The Reserve Bank of Malawi just announced a massive 25% overnight currency devaluation. The Malawi Kwacha has lost 90% of its value in two decades!
Pray: Planning for next major literature distribution
Please pray for our next major literature distribution which will take place shortly. As demand for Gospel Literature has grown, so the logistics of meeting the demand have become more complicated. This typically involves several thousand KM and a couple of weeks on the road.
Pray: Heidi Vallance last few days in Malawi
Anna’s mom, Heidi Vallance, is spending her last few days in Malawi. Please pray that her remaining time will be a blessing to both her and Anna, and for journeying mercies as she starts the long journey home on Wednesday.
Harold requests the saints’ prayers for the week ahead
“I’ll appreciate the saints’ prayers for paper work for the trailer.”
He also has an upcoming trip to Kasungu about the container and requests prayer for that.
Goodson – “pray that the work for the Lord will go well”
Brother Goodson says: “There is a lot happening here at the site. Also, there is also the work with Anna and the Bible studies. We need to be praying for these things so that this work for the Lord will go well.”
Note: Brother Goodson is kept very busy supervising the ongoing building project as well as construction of a house for Anna nearby. He does this work faithfully and diligently while also managing to keep several Bible studies going on site.
Pray: Harold travelling to deal with problem at literature depot
Bro Harold is planning to travel to Lilongwe and on to Kasungu shortly to try to sort out a problem in our literature storage container there. It has an infestation of chiswe (white ants).
The container has subsided due to heavy rains, enabling the chiswe to enter. It needs to be raised and repositioned on concrete pillars to keep it off the ground. White ants are very destructive and could quickly destroy our literature stocks.
Kasungu is approximately 1000Km round-trip. Soaring costs of fuel mean that Harold is keen to accomplish as much as possible on this trip. He asks that we pray for travelling mercies and that he will not only be able to sort out the white ant problem, but that he will be able to make the trip profitable in other ways.
Pray: Health of Bro Harold & his family
Please pray for Bro Harold’s health. He has had a recurrence of the back pain he suffers from time to time. In conversation with Stephen, it transpires that Harold has been carrying rocks from a nearby mountain to build a security wall around the new house he is constructing.
Pray for the weekly adults’ Bible Study
Wati reminds us that many of the builders and other workers at Saidi regularly attend Goodson’s weekly adult bible study. This is really encouraging to see.
Most are unsaved, so please pray for their salvation, and for the growth of those who do know the Lord.
Continue to pray for ladies who completed skills training at Dzaleka
Wati reminds us to please continue to pray for the women who recent completed the skills training at Dzaleka.
Our aim was to equip them to earn an honest living to help lift them from the poverty trap which often leads to prostitution and other vice. Pray for wisdom as we go forward – to know how best to help further as they try to establish small businesses. Especially pray that the the investment in their physical needs will lead to even further opportunities to bring the Gospel to them and their families.
Anna: Prayer Request
Anna requests prayer for continued direction, clarity and grace as she eases back into normal life after her recent difficulties.