi.
17 prisons in Malawi have Reformatory Schools where prisoners can study towards completing their Primary of Secondary education.
These schools are desperately under-resourced and are taught by prisoners who receive small privileges as incentives to volunteer.
