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Anna writes: Please pray that our visit to Dzaleka and Divine Touch (Street Kids’ Feeding Program) will be a blessing and encouragement to them and that the Lord will watch over us as we travel.

Note: Anna and Wati will be travelling this incoming week to monitor the progress of the Bibletime work at Dzaleka, as well as the various relief programs SALT supports there and in Lilongwe. In recent months the Government has been forcibly returning immigrants to the camp, exacerbating the overcrowding there.

During the past week we had the following reports from William (Dzaleka) and Edward (Lilongwe):

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Anna requests that we pray for the upward and outward growth of the new little assembly.

While it is thrilling to see the progress so far, please pray that the Lord will add more to the number there, and that each will progress toward spiritual maturity. The will undoubtedly be difficulties and there are many potential pitfalls, so please pray earnestly for the preservation of the work.

According to Brother Harold there were “tears of thanksgiving to the Lord” on Lord’s Day for what he has done at Saidi.

Six believers were baptised, with many people coming to witness the event. The Gospel was preached, and together with the newly-baptized believers they all sat down to break bread as an assembly for the first time.

This is the fruit of years of labour in the area. As you give thanks for all that the Lord has done, please also pray that those who have obeyed the Lord in baptism will be richly blessed in their souls, and that the new assembly will be preserved and prosper in the days ahead.

Baptism at Saidi
Baptism at Saidi

Anna asks that we give thanks that the Bible studies we held in May have borne fruit, and that a number of people have requested to be baptised. This is not only a testament to the Lord’s goodness, but also to the labours of Brother Goodson who has faithfully preached the Gospel and taught the Word of God in the area of Saidi / Thondwe for several years.

Please also pray that those who will be baptised next Lord’s Day will continue to grow in grace, and that we will soon have the joy of seeing an assembly planted in the area. Please also pray that the baptisms will speak to the many others who regularly listen to the Gospel at Saidi, but have not yet responded.

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The team in Malawi will be meeting on Monday to discuss preparations for MGO 2023. Please pray that they will be guided in their deliberations. They will also be further discussing the development of our Child Protection procedures, following the very useful training held earlier in the year, prior to the cyclone.

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Jim & Stephen are joining the team today for an extended monthly team meeting. Together, they plan to review the events of the year so far, and to take stock and plan for the remainder of the year. Much help is needed.

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Please pray for blessing on last week’s activities with Jim, David & Stephen and the rest of the SALT team. Each afternoon, we had Bible studies and Gospel outreach at Saidi, with mornings occupied with a prison visit and a couple of visits to evacuation camps.

At Bvumbwe prison, several hundred juvenile prisoners received hygiene packs and heard the Gospel preached, and at the evacuation camps we distributed food and other relief items, and preached the Gospel. Pray for blessing on each activity.

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Wati says, “The numbers in evacuation camps have reduced as people are being encouraged to return home. The reopening of schools has also added pressure as many camps are at schools (which are themselves overcrowded).

“We can pray for Cyclone Freddy survivors who have left camps very little support as they are looking to return home and rebuild their livelihoods.”

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Please remember Stephen, who will be travelling to Malawi on Tuesday, and Jim & David who follow on Friday and Saturday respectively.

Pray they will have travelling mercies and have a safe and profitable time ministering among the people at the evacuation camps. They also plan to have a short series of Gospel Meetings at Saidi.

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Although it’s barely 3 weeks since Stephen returned for his son’s wedding, he is preparing for the next trip to Malawi, next week, God willing.

Stephen will be joined by Jim McMaster and David Williamson (on his first visit to Malawi). This visit was to have been for a week of Bible teaching conferences, but that has been cancelled in view of the present crisis in Malawi. In lieu of that, they will visit some of the evacuation camps for Gospel outreach.

Please pray for them as they prepare, particularly in view of the simultaneous preparations for the Seed Sowers’ distribution in Londonderry, this weekend.

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