Here we are again, another month gone again already! Time sure seems to be flying by us all. We had a good month in October, Bible Study each Monday with the staff at Water Missions International, a lot of activity with the land purchase, meetings with the sellers, getting all the necessary paper work done with the Malawi Ministry of Lands, finally recieving the final Land Certificate (Trust Deed) from the Ministry of Lands, then meeting with an Architect Firm who had been referred to us to start the drawings of the Ruth's Shawl Pavilion Training Center, (Nora is their Program Manager in Malawi), along with all the regular duties & activities!
Then on October 25th, Pastor Demitri, Ruan, & Edme arrived for a ten day ministry stay here in Malawi. We had active right away, going first to Area 44 at the Nsambeta Primary School, to share at the Special Needs class of 30 disabled children. Then later at the school, they participated in the weekly Bible Club Ministry with about 1400 students attending. The next day we had them at one of the widows house that Gary Guthrie of CC Napa rebuilt back in April/May, painting the inside of the house with a lime coating to protect it from rain deterioation & crawling bugs that are very common
in Malawi.
On October 29 we took off for the Village of Chisanja for a two day Pastors Conference & then the next two days in the village of Msambiamfa for an additional two day Pastors Conference. The next day we headed to Lake Malawi for a half day of relaxation & a good non-village meal. On the way home on Friday afernoon, our Toyota Prado began making a noise which did not sound good at all! The engine died on us 4 times before we made it back to Lilongwe. I had called our mechanic after the first time the engine died, described what the sound was making, but he said to try to make it back, if possible, which we did, but with a lot of frustration! We have subsequently learned that it was the crankshaft, & the vehicle has been in the garage since then. Oh Lord have mercy upon the final cost of repairs!
Saturday was spent cleaning up all our equipment, our bodies & taking care of the all the dirty clothes we had accumulated over the week. Village life is spent in living in & around dirt as most houses & buildings have dirt floors & there is no asphalt roads. Sunday we took the team from South Africa to the airport and we came home & collapsed. We have been totally blessed of God again in 2012 with all the teams/individuals who have come to Malawi to minister here! We have had co-laborers here with us from the Month of April straight through to 11/4/12. Praise His Holy Name! All this activity was a direct result of answered prayer!! So, please join us as we continue to ask the Lord to send even more of His called people in 2013.
We & our team will be leaving on 11/19 for a week long outreach to a village named Chapulapula that is 2 1/2 hour drive from Lilongwe, and this will be our(Nora & I) last outreach for 2012 as we will be leaving for our furlough on 11/29. Please be praying for a safe journey back to the States, wonderful holidays with our 4 grown children, 13 grandchildren, & 7 great grandchildren, & for the Holy Spirit's anointing as we share with a number of churches & other speaking venues about what God is doing in Malawi.
May the Lord of the Harvest raise up His called people to share the gospel worldwide,as His soon return is quickly approaching!! We pray for all of you a Happy Thanksgiving & Christ filled Christmas! Remember, keep looking up, for our redemption draws nigh!!!!!!
