Well, after flying 27 hours, we arrived safely in South Africa. We are currently staying with Pastor Chad & his family of CC Johannesburg. They are great hosts and we have truly enjoyed our time of resting & fellowship. They got back at about the same time we did after their two month furlough in CA.
We will be leaving for Malawi in a few days and start our new life & ministry in Lilongwe. Both Nora & I are in good health and excellent spirit, looking forward to complete our trip to Malawi.
Please be praying for us to find a home to rent, a good deal on a purchase of an automobile, and our ability to get settled quickly in our new surroundings. That we will be well received by all and that God would help us to find favor with the people, so we can move quickly & smoothly in the areas of ministry. For the Pastor Seminar to be held March 4-7th in Lilongwe as Pastor Tom Mambo hosting the seminar, with Pastor Dimitri of CC Cape Town South Africa as well as other South African pastors including Pastor Chad doing the teaching.
Continue your prayers for us & all our brothers & sisters in Southern Africa as we reach out to the needs God has shown us. That we follow closely HIS directions and not get side tracked with other needs revealed to us. That we stay on course with HIM & HIS agenda, not ours! We love you all and you are in our prayers. More to follow as we proceed on The Road to Malawi.
Steve & Nora
I am glad you have made it safely to Africa. You are and always be a blessing to me.
ReplyDeleteI am praying for you and Nora (Mamasita), please give each other a hug from me.
Love you
Mary
Dear Mary:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your prayers & your love. Mamasita sends her special hugs to you as well as mine! Please share with everyone we are fine and we send our love to all. We will share more later.
Steve & Nora
very happy to hear what we expected to hear - that you arrived safely. and, we of course know you'll recieve a warm & gracious welcome from all there. looking at your blog site daily for updates - sending much love & continual prayers for you both. i love you greatly steve & Nora.
ReplyDeleteyour sister in His love, terrie
PS - how's your back, Steve?
Steve-mon, so glad to hear you are safe-mon. Will you be growing your hair out into dreadlocks and wearing a tam? Oh wait, you're there for ministry, not the reggae music ... sorry! Hope all is going better than expected and that you guys get used to the different tastes, smells and sights of the country. That's a lot of info going into your brains all at once ... tell Nora to get a Precepts going out there!
ReplyDeleteAll our love and faithful prayers for you two!
XOXO in HIM,
Ant~* (standing in for Daniel and Sonora)
2-6-09
ReplyDeleteTerrie:
My back is about 95% of the way to total recovery. Still a little tender, but compared to the trip, I will settled for this any day.
We are doing well,missing everyone already, but truly excited about getting started in Malawi real soon!
We both love you mucho and think of you daily. How's everything going at CPC? tell Debbie & all there we send our love & regards.
Stay in touch, we remain,
In HIM,
Steve & Nora
Antoniette:
ReplyDeleteMy hair is longer than usual, but do not worry, dreadlocks is not in the picture.
Nora will be teaching soon to the women and Precepts is one of her favorites.
Give Daniel our love.
In HIM,
Steve & Nora
Steve and Nora,
ReplyDeleteWell done. You two are an inspiration to me.
We'll be praying for your health, for your continued abiding unto much fruit, for open doors, for boldness, for wisdom, for clarity, and for the practical needs that you have and will have.
I'll be blogging about your blog soon...
In Christ,
Bill