tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61593828422203156122024-02-21T20:44:59.529-08:00The Road To MalawiPastor Steve and Nora Braselton have been called to Malawi - a small, poor African country. Here you can read about how God uses them to touch the lives of these wonderful people. Their Training and Discipleship Ministry to Malawi Pastors is Malawi Outreach. Nora is working with Widows and Orphans as part of the Ruth's Shawl Ministry. More info on Ruth's Shawl Ministry can be found at www.ruthsshawl.org.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-7995175190875302242013-07-06T05:24:00.001-07:002013-07-06T05:24:02.999-07:00Important Update<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>To all our faithful prayer warriors & supporters:</strong></span><br />
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We have now migrated the Road to Malawi blog to the Ruth’s Shawl webpage. All past and future posts will now be available at</blockquote>
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The migration to the Ruth’s Shawl web page to host our blog is a reflection of the recent merger of the two ministries so that now Malawi Outreach is an entity of Ruth’s Shawl, Inc. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.</blockquote>
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Thank you all so very much for your love, prayers, & financial support! The ministry of Malawi Outreach has not changed at all, just operating in the USA & Malawi as an entity of Ruth’s Shawl, Inc. as a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation & as a International Registered Non Government Organization in Malawi, Africa.</blockquote>
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In Him,</blockquote>
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Pastor Steve & Nora Braselton</blockquote>
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Malawi Outreach Ministries</blockquote>
snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-5058479794411053362013-06-02T10:40:00.000-07:002013-06-02T10:40:00.465-07:00Update Report May 2013<br />
It is hard to believe how fast time is rushing by all of us! Life is real; good times, bad times, even the ugly times, but God............. We have been experiencing the pangs of spiritual warfare, in so many different venues, but at the same time, we have been experiencing some fantastic victories that blow our minds! We recently made visits to three separate villages:<br />
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1.Village #1 in Ntchisi District - Where we visited with the teacher who is running the Adult Literacy Classes in the village for Ruth's Shawl, who is doing such a wonderful job with 19 women, most of which are widows,who could not read or write. Now, five of these women can read & write in Chichewa, with the others coming along so very well. Our teacher anticipates that most of these women will be able to read & write, with a few of the older women will be struggling, but making slow progress.<br />
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We were also able to view a Bible Study of about 150 women in the local church building have a Bible study, using the "Proclaimer", provided by the Christian company, Faith Comes By Hearing, which we supplied to this village(s). They have fourteen stations of small churches spread out over a number of miles, at a week at a time & then they return the unit back to the main church location, along with a report of what they have studied, what were the main salient points, what was the application aspect of what they have studied, & how many attended each study. They are doing a incredible job with the teachings we have provided, the additional tools we have been able to leave for them, & taking full advantage of all that God has provided for them to grow in their knowledge of the Word of God!<br />
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2.Village # 2 in the Ntchisi District - Where we have been on several visits previously, to get an update on how they are progressing with that which has been provided to them in regards to the teachings, & other Biblical materials that was given to them to see them grow.<br />
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We were so blessed to see & hear their testimonies such as:<br />
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* One leader in the community testified that he had not been attending church regularly, was smoking & drinking heavily. After our last week long outreach, hearing the teachings, he became convicted in his heart & as a result, has given up smoking, drinking & is now attending church each week. He went on to say that his life, his attitude, & his outlook on life has been radically changed!!! <br />
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* The main leader in the village, testified that his heart had been so touched because of the tools that had been provided to them, he related to the hoe (Khasu) the farmers used in their farming is a valuble too. He compared it to the spiritual tools they now possess are to be used to till the soil for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now the whole village has benefitted and is growing together, Water Missions International has provide them with clean potable water & the lord has now provided the Living Water. He also shared that when we were there the last time & distributed Bibles, one of the receipiants was the oldest man in that area and he recentlt pass away. When they found him, he was holding his Bible to his chest. He was so thrilled he had his own Bible, even at this last stage of his life here on earth.<br />
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*Another younger man, who spoke surprisingly good English, that he also was a leader in the village & as a result of the outreaches we had provided, he too learned that the things of God that he learned through the teachings, he has begun to attend church regularly, studying the Word of God, learning what he needs to stop if he desires to grow closer to his God.<br />
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*One of the women leaders also spoke about of how she & the other women in the village are growing in their understanding of the Bible, because they now have their own Bibles to study. <br />
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*We were also able to do eye exams & distribute 25 sets of reading glasses to the Pastors & village leaders in attendance.+<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWTX5g0h8ttGKo5iqJWlHyQ5qyrW-ozkVil-B2j8nyB3f-2Y883r_C7Hi8Ie4YJLjMRR64qMkPtMM-t11JrsvyigFAZap4E0C4-IjrYlcbnh8GJ1QVuMKRjrg0j-CxEF6Wt-FLbQRzCID/s1600/April+Project+GoGo+Orphanage+,Chisanja+-Chorwe-+Chapulupula+453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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* We discussed their desire to have an Adult Literacy Class set up in this area, which they were emphactically in favor of doing so.<br />
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Village #3 in Ntchisi District - Met with the Headmaster of the Government School in this village along with one of the women leaders to set a date for us to come to a week long outreach in June. We discussed the need for people in their village for reading glasses as well as the possibility of establishing Adult Literacy Classes for those who cannot read or write. In both cases, they were eager to have both of these tools to made available to them. We will give you a report of how God blessed on our next Update Report <br />
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On May 22nd, Judith Canner from Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay & her parents, Jim & Alicia of Pennsylvania arrived in Lilongwe. Jim & Alicia will be with us for about three weeks & Judith will be here until July 1st. We have had them keeping busy and we leave for Zambia for three days before we return to do two local outreaches near Lilongwe. Saturday, June 1st, is Nora's Birthday and we are having a fun night, including a UNO party with our Home Fellowship group and Birthday celebration. Then on June 3rd, we will doing a week long outreach to another remote village.<br />
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We have several additional teams due to be arriving in July, August, September, & two teams in October. We are truly blessed of God who has answered our cry to send laborers to the fields that are white unto harvest here in Malawi. We also have just harvested our maize crop and we have ended with 185 bags of 50KG each (110 lbs.)already bagged and we will be harvesting our peanuts (called ground nuts here)next week, so our Lord has blessed the work of the hands of our Malawian farmers! God is so good!<br />
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Just wanted to give you all a brief update and to ask you to continue to pray for all the teams coming to be used of God for His glory and that we can be a total blessing to those we are ptivileged to serve and minister to with the love of God.<br />
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border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZq7RGpqOxW5iOoNHWtRyB2cXXpAJdZBJfvxYVMPTKCqXrTdwFyLMpQDV04hsgNtP7qRZvzUA3-AsIMs0F48wQGUHb-uMWog994ckJp4Oqa8R8TN6i9XnNZ5C-hsK5ruhbxhAJhnYR_JL0/s320/012.JPG" /></a>Well, as usual, there is much to praise our Lord for as we have seen Him go before us time after time, as He leads, guides & directs our steps to fulfill His desires to bless the country of Malawi. We have been working fervently for over three years to obtain the final approval of the Malawian Congoma & NGO Boards. These agencies are the two official groups that any foreign entity who come to Malawi must be approved by in order to legally minister in this country. So, as of this moment, we are in possession of both Certificates from these agencies and we are now officially registered and are in full compliance with the Malaian Government! PTL !!!! In addition, we were able to obtain our required Malawi Revenue Agaency TPIN number (Tax I.D.#. Wow, trying to get these approvals is a lot different here than in the States!! But, to God be the glory!<br />
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During the month of March, we have been able to do an outreach to a village in the Ntchisi District, about 2 1/2 hours out in a remote area to do a review of what this village has done with those things we had previously shared with them. We were overjoyed at hearing the different praise reports from the men & women of the village as well as the Head Chief & other village leaders(See photos) That were truly excited to share with us the things they had learned & put into application. Marriages restored, people sharing about now attending church with their spouses which was not the case before we came & shared the Gospel with them. And one of the strongest praise reports was the reaction of all the people who were able to view the Jesus Film we had shown on our last visit! They expressed they had no idea how Jesus lived much like they do today, walking everywhere, seeing cooking being done on open fires outdoors, that Jesus dressed very plainly, how He loved the people of that day, His healing miracles & most of all how brutal His death was on the cross! They asked that we be sure to bring it back to be shown again, so more of the surrounding villagers may come to see this powerful depiction of the life, ministry,death,resurrection, & ascension of our Lord Jesus!<br />
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On the Saturday before Easter Sunday, March 30th, we & our ministry team went to the Grace of God Orphanage to minster to the children in this orphanage. Timothy ministered to them in Chichewa the real meaning of Easter as to what & whom we celebrate. Then the team occupied the group in games, so much fun, & then we were able to provide them all with snacks & a Malawian drink called SOBO which is a Orange concentrate you mixed with water, & it is so tasty! It is not sold in the States, but it should be! Following all these activities, we were able to set up the equipment to show the Jesus Film. We went from a crowd of about 40 people to well over 300 people, as the people surrounding this orphanage began coming to see the movie. At the end of the film in the Chichewa language. At the end of the film, there is a presentation of the gospel & how to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Savior. At least 80% of all in attendance stood & recited the sinners prayer! Praise His Holy Name & tahnk you Holf Spirit for drawing all these new saints into your Kingdom!!!!!<br />
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Nora, myself & all of our team will be traveling on Monday, the 15th, to a remote vilalge to continue to build upon the foundation that has already been laid out, to witness the power of the Holy Spirit doing His work in the minds & hearts of His beloved people of Malawi. We have embarked upon having our Malawian team to do much of the teaching that will be given on our 5 day outreach. The people of our team are men &women whom we have worked with, trained, & discipled, to put them in a position to be able to teach their own people in the people's native tongue without the necessity of a translator. We are so proud of our team, for their love for Jesus Christ, their faithfulness over the past three years to be sharing their time & love on multiple outreaches, as we have ministered together in so many villages over the past three years, & to now see them stepping up to accept more responsibility in their journey & development in & with the Lord!<br />
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Our proposed building project of the Ruth's Shawl Pavilion Training Center is moving forward. When we were back in the States in December & January, we were blessed with a financial gift from a family to give us a jump start on this much needed Center in order to expand the number of people we can then teach, train & disciple in the years ahead of us before the Lord returns for us all! This project is estimated to take 18 months of construction time and the financial resourses needed are so far beyond our capacities, but God has asked us to believe that He is able to do this, so when it is built & in operaton, there will be no one who can take credit for it other than God Himself! (Ephesians 3:20) So, what can each of us do to be a part of God's desire to bless the people of Malawi? First of all, pray, for without prayer, nothing will happened! We need to seek His face & hear His voice, to listen quitely, then obey what He tells us to do. Secondly, take on this vision with excitement in order to share with others what God wants to do in this endeavor, word of mouth from a friend or family member is the very best means of communicating this project. Thirdly, if you are aware of companies, corporations, & Charities that invest in projects of this nature, please make contact with them to tell the story. If there is interest, we will be delighted to provide a full overview of the project including a computer generated slide presentation depicting the Center as it is designed to look like at completion.<br />
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Well, I have done it again, trying to share too much information in one setting. So, I will close for now, thanking each & everyone of you for your ongoing prayers, love, & finacial support. Without each of you, there is no ministry! In Chichewa we would say, Zikomo Kwambiri to you for your faithfulness! (Thank you very much is the translation) Hope you enjoy the photos!<br />
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snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-41697214428096827652013-03-11T13:10:00.000-07:002013-03-20T05:42:51.749-07:00Donations<br />
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Just a reminder to all of our precious financial supporters of the CC School of Ministry (Malawi Outreach), please begin to mail all donations & your checks payable to Ruth's Shawl and mail to Ruth's Shawl address at 1172 South Main St Box #354 in Salinas, Ca. 93901. As of January 1, 2013, Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay is no longer the receiving location of all donations due to tax laws pertaining to receiving funds for a non-employee. <br />
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We have, therefore, have joined under the Ruth's Shawl Non-Profit 501(c)3 corporation in the USA & under Ruth's Shawl legal status under the NGO Board, the Government agency here in Malawi. Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay is still our sending church & continues to support the ministry here in prayer as well as their continued financial support. This change of combining both ministries in reality has changed nothing, as we have always operated as a team ministry, using two different names in order to clarify the focus of each ministry.<br />
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To those of you who sent your gifts in Febraury to CCMB, they have forwarded these to us at Ruth's Shawl and they have been recorded accordingly. You will also recieve your Year-End Tax Dedutible Receipts from Ruth's Shawl for all gifts/donations for 2013 & beyond. <br />
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Thank you for your prayers & your financial giving, as we have said many times before, it is because of your faithfulness we are able to continue to minister here in Malawi as our Lord directs us to do! Here is what you are supporting, changing lives in the least, the lost and the last! <b>So, we say a big, Zikomo Kwambiri to you all!!!!! </b><br />
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We arrived back in Malawi on February 7th, after spending 10 full & busy weeks in the States. Up & down all of California, Texas, & Washington State. 12 churches, 2 High Schools, 2 Elementary Schools, several Home Fellowships; numerous doctor appointments, and best of all, spent some very precious time with each of our four grown children, our 13 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, what a total blessing it has all been! We are so truly blessed of God and we are eternally grateful for His goodness towards us!!<br />
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We experienced some of the warmest greetings ever in each church and other venues where we shared this year , about what God has & is doing in Malawi Africa! People received us with open hearts & made us feel as a part of their respected church fellowships! They rejoiced with us in the reports of God's goodness which He is showering on Malawi & its people, and many people have expressed a genuine desire to come to Malawi to serve & see the work here in peron! This is something we are very excited about and we look forward to their arrival someday soon, prayerfully in 2013 and beyond. <br />
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We also wanted to take this opportunity to express our sincere & heart felt thanks for the generous outpouring of financial gifts, given for the work of the ministry here in Malawi from those churches we were privileged to share with, as well as our faithful donor base that have stood with us these past four years. There are not words that can adequately describe how grateful & blessed, both Nora & I are, with your faith in Jesus & your trust you have expressed in us! All we can do is to say thank you Jesus & Zikomo Kwambiri to each of you! Our promise to each of you is this, we will keep on keeping on until the Lord returns for us all or until He decides to take us (Nora & I) to be with Himself! We absolutely love serving our Lord here in Malawi, because we know, experiencially, this is where He has sent us to serve Him.<br />
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Some exciting good news is that all the crops that were plaanted on the newly acquired 8.13 acres in early December are almost ready to be harvested come late March & mid April. The crops are maize, ground nuts,(Peanuts) pumpkins,& sweet potatoes. It looks like all of these crops are going to result in a bumper harvest! PTL!!!! We also met with the architectual firm again this week and we are moving forward with plans to seeing the fence around the property to be going up after the harvest. This fence in its total footage will be approximately 1 mile in length in order to fence in the total acreage.<br />
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Our schedule for village outreaches will begin in March, with a number of new villages, as well follow up with those where we conducted our seminars last year. We have already conducted a Pastors & wives Conference for a local Baptist Church here in Lilongwe on 2/15 & 16th and I have been asked to start a weekly Bible study on a new T.V. station beginning operational viewing in July. We will begin a new weekly mentoring gathering of the young men & women of Flood Church very soon as well. We have also been requested by a local Pastor & its church leadership to consider conducting several different Seminars for their three churches in 2013.<br />
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So, all in all, 2013 has begun with a clear path of what is before us as of this moment in time and we understand that we must keep a close abiding fellowship with our Lord so we only follow His directions! We earnestly seek your continued prayers, love, & support for Malawi and for us persoanlly, that the Lord will keep us healthy & strong, so we can teach, train & disciple the people whom God has entrusted into our care! <br />
snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-31174865968486734852012-12-20T20:09:00.004-08:002012-12-20T20:09:57.413-08:00FurloughWe left Lilongwe on Nov. 29th, arrived in San Francisco on Nov. 30th from Malawi, getting up at 5:30AM Malawi time, & getting into the condo here in Salinas, Ca,we clocked 39 hours. Tired, but we had great flights all the way. God has been so good to us and we praise His Holy Name!<br />
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We began the very next day with a Board of Directors meeting at 9AM PDT & we have been on the run since. We have spoken at the following churches since our arrival:<br />
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Sanctuary Bible Church in Carmel Valley Ca.<br />
Grace Christian Chapel of Seaside, Ca.<br />
Calvary Chapel Foresthill, Ca.<br />
Lighthouse Fellowship in Pacific Grove, Ca.<br />
Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay, Monterey, Ca.<br />
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To come:<br />
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Cornerstone Fellowship in Napa, Ca 12/23/12<br />
Calvary Chapel Hollister,Ca. on 12/30/12<br />
Calvary Chapel Visalia, Ca. on 1/6/13<br />
Calvary Chapel Annual Missions Conference in Murrieta, Ca. 1/7/to 1/11/13<br />
The Cross Church in Shell Beach, Ca. on 1/13/13<br />
Stockdale Christian School in Bakersfield, Ca. 1/24/13<br />
Trinity High School in Monterey, Ca. on 1/25/13<br />
Calvary Chapel Salinas, Ca. on 1/27/13<br />
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We have also attended to our annual Medical check-ups such as :<br />
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Chiropractic Exam <br />
Eye Exams<br />
Hearing Aid Exam<br />
Annual Check up with our Doctor of Internal Medicine<br />
Dermatologists<br />
Dentist<br />
Allergist<br />
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and all of them with wonderful good reports!!!!<br />
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This week we are enjoying our time with our daughter & family in Vacaville, Ca. near Sacramento. Natalie is our oldest child, married to Greg Locastro, their two boys are Domenic & Sam. Natalie loves to cook & bake, & Greg also loves to cook the best Italian food you have ever tasted!! It has been in the 20's at night & high 50's during the day. Burrrrr! Tomorrow we will get to be with my older brother & wife, as well as several of their grown children & families. So blessed to be able to spend time with family!!!!!!<br />
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We have the blessing of spending Christmas week with our son Tom, his wife Mayra, & three of their children, Kayla, Jaeden, & Quinn in Salinas Ca. It is so good to be with some of our children & grandchildren. We will also be able to see most of our great grandchildren and we met recently for the first tme our newest great grandchild, Addison Mae, who was born this last May. She is a beauty, even if I say so myself! Her father is Ty Matthew Hurlbirt (1st grandson) & mother is Savannah.<br />
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Then the first week of January 2013 with our daughter Erin & family in Bakersfield, Ca. Erin is our youngest child & is married to Todd Brendlin, their children are Trevor Alan & Keely Grace. It is always a wonderful time to spend with them as well as getting the opportunity to speak at their Christian School in January. We might also get to see Trevor & Keely to play some of the sports activity.<br />
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Then the week of 1/14/13, we fly to Washington State to be with our daughter Kelly & her husband Lewis along with their daughters, Avery & Delaney. It will be really cold in Washington, but we also have the best time with Kelly & family. Really looking forward to Lew's B-B-Q pizza! Our daughter Kelly & both of their daughters love to bake, so probably will gain a few pounds, but with a smile on my face!<br />
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We will then return to Salinas in time to speak at Calvary Chapel Salinas on 1/27/13 and then wrap up our visiting in & around Monterey/Salinas before we head back to Malawi. Please be praying for us to enjoy all of our time with our family as well as be good ambassadors for Christ as we share at each of the venues described above. We love & appreciate each one of you for your love, prayers, & support!<br />
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Merry Chrstmas one & all, remembering whom we are celebrating, Jesus Christ, our Lord & Savior!! To Him be all the glory & honor! Amen. <br />
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This is what the ministry it is all about, teaching, training, & discipling in the villages of Malawi along with the young men & women who assist us in every element of the ministry!snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-78391873876245673162012-11-16T10:17:00.001-08:002012-11-16T10:17:10.557-08:00Month of October Update Report<br />
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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! <br />
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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 <br />
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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! <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!!!!!! snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-25905622040445926212012-10-01T08:33:00.000-07:002012-10-01T08:33:29.974-07:00September 2012 Update Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGtp3QN59GCdqkCB2gIyvtBVn0fmziCyYEffxfzJczCypCfoHwA0uS_fqe2L3JXkAE0-H4-IXARFbngJsgKFLLzUC4HtADfN4ehNIMmUCqcUT_DnCmb3uJTzv7Q3IDg0m5l6f_z3-Suuz/s1600/IMG_3239-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGtp3QN59GCdqkCB2gIyvtBVn0fmziCyYEffxfzJczCypCfoHwA0uS_fqe2L3JXkAE0-H4-IXARFbngJsgKFLLzUC4HtADfN4ehNIMmUCqcUT_DnCmb3uJTzv7Q3IDg0m5l6f_z3-Suuz/s200/IMG_3239-001.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Wow, where do I start to try to share with all of you what we have seen God do since our last update August 5th. With all the wonderful activity & the teams that have come to minister with us since April, in whom we have been so blessed, Nora & I took off 6 days for some R & R. We did not truly realize how very tired we were until we got to the Safari Beach Lodge at Lake Malawi & started to relax. It was a beautiful location above the lake on a large hill overlooking so much of the Senga Bay. It was so restful & relaxing, doing a whole lot of nothing except for praying, reading & eating. It was exactly what we needed & what the good Lord provided for us! Except for the attack of a very large Baboon, who decided he wanted one of our coffee mugs. I started to chase him, then quickly realized that was not really the smartest thing I could do, so decided to allow him to keep the mug, so he can proudly show all his fans how smart & clever he was to outfox an old “Asungu”! (White skinned person) But the time there it was perfect for us as we celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary! (July 24, 1959) <br />
We then proceeded to leave the lodge on Monday the 20th, for a four day outreach to a village named Mlesi, not too far from where we were staying at the Lodge. We were blessed with another great opportunity of being able to teach pastors, elders, youth leaders, women, & of course, all the multitude of children. In Malawi, 51% of the entire population of Malawi is under the age of 14. So, there are literally hundreds of children in every village, with little, to no supervision! They flock to our activities, for many have never seen a white person, never seen a movie of any kind, & the puppet ministry by the Guthrie family was a total new experience for them!!<br />
We then return home to Lilongwe and the next evening had our monthly UNO Championship card game night, along with some outstandingly good food, with our team of volunteers & helpers. Great evening of fun, food, & relaxation! We are totally blessed with the team God has surrounded us with here in Malawi. Smart, trainable, dedicated, easy to work with, hard workers, and the best part, is that each one of them loves our Lord Jesus with their whole heart! Thank you Jesus for your goodness!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknxNzuwPt0OTNjYnwnNsw6NRoc6aXUhC2O2TyIi76z4cvv6Vbn1mj_Z5ghitLuBHaYipMnFgk4owdA3tk0qKveS4myQhe4ZayZK2vu6ZKUYp7_NiMnqab6efw8641XrItLVfhtd78E-A/s1600/IMG_3298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyknxNzuwPt0OTNjYnwnNsw6NRoc6aXUhC2O2TyIi76z4cvv6Vbn1mj_Z5ghitLuBHaYipMnFgk4owdA3tk0qKveS4myQhe4ZayZK2vu6ZKUYp7_NiMnqab6efw8641XrItLVfhtd78E-A/s200/IMG_3298.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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The next week we returned to the village of Nsambiafa for a one day follow up visit to see how they were doing with the Word they had been taught as well as how they are applying the Word to their daily lives. We were pleased to find them doing well, happy, & encouraged by the things they had learned from us on our earlier week long outreach. Then the following week we traveled to the village of Chisanja to meet with Pastor Mphatso to set up a meeting to begin Adult Literacy Classes in this village for those widows & other women who cannot read or write. Nora will be hiring a Credentialed school teacher from that area to teach the class for 12 week Pilot Program, then RS will evaluate the progress of the attendee’s & if things are progressing well, RS will rewrite a contract for an additional 12 weeks. We also discussed setting dates to hold a Youth Conference, Pastors Conference, & a Women’s Conference in the months of October and November. Pastor Mphatso is the lead Pastor for 14 other churches in the region and is well known & respected by all the other churches in the Ntcihsi area. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDfC1C4DZRTP0vt5mkbFtoHxz_xmEobLpsyduT_T9UGVmCnqdeU8wTr27I_OCe6E84I4uPtC9-GzdSpN2o5-fPMQuv-TfaifxvRwZf0hgCjcZ0HkIywZoYTExCh1MMVmFZkTTYwOHywaH/s1600/IMG_3404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDfC1C4DZRTP0vt5mkbFtoHxz_xmEobLpsyduT_T9UGVmCnqdeU8wTr27I_OCe6E84I4uPtC9-GzdSpN2o5-fPMQuv-TfaifxvRwZf0hgCjcZ0HkIywZoYTExCh1MMVmFZkTTYwOHywaH/s200/IMG_3404.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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We were so excited to welcome the Guthrie family on September 11th from CC Foresthill, Ca. The family consisted of Pastor Mike, his wife Stephanie, & their three daughters, Michaela, Jenna, & Rebecca. And we left no moss growing under their feet as we had them out the very next morning at 6AM setting up for the Chapel Service at the African Bible College, where I taught & they need a mini presentation of their outstanding puppet ministry. These are college age men & women, but they were so impressed with the ministry using puppets! We then had them ministering at the ABC campus for the purpose of training any interested students at the college for the puppet ministry; they taught at the ABC Primary Academy on campus; recorded 5 shows for the new ABC T.V. station, taught at Nsambeta Primary School with a student population of 5110 students & on another date taught at the Special Needs class at Nsambeta School with about 30 students who went wild with the puppets! We also took them to three remote villages, having them ministering with their gifts using their puppet ministry. All in all, we were totally blessed with their hearts to go anywhere at any time,, being flexible, & being the servants God has called them to be. All of us say to the Guthrie family, Zikomo Kwambiri, & may the good Lord continue to bless & use you all for His kingdom purposes! Come back soon to Malawi & follow up on what you have planted here, we will water, & tend the garden in your absence! Until then, Dovajana! (Until we meet again) We love and appreciate all five of you mucho! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwNMYORi5OOPTS7_zHhHLDio6cXaqKlFkKNKrPcgUnk9WxwVkRpq8DxnYwCXh2Dm_b2_iGMlEblWnDRFaj5NGLBVk6ab-gU_gsIlBvXmY9Rj0Og4zTu9UdPhZ73YiyQZePheQABrwu0qD/s1600/IMG_3502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwNMYORi5OOPTS7_zHhHLDio6cXaqKlFkKNKrPcgUnk9WxwVkRpq8DxnYwCXh2Dm_b2_iGMlEblWnDRFaj5NGLBVk6ab-gU_gsIlBvXmY9Rj0Og4zTu9UdPhZ73YiyQZePheQABrwu0qD/s200/IMG_3502.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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The month of October is scheduled to be a catch up time on all the projects we have not been able to get to during the last few months. We will see how that goes, as in Malawi, the phrase, blessed are the flexible, is an often used phrase here! In the later part of October, Pastor Demitri from CC Cape Town, South Africa, is coming to minister with us along with one other pastor. Our plans are to conduct a Pastors Conference in Chisanja, which will allow approximately 20 churches with their pastors & church leaders to be taught over a three day time period. We are very excited to see this come into fruition, Lord willing, of course!<br />
Ruth’s Shawl has just signed the legal papers and had them recorded in Blantyre, to allow them to purchase 3.308 hectares of land where the Ruth’s Shawl Pavilion Training Centre will be built. This Centre will provide a place where special training can be administered, and allow expanded knowledge of God’s Word to be taught as well as to disciple & mentor Malawians. Malawi Outreach, Ruth’s Shawl, & Water Missions International ministries continue to work in concert with three different focused ministries, but yet able to complement one another. <br />
These three separate ministries, with different Board Members, & supporters, yet, working well in meeting the very many & diverse needs found in Malawi. The Body of Christ working together for the benefit & wellbeing of others!<br />
Please be praying for all areas of ministries, that we may accomplish what our Lord desires us to complete before we head back to Ca. for our annual furlough in December. There are so many areas of needs that exist and we need your prayers for our Jehovah Jireh to provide all the necessary funding for the projects at hand as well as those we know not of as yet! He has been so faithful to provide for all our needs, and we will trust Him to continue to do so. So, please pray with us, so that the people here in Malawi may grow stronger in their faith & their knowledge of God’s Word.<br />
Thank you one and all for your faithful support in love, prayers, & financially. We cannot do this ministry God has called us to without each of you doing that which God places on your heart to be co-laborers here in Malawi! The Lord bless & keep you all in His loving arms!<br />
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Zikomo Kwambiri,<br />
Steve & Nora Braselton<br />
Malawi Outreach Ministry<br />
www.theroadtomalawi.blogspot.com<br />
Ruth’s Shawl Ministry<br />
www.ruthsshawl.org<br />
snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-11654568530525799762012-08-05T11:14:00.001-07:002012-08-05T11:15:39.268-07:00Malawi Outreach Ministries<br />
It has been much too long since we have posted to our blog, but wait until you read this blog posting to have a better understanding of why! Gary Guthrie from CC Napa & SF arrived April 12th to begin work on some of Ruth's Shawl widows houses in Area 44. Gary was with us for two months doing reconstruction of mad & brick house that was ready to fall down before his arrival.This project alone took almost 5 weeks of hard work. He also travel with us as we went out to remote villages to do week long outreaches with a team of 7-10 people where I ministered to Pastors, Elders, church leaders, Nora ministered to the women & widows of the villages, Timothy ministered to the Children & Youth leaders from the villages, & the rest of the team ministered to the children with games, activities & the Word of God. These villages included:<br />
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* Chisanja, Chipolopolo, Chipahzi, Tembwe, Mlesi, Nsambiamfa,& Nsambeta Primary School Special Needs Classes with severely handicapped children. <br />
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These outreaches are for a week a a time where we stay in the area the length of the outreach. Our initial visit is to lay a foundation based upon we find the depth of their Biblical knowledge. Then we teach on subjects that we find where their biggest needs may exist. If the village(s) are cooperative, well attended & we find that they truly interested in growing more, then we make a date to come back to build upon this foundation that has been laid.<br />
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Then a team from North Carolina led by Pastor Brad Wright of the Glennview Baptist Church arrived on May 15th for 10 days where we ministered at:<br />
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Nsambeta Primary School at the Special Needs Classes as well as the Bible Club Ministry we conduct every Friday at this school with a student population now at 5110 students. Pastor Brad also spoke at the African Bible College at the Evangelism Explosion Building to a large group of students & he also conducted the morning devotion for the entire student body along with the ABC staff & faculty. On the next Saturday this team went to minister to the Ruth's Shawl widows & orphans in Area 44. On Sunday following church services at Flood Church Malawi, we & the entire team headed to Tembwe, a village near Lake Malawi to do a four day outreach, using the same format as described above. The outreach was a total success as Pastor Brad & I shared teaching, & one of the team was a medical assistant, who was able to treat men, women & children everyday we were there as there is always medical needs that so evident in each village we get to visit! The rest of the team conducted a VBS for the all the children from 12 villages that attended the conference. Nora, Timothy & the remainder of our Malawian team ministered to the same type of audience as noted earlier.<br />
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On June 7th, Gary Guthrie left after spending two months with us & Robin Hughes, Chair of the Ruth's Shawl Ministry arrived that same day. Robin was here for 20 days on her first visit to Malawi in person. Her visit was to see the ministry in operation and to coordinate with Nora the ongoing ministry of Ruth's Shawl here in Malawi On June 12th Professor Judith Canner of Cal State University Monterey Bay & CC Monterey Bay, our home church, arrive for a 5 week visit. Judith's time with us with filled to the brim as the day she arrived, we had her out in Area 44 to minister & the following day we made a 1 day Preliminary trip to the village of Mlesi to set up the week long conference later that month. One of the Ruth's Shawl widows has had a medical condition, two days later, Judith was on her way with us to take our widow to a Hospital that is located 2 hours from Lilongwe to have a Biopsy performed. That next Sunday, we were off to teach at a church location about 45 minutes from our house at one of the Pastor's Church who attended my first School of Ministry classes in 2010. Great little church & a wonderful group of believers.<br />
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Judith was also privileged to to be able to speak at the African Bible College Campus to students on the role of a "Christian student in Academics", at the Evangelism Explosion Building on the ABC Campus & a wonderful response from those students in attendance. Then then conducted a series of classes at the Nsambeta Primary School for all the teachers on how to teach Math to primary students here in Malawi. Math is a much neglected subject here, & this is a subject that they requested assistance which Judith was able to provide for them! She also accompanied the team to another week long outreach to the village of Mlesi, where she assisted Nora in the teaching of the women & the widows.<br />
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On June 28th, Dr. Chris Hansen arrived from Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre for two weeks & then here in Lilongwe for 10 days. We were able to visit a number of hospitals together & we also gather the doctors for evening at our home for dinner & a round table of discussions of what the major needs are in each of the medical sites and how we might work together to assist one another in accessing more meds & equipment for the very needy hospitals & medical clinics here in Malawi. A very fruitful time together & with a basic plan to move forward on the plan of action.<br />
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Then we were excited to see Lana Lynn & Sarah LeWarne arrive for the dedication of the Elizabeth Tolhurst Library for Hope Home Ministry. This was both a glorious time & yet, a very sad occasion. The glorious time of seeing a special event being dedicated to the life of a very special young woman, Elizabeth Tolhurst, who went home to be with our Lord in 2011, but the extremely tragic & completely unexpected death of Elizabeth's father, Mark Tolhurst, just before he & his wife Robyn were to depart for Malawi for this occasion. I was able to attend this very special event, as both Nora & I were extremely close to Elizabeth & her parents!! It will a day of great remembrance in my life to have been there & see this dedication of a special library in honor of a extremely godly young woman who lived her entire life praising her Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!<br />
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Then to cap all this off, our Malawian son Timothy & his bride to be, Maureen, exchanged wedding vows on July 28th, followed by a reception attended by 300+ people. If you have never attended a Malawian Reception, you have not experienced an event like no other you have ever seen. We have seen many unusual celebrations, including being in a number of foreign countries over the past 36 years. Absolutely nothing compares to this event, it is a wild experience to say the very least!! We were blessed also to have John & Pam Lane form the U.K. here with us for a week so they could attend Timothy's wedding. Great to getting to know them in person as they have been friends of Timothy's since 2007.<br />
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So, this last week, we have try to calm down the running around, get paper work done that has been left undone, & at the same time re-cooperate our very tired bodies & minds! On August 13th, Nora & I are taking off a week to go get some real R & R as well as celebrate our 53rd wedding anniversary which was on July 24th. We are really looking forward to getting away for a short time!! <br />
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<b>Prayer requests:<br />
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Please pray for our get away, that we can truly experience some restful days & enjoy the beauty of Lake Malawi, a gorgeous lake, 365 miles long & 50 miles wide, with one of the largest species of fresh water fish, over 400 species of birds, and abundance of wild life in & around the lake.<br />
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Funds needed to assist a wonderful Malawian young woman to finish her college this coming school year as there has been a 50% devaluation the currency here & school fees are now prohibitive for so many students. ($800 per semester)<br />
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Funds needed to purchase Bibles for the village outreaches.(Bibles are $9.00 per)<br />
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Funds needed to purchase the Proclaimer, a unit manufactured by "Faith Comes By Hearing" in the USA, that has the audible Bible, solar powered, in the Chichewa language, as so many of the villagers cannot read or write. It has proven to be wonderful addition to the work we do in the villages. Each unit is $100.<br />
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Prayer for our next team arriving on September 11th from cc Forest Hill Ca., Pastor Mike, his wife Stephanie, & their three children. They have had a ministry of puppets for many years & they have been encouraged of God to come to Malawi to minister & to train our Malawian team of the ministry of puppets, which will be so valuable to village ministry!!!!<br />
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Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who love us, pray for the work in Malawi & those who help support the work here financially. Without each of you, there would be no ministry here in Malawi. God bless & keep you all in His loving arms!<br />
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In Him,<br />
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Steve & Norasnbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-70503806563519959752012-08-05T10:26:00.001-07:002012-08-05T10:27:43.713-07:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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We were in the village of Chipolopolo, to do a follow up to see how they were applying the teachings & resources we had provided them when we last there for our week long conference. We were so blessed to hear the amazing stories being shared with us on the transformation that had taken place since last November. Accounts of renewed marriages, forgiveness of people who had wronged them, different churches spending time getting to know one another & focusing on what they had in common Biblically & not their difference.Pastors sharing how they have taken new Biblical truths they had learned & are now teaching their respective fellowships in a confident & powerful manner!<br />
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We then did a week long outreach in Chisanja, in the Ntchisi District, to a group of 8 churches, including pastors, elders & Youth leaders in the churches, with a total attendance of 89. We had an additional 900 children to minister to as well, as the adult sessions were taking place was taking place in the church building, led by Timothy, Ben, & Danny, our young Malawian team of dedicated Christian men who love to minister! The lead pastor, whose name is Mphatso, has a large fellowship here in Chisanja as well as 14 additional fellowships he is responsible to oversee. A real man of God, with a heart for the people. We are planning on doing an additional outreach to these 14 Pastors, so we can present the IBS training. A well recieved & very fruitful outreach!<br />
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We then had an outreach to a village in the south of Malawi, named Chiphazi, located at the base of a large mountain range, in a Forest Reserve area containing a huge protected forest of large Pine & Eucalyptus trees. There were 10 churches and 75 attendees in this beautiful forest setting. Another wonderful outreach, with great attention to the studies being given by taking copius notes, wonderful, thoughtful questions regarding the subject matters being taught. We were requested to pray for several severely handicapped children, women with serious medical issues. Just a generally warm & thoughtful group of Christian brothers & sisters in Christ! After the teaching on the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of a beleiver, all the women (50) ask for prayer to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit<br />
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In May, we had a one day set up meeting in the village of Tembwe, located in the Salima region near Lake Malawi in preparation of the team from North Carolina arriving to minister with Malawi Outreach Ministries & Ruth's Shawl Ministry . Their first week was spent in Area 44, where Ruth's Shawl ministers with 39 widows & about 350 orphans. They also taught one Friday at the Primary School in the same area where the student population is 4880 students. Ruth's Shawl runs Bible Club ministry at & in the school rooms. The school also has a Special Needs class of 30 students, from mild to severely challenged students. The team ministered the first week all in Area 44 at each location noted above. Pastor Brad Wright, who led the team also had the opportunity to do one of the Chapel Services at the African Bible College, & also held a 7PM Forum for the college students as well as those from our church we attend. The Evangelism Explosion Building at African Bible College was packed & he had a great response from these young Malawian men & women who are preparing for ministry after graduation. The second week was with the Malawi Outreach team & the visiting team spent the remainder of their their time in the village of Tembwe where we ministered to 100 pastors, elders, youth leaders from 10 different churches. Attendance was consistent, the attendees took very good notes, asked good questions during the Q & A time, & we all felt the receptiveness of those in attendence was excellent. Our format was as follows:<br />
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* We showed the Jesus Film on the first night.<br />
* We ran two teaching sessions in the morning & two in the afternoon each day.<br />
* Youth Ministry taught by Timothy Kailedzi to 8 Youth leaders.<br />
* Medical Outreach done by one of the visiting team members.<br />
* VBS was run by the visiting team members to 400 children.<br />
* We also donated Bibles in Chichewa to the Pastors & Elders.<br />
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We have also been blessed by the arrival of a brother, Gary Guthrie,from CC S.F. & Napa Ca. He has begun a work on repairs of the Ruth's Shawl widows in Area 44, as well as going out on the outreaches to the remote villages. He has done an outstanding job, not under the best of conditions here in Malawi. It is most certainly not anything like the USA as to being able to get quality tools, lumber, experienced help, & the list goes on & on, but he has run the race well. We are so grateful for Gary & all his very hard labor of love while he has been here for almost two months! Gary has also organized the tools & procedures to follow for those who may be comning in the future to continue the house repairs of the Ruth's Shawl Widows.<br />
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We are expecting the Chairperson of the Ruth's Shawl Ministry, Robin Hughes, who is due here on June 7th, followed by Professor Judith Canner from CSUMB, & a precious sister fro CC Monterey Bay, our home church. Later in June, we are expecting Dr, Chris Hansen from CHOMP Hospital in Monterey, who will be working with the two major Hospitals in Malawi, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, & Kamazu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.<br />
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So, all in all, we have been & will remain busy doing the work of ministry we have been called to here in Malawi by the grace of God. We started earnestly praying for individuals & teams to come to Malawi to minister along side of us since last June. When we were home on furlough last year, we encouraged all who would listen to us to come, & look at what God has done to answer our prayers. We also have teams coming in August, September, & in October. Wow, what an awesome God we serve! <br />
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Please be praying for our continued good health, strength, vision, & attention to the Holy Spirit, to make sure we are following His lead, not going on our own wisdom. There are so many needs in Malawi, & we would like to mention just a few for your prayers:<br />
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1. For our Lord to raise up more long term, called people of God, to come serve here along side of us.<br />
2. For many more Malawians to be raised up to be trained to expand the ministry into so many more villages.<br />
3. For medical teams to come to assist in the awful conditions found in every village, that have no resources to get the proper <br />
medical assistance they so desperately need! <br />
4. Financial assistance for students who desire to go for their education. The Malawi Kwacha has been devalued by 59% over the <br />
past year, making it so very hard to continue their education due to lack of financial resources.<br />
5. For the new President of Malawi, Joyce Banda,a Christian woman, who has inherited a true mess from the former President who <br />
died suddenly in April. That she might continue to be led by the Holy Spirit, as she leads this nation back to stability <br />
that has been missing for several years! <br />
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Thank each one of you who faithfully pray for the ministry & for us personally. To those churches & individuals, who faithfully support the ministry financially, we say Zikomo Kwambiri to all of you! We cannot do the ministry God has called us to, without all of your involvement! To Him be the glory forever & ever!!!!!!snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-63518132815320837892012-04-05T05:49:00.010-07:002012-04-08T14:27:55.586-07:00Outreach to the village of Msambiamfa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvdxOPuBfcOKloiI-eOsc-5rM7sNajsaLMfnu5yp4zbgnn-e_DFE8N6QAYJEToUok3qiHVj9Itt6B_0giiNRZpUp9aiJgbRZLkQYIPC1m4qlrt1ozwRkHKpfsEaLZHyiuYgQu4t3475eO/s1600/IMG_9314.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvdxOPuBfcOKloiI-eOsc-5rM7sNajsaLMfnu5yp4zbgnn-e_DFE8N6QAYJEToUok3qiHVj9Itt6B_0giiNRZpUp9aiJgbRZLkQYIPC1m4qlrt1ozwRkHKpfsEaLZHyiuYgQu4t3475eO/s200/IMG_9314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729143505187856098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuehr4MLM564NmRbcqBcmjKTL8xAerX7JY28FHc38tTQQUodvNTzk1_mVRwzuj7FBlFVQOMo1VP-V_QxdmJ06Eyw2ghSYyI91HoEuhvueGJV5HV69eXY1Vzmb3oJSsVbmPSLuxJG7FI7Zz/s1600/IMG_9247.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_cHYw_sVdBQmhFdYtWCDNfQxgI-P0qsKcK6RzGvAXqPnhhkYvd6oJeONLV7KI_Yq4NxlpfBRgUP7QQRY2VXwtSlJehkNWiFQzMKBmhW8ArMkxh2h5IZrWdwA5ASvs-9vHJtQ99uJMayt/s200/IMG_9152.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728034317037290850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ50qZalMZGG1n5qMPYxnQoHN3rl4wqumxynINYE3gIw4XE_h4ElJtIIyXd2KDuliJGClopI5ZcgB4CP491xf24ZiyoUWSjBdlMomP3qBRgZGu86joiPP8H4nYqTqmuJNpLgSXSQ_DA74Y/s1600/IMG_9135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ50qZalMZGG1n5qMPYxnQoHN3rl4wqumxynINYE3gIw4XE_h4ElJtIIyXd2KDuliJGClopI5ZcgB4CP491xf24ZiyoUWSjBdlMomP3qBRgZGu86joiPP8H4nYqTqmuJNpLgSXSQ_DA74Y/s200/IMG_9135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728034309084304562" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyPz2kCpY8sPf97VzLI9uw8GVKl76pu_XV5hhPtKxQ3qAa7jYi2DNYTa_KBUXUV_1g9h3o6B82Mx0GUBlGPoiYkiIYIvqBz5ANe-as58BukH-x4uH4IRqh2ViBDmqkcqk7ibFmCf53yFZ/s1600/IMG_9151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyPz2kCpY8sPf97VzLI9uw8GVKl76pu_XV5hhPtKxQ3qAa7jYi2DNYTa_KBUXUV_1g9h3o6B82Mx0GUBlGPoiYkiIYIvqBz5ANe-as58BukH-x4uH4IRqh2ViBDmqkcqk7ibFmCf53yFZ/s200/IMG_9151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728034349382093266" /></a><br />When one experiences & is aware of the Holy Spirit working among His people, it is an extra - ordinary blessing! Well, that is exactly what happen in our Outreach on 3/25/12 to 3/29/12 This village is located in the Ntchisi District, which is about 2 hours north of Lilongwe where we live. It is in a remote, mountain area, with dirt roads that have been destroyed by all the heavy rains we have has this year in Malawi. We just read a report that in the last storm, over two hundred homes have been ruined & washed away during the heavy rain & strong winds!<br /><br />But God...... He allowed us to reach this village with some difficulty, but safely, & no automobile problems. (Thank you Lord for a 4 wheel vehicle. When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed by the church & local leaders, as well as 6 Chiefs of this village & surrounding villages. We had in attendance 175 people, 85 were women, & the rest made up of the men. There were in addition approximately 200+ children & 50 young adults of High School age.<br /><br />We are attaching a photo log so you can see their faces, & the conditions associated with living in a very poor country & village. That being said, they are very gracious loving people, with joy being openly expressed upon our arrival! Our teaching was to the whole community; Men, women, children & young adults. My attention of teaching was to the churches Pastors & leaders, Nora to the women & also special time with the widows, Timothy with the Children & Youth leaders, & two other young Malawian men ministering to all the young ones!<br /><br />Glorious is the one word that comes to mind regarding this outreach & this village! When the conference was over, the leaders of the communities all stood up & thank us so richly for the quality of the teachings, how we conducted ourselves among all the different churches represented, & pleaded with us to return very soon to build upon the foundation that had been laid! The Head Chief of the area, who all the other Chiefs report to for direction & leadership, then got up to share. We were amazed & blown away by his comments. He indicated that when outside people come to their villages from time to time, they are never very enthused with the content of what they have to share with them & the people. However, he, as well as all the other Chiefs came everyday because they heard the teachings which were so badly needed for all of them to hear & they learned so much! Then he indicated that we are welcome anytime in their villages, & please come back as soon as we can! He then said that he & all the Chiefs will make sure that the whole area of villages will be informed and the Chiefs will be very active in desiring to see their people being blessed with the Word of God taught by people who clearly loved the Word of God & were able to share it in a manner that they can easily understand & believe!<br /><br />Then, one of the most emotional encounters we have ever experienced here in Malawi took place. As we were saying our heartfelt good-byes, they asked to wait a few minutes, they had something to present to us. All the women left the building for a couple of minutes, then returned in single file, singing their beautiful Malawian worship songs, their hands filled with produce from their gardens to bless us with out of gratitude for coming & sharing the Word of God with them! We had a large Chinese bag with us that was filled with their gifts for u; corn, pumpkins, beans of many different varieties, cumcumbers & etc. All any of us could do, with our eyes filled with tears of joy, was to look each woman as she passed by us, to hug them & say, Zikomo Kwambiri!!!!! Blown away is the term we have all used to describe our emotions!<br /><br />God is so good to us & we are truly blessed by our Lord as well as the team He has has surrounded us with, to work side by side, to accomplish His will & be a blessing to His people of Malawi. Continue to pray for us, the team, the country of Malawi, & all its people, that they all may come to a real understanding of how much God truly loves them, & how important it is to know & understand the Word of God!<br /><br />We have not had any petrol or diesel delivered to the entire country in two weeks. We cannot to go out to the remote villages without fuel, so please be praying that our Lord will intervene in this matter & provide us with what we need to continue His work here in Malawi. We love & appreciate your love, your prayers, & your support of the ministry. Without the leading of the Holy Spirit & your involvement, holding the rope across the ocean, half way across this earth, we cannot do His will. To God be the glory, now & forever! Amen & Amen!snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-75089124863973158282012-03-09T06:25:00.004-08:002012-03-09T11:44:57.426-08:00Please be praying for us as we embark on a heavy schedule of village outreaches beginning next week as follows:<br /><br />3/13/12 -Initial visit to the village of Msambaimfa to meet with church leaders & chiefs to clarify what we are coming to share & to gain their committed participation in the process.<br /><br />3/14/12 - Follow up visit to the village of Chorwe to meet with church leaders & chiefs to determine what they have done with the teachings, bibles, & other tools we left them with since our outreach back in late 2011. Also to set the stage for our next session with them later this year.<br /><br />3/20/12 - Initial meeting to the village of Chisanga to the meet with church leaders & chiefs to clarify our what we are coming to share & gained their committed participation in the process.<br /><br />3/21/12 - Follow up visit with the village of Chipolopolo to meet with church leaders & chiefs to determine what they have done with the teachings, bibles, & other tools we left with them in our outreach in 2011. In addition, to set the stage for our next session with them later this year.<br /><br />3/25/12 - Begin our 5 day village outreach in the village of Msambaimfa.<br /><br />4/8/12 - Begin our 5 day outreach to the village of Chisanja.<br /><br />4/18/12 - Initial visit in the village of Chiphazi<br /><br />4/22/12 = Begin our 5 day outreach to the village of Chiphazi.<br /><br />5/9/12 - Initial visit to the village of Tembwe to meet with church leaders & chiefs to clarify what we are coming to share & gain their committed participation in the process.<br /><br />5/14/12 - Arrival of the team from So. Carolina led by Pastor Brad Wright.<br /><br />5/15/12 - Ministry at the Onesimus Homeless Boys Home.<br /><br />5/16/12 - Kodoko village with Pastor Brad's team & the Pempo Widow Group in Area 36.<br /><br />5/17/12 - Ministry at the Nsambeta Primary School with the Special Needs class. Leadership team dinner with RS team at our house with Pastor Brad leading a teaching about servant hood later that evening.<br /><br />5/18/12 - Nsambeta for Bible Club Ministry. In addition, we will be again at the Special Needs Class.<br /> <br />5/19/12 - Area 44 widows & orphans ministry, then travel to the village of Tembwe to begin our outreach for 5 days with Pastor Brad's team.<br /><br />5/24/12 - Pastor Brad's teams leaves for States.<br /><br />6/12/12 - Judith Canner from CC Monterey Bay will arrive for 5 weeks of ministry.<br /><br />6/18/12 - Dr. Chris Hansen & team arrive from CHOMP in Monterey for three weeks working first in Blantyre & then in Lilongwe.<br /><br />8/15/12 - We also have a team from Flood Church in San Diego arriving in mid August<br /><br /> * On September 24-28th we will be attending the Annual CC African Pastors Conference in Cape Town South Africa.<br /><br /> * We will have another team from CC Foresthill due to arrive in the first week of October.<br /><br /> * In between all these dates we have additional Outreaches to the villages which have as yet been set within the calendar.Villages are Chapulapula & Mlesi are picked with WMI, but waiting until their work is complete before we set the exact dates for us to go.<br /><br />So, as can be plainly seen, we have a full schedule ahead of ourselves which brings us much anticipated joy, but we need the prayers of all the saints of God praying for the Lord Jesus to be uplifted & glorified in all we do in His name; for safe travel, & that all the dirt roads will be passable for us to arrive at each destination on time & safely.<br /><br />In Him,<br /><br />Steve & Norasnbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-14180371045789019252012-02-24T14:26:00.002-08:002012-02-24T15:14:59.446-08:00Time to teach, train, & discipleWe have been back "home" in Malawi now for three weeks, busy getting over jet lag, catching up with loose ends after being gone for 2 1/2 months, reintroducing ourselves to our church body at Flood Church Malawi, just generally getting back in the feel of life of an "Asungu"(White foreigner) here in Malawi. Gasoline & diesel is still very hard to find & when we do, it is $12.00 a gallon. But God, as usual has provided fuel for us so we can minister the way He has called us to do.<br /><br />We have begun our weekly Bible studies with the staff of Water Missions International here in our home each Monday morning from 8:15AM to 9:30AM, which has been such a blessing for all of us. This week ahead, we will be laying out the new schedule of villages to minister in with the Country Director of WMI as they will have 20-25 new villages where they will be installing new water purification systems in remote villages in 2012.These are in addition to the 17 villages set up in 2011. So, we have our work cut out for us. As we have stated previously, they (WMI) provide the physical water & we provide the Living Water.And we continue to pray for the Lord of the harvest to send His called saints to come to Malawi to assist us in this wonderful work before us. "God is able to handle anything that comes our way & to make us what He wants us to be." Great words of a song we sang at Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay,& the words are so true of His nature & character!<br /><br />We are in need of a Projector, speakers, generator, & a screen to be able to take to these villages to show the Jesus Film. It has been so very effective to draw the entire village(s) population on the first night we arrive, as most of these precious people have never seen a movie of any kind & then able to see the story of Jesus as told in the Book of Luke. This Jesus they have heard of, but do not really know Him. We then base our teachings at every level around the true story of Jesus, how He loves us, wants to help us, the value to know Him personally, & to receive all His blessings as revealed in His Holy Bible. So, if you might be looking for a place to help in this ministry financially, here is an opportunity to do so at a time needed the most to reach as many people as possible for Christ. We have been renting the equipment to date I you have an interest in participating, please direct any gifts to Calvary Chapel Monterey, Attention Kelly Wotherspoon with a note as to purpose of gift.<br /><br />The team made up of the young Malawians from various churches & the African Bible College are again ready to fully participate in all the outreaches to be planned. We are geared up & ready to put into full operation the steady flow of ministry in 2012. Please be praying for us as we embark on this journey ahead of us in 2012, that we will be used of of God, with the power of His Holy Spirit working in & through us.<br /><br />We have been gifted with a complete Puppet ministry outfit, including all the puppets, stage, recordings, teachings, a total system ready for usage in the villages to share the gospel. While we were home on furlough, at one of the churches where we shared, there is a couple who are on staff there who have had a puppet ministry for many years. They have expressed a keen interest to come to Malawi to both minister & train our staff how to operate this ministry. So, please be praying that they will be able to come as planned to work with us. There is always so many details to deal with in making a commitment of this nature. But, we would be so blessed if they were able to come!<br /><br />More details along with photos coming soon as we get out into the villages so you can all enter into the joy of seeing God at work with people who need to know Him much more than they do at present! God bless all of you who keep us in your prayers, for we so depend upon the prayers of His saints! If at any time you have questions about any aspect of the ministry activities, please do not hesitate to contact through this blog spot or at snb1959@gmail.com We would welcome to hear from you.<br /><br />May our Lord bless & keep you firmly in His grip as we eagerly await the return of our Lord Jesus. Keep looking up, our redemption draws nigh.<br /><br />In Him,<br /><br />Steve & Nora<br />Matthew 28:18-20snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-79725633595807703532012-02-04T05:20:00.000-08:002012-02-04T05:34:29.035-08:00February UpdateTo all of our family & friends, we made it back to Malawi safe & sound. A two day trip, 27 hours in the air & 3 hours of layover in Atlanta, 17 hours in Johannesburg & then on to Lilongwe, arriving at 1:30PM Malawi time. Worn out, but grateful for the wonderful trip & all of the experiences we enjoyed with our family & good friends at a number of churches, where we got to share about God's work in Malawi. God has been so good to us & we are so happy to be back in our new home of Lilongwe, doing what God has called to do in His name. <br /><br />There is so much available for us to be involved with in this year of 2012 and we continue to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into the fields of Malawi. We have been blessed by a number of people who have expressed an interest & are now seeking the Lord for His direction about coming to Malawi, some short term, others considering long term stays to minister here. So, please join us as we prayed for these wonderful people, so they hear God's voice clearly! We also know a trip of this size takes resources to come half away around the earth, so let's all pray that the necessary funds will be available for them to do so. Where God guides, He provides!!<br /><br />We will be posting a more detailed report within the next couple of weeks outlining our schedule as we know it as of this time, so you can be praying for specific projects that lay ahead of us. To all of you back home in California & Washington State, Zikomo Kwambiri! May our God watch over & keep you in His loving arms! Keep praying for Malawi, its people & for us, so we can be obedient to His calling.<br /><br />Jesus is coming back soon, so let's all of us keep moving forward to share with as many people as possible before that glorious day comes upon us. We love & appreciate all of you so much.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-20688528532219819072011-12-21T20:23:00.000-08:002011-12-21T22:25:26.663-08:00Merry ChristmasWe have been back in California now since 11/19/11, enjoying our family & our extended church families in Monterey, Hollister, Santa Cruz, & Visalia where we have been invited to come share about God's ministry in Malawi. We will spending additional time with some our other children & families through Christmas, then back to Monterey/Salinas area for more meetings, then off to Calvary Chapel Forest Hills on 1/1/12, with our friend Pastor Jeff Jones. Then off to Murietta for the Annual Missions Conference from 1/2/12 thru 1/6/12.<br /><br />Then we are privileged to attend the wedding of our friend, Katie Dinwiddie, our sweet sister whom we met in Malawi when she taught at the African Bible College on Saturday the 7th & then we will be at Flood Church in San Diego on Sunday the 8th to meet our brothers & sisters there along reuniting with our precious "interns" whom we fell in love with while they ministered in Malawi.(Annie, Sarah, Brock & Cameron)<br /><br />We will be returning to the Monterey/Salinas area to speak at two additional churches and then we will fly to Seattle Washington to spend a week with our daughter Kelly & her family in Arlington, before heading back to our "family" in Malawi. <br /><br />It has been & continues to be such a blessing to be home with our families & friends. However, we have really experienced some reverse cultural shock being back in the States. Going into grocery stores fully stocked shelves with reasonable prices, & when we went to a Super Wal-Mart, we almost lost it! (lol) We are truly blessed in America beyond measure! Cost of living in Malawi is comparable to the to the Monterey area, Gasoline at $12.00 per gallon, monthly water bill runs as high as $225 per month, Internet at $355.00 per month & the list goes on & on. <br /><br />But the very outstanding news is that the ministry in Malawi is "exceeding abundantly above all that we could ask or imagine", so just to clarify for those reading this blog, we LOVE living & ministering in Malaw! Why, because we are where God has sent us, doing what He has called us to do, & we are experiencing the joy of watching God work in the lives of our brothers & sisters of Malawi. God desires to bless the country & the people of Malawi, & we are witnessing Him doing just that! <br /><br />Our prayers these past six months has been for the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers into the fields of Malawi, which are white unto harvest. Please join us as we continue to pray for this to happen as soon as possible, as we have so much more ministry opportunities than we can possibly handle by ourselves. What a great problem, more ministry than we can handle!<br /><br />We are overwhelmed for the prayer support and at the faithful financial support we have received over the past three years. Without all of you holding the rope on this side of the ocean for us, we could not do what God has called us to do for His people of Malawi. We praise our Lord Jesus for allowing us to work in His fields, to teach, train, & disciple His saints in Malawi.God bless all of you as we "occupy" until the soon return of our Lord Jesus! We love & appreciate each one of you!!!<br /><br />Merry Christmas & a wonderful New Year to one & all!snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-8618847575408951692011-11-04T11:59:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:05:32.583-07:00CC African Pastors Conference; CC Cape Town & Aquarium Visit<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OGU-Q4-MrxBhPsq2ljJULfgiO5R-FMxSo8Kbxos3PV1P3B0gniwGY-rOzpLZiFoNMLFq2SiiAve8dALP1w5G2vwpKg6zi0VOUrBWScjuSo0taWxaSnRnRJ2LBZEz0Lpypzq4-5JGkHJJ/s1600/IMG_7528.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OGU-Q4-MrxBhPsq2ljJULfgiO5R-FMxSo8Kbxos3PV1P3B0gniwGY-rOzpLZiFoNMLFq2SiiAve8dALP1w5G2vwpKg6zi0VOUrBWScjuSo0taWxaSnRnRJ2LBZEz0Lpypzq4-5JGkHJJ/s160/IMG_7528.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a 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Simonstown, South Africa. The speakers this year were Pastors David Guzik of CC Santa Barbara, Jim Gallagher of CC Vero Beach,Fl., Rich Chaffin of CC Laguna Creek, & Phil Pechonis of CC Cornwall, U.K. The theme of the conference was "Faith & Fire", with these outstanding men teaching the entire Book of Daniel. Simply wonderful, in depth studies which all of us attending were very renewed & refocused!<br /><br />There were 12 African nations represented there, coming from the southern nations of Africa. The worship was great, with teams from five different fellowships sharing in the worship time of the conference, including Gabon,a small nation located on the western coast of Africa.I am always moved as I listen to Native African worship, which is so unique & beautiful! <br /><br />It is always so rewarding to renew old friendships & meeting new brethren serving in this very large continent of Africa. The fellowship we enjoyed were so sweet, encouraging, & the Lord allowed us to pray for one another in such a special manner, lifting the needs of these different works up to our Lord together. There were prayers of encouragement, words of knowledge, prophesy, & prayers for the continued strengthening of the missionaries & pastors for the work of taking the Gospel to a lost world in Africa.<br /><br />We have included some photos taken at the conference to give you a flavor of the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the joy we experienced together in Christ! <br /><br />We also had the privilege of being with the Naaktgeboren's in Johannesburg, where we love to visit when ever we can. One of the days we were there, CC Jo'Burg had invited a ministry that ministers to 40 young girls (ages from 10-20), taken out of the child trafficking bondage & are being rehabilitated by this wonderful ministry. CC Jo'Burg provided a day of crafts, swimming, B-B-Q, a film on the life & ministry of Jesus Christ, & Timothy providing Christian Rap music. Following the film, Nora gave a brief message on the love of Jesus Christ for all of us and asked if there was any that would like to receive Jesus as their personal Lord & Savior. To the glory of God, all 40 of these girls indicated they wanted to do so & Nora led them to Jesus Christ in prayer. Just before they left this event, they were presented a package containing a number of feminine items special to young women. It was a special day for us to witness the work of the Holy Spirit in these young girls lives. Please be praying for them as they have come out of the most horrible conditions imaginable.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-72677186922629362852011-11-03T11:42:00.000-07:002011-11-04T11:52:27.996-07:00Chipolopolo MalawiWMI and Thirst Quenching Episode #2<br />Chipolopolo, Malawi<br />September 26-27-28-29, 2011<br /><br />On our happy way again to another remote village named, Chipolopolo, it means “bullet” in English. WMI is busy working with the community leaders there and setting up a water purification system. Mr. Kastings Chilopa, a WMI contact, was our cheerful guide into this “tucked away” dusty village, that we would have never found on our own.<br />The Prado is packed, stacked and stuffed with 8 blessed people, supplies and equipment. We are so thankful that we have such a sturdy vehicle with a strong roof rack and two diesel tanks! God is, as always and ever, so faithful in providing exactly what is needed for these trips to the villages … as a team, we thank Him every day for all the provision and the open doors for the Gospel …. His Good Hand is upon us. May we never take any of this for granted because we are walking in Jesus’ footprints as we follow Him to these obscure places He loves so dearly.<br /><br /><font style="font-weight:bold;">The Jesus DVD</font><br /><br />Upon our arrival and the warm welcome by the community and church leaders, we discovered that this village had never had any exposure to the Jesus Film, much less any other kind of visual ministry or teaching/training….excluding the WMI excellent training. A few of the older men had seen the Jesus film in another village many years ago but nothing recent and never in Chipolopolo. Needless to say, excitement ran through the village like wildfire. Several of our team took the megaphone and drove all around the fringes of the village announcing the showing of the film at the soccer (oops, football) field that evening. It is quite a sight to behold as a village spills out on an open field to view the story of Jesus’ life in full color and in their own language, Chichewa. They settled themselves by sitting in the dirt in groups, the children, at least 150 of them, together in front and about 100 youth, adults a little further back. They were attentive and “into” what was being shown about Jesus on the large screen…..from laughing, to being amazed, horrified with the torture and death of Jesus … to cheering His Victory over death. Imagine the impact on that dark starry night, the Gospel coming to life for the first time in Chipolopolo…. felt like we were on Holy ground. As far as we know, from later conversations, and our hearing all the voices praying the sinner’s prayer to receive Christ that night, many souls entered the Kingdom to the praise of His Name and the delight of angels. “Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!” John 4:35 Amen!<br /><br /><font style="font-weight:bold;">A Life That Pleases Him</font><br /><br />No one, except our Heavenly Father knows what is happening in the hearts of the people during these outreaches. But, during the four days of teaching The Word, worship, prayer and answering many questions, there was a definite change in the spiritual climate which began that first day with a very reserved attitude…. which is understandable. Presenting the life of Jesus that first night seemed to soften hearts and open ears. Everyday their understanding seemed to increase as demonstrated by their questions and consistent attendance at all the sessions. Several of the men had Bibles and only two of the women carried their own Bible to a small house separate from the Chief’s house where the majority of sessions took place. Two sessions divided the men from the women to address specific gender Titus 2 instruction. Again, facing spiritual resistance as culture and tradition was confronted by the Word of God, spoken in love and full of grace. All of this produced a hunger to grow in their understanding to know their Lord personally and how to live in a way that pleases Him. “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.” 2 Cor. 5:9<br />The men were challenged to tell their wives and children that they loved them and to be kind . That suggestion caused quite a stir and their chattering went on until they were convinced that since God was faithfully communicating His love and kindness for them that they should follow His example and tell their families that they were loved and appreciated by the Husband/Father.… this was a step of faith for them. All the men said that they did this and were happy with the results. This is a good starting point for their families.<br /><br />The group of women was a different kind of challenge. They were complaining about their husbands … not being the kind of man that they hoped. They scoffed when they were encouraged to pray for their husbands, saying that prayer would not make any difference because they had tried prayer before. After a lively discussion, it was discovered that they were praying “a miss” as in James 4:3. Their admission of lacking faith, wrong attitudes and motives brought them to reconsider their own walk.<br /><br />As always, there are many requests for Bibles. We tried to buy 25 Bibles before we went to Chipolopolo but found that the recent inventory here in Lilongwe was sold out. We are praying for a new supply and consistent availability. The team will return and bring Bibles with more teaching, as they requested… “Direct my steps by Your Word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.” Psalm 119:133<br />The children were with the team every day after school, they were taught Scripture…they had never heard John 3:16 before and memorized it … these are the same children that prayed the prayer to receive Christ during the Jesus Film. Worship, prayer and lots of fun games …. The highlight for them was receiving small bags of Jiggies … this is a huge treat!<br /><br />We left the village with a strong desire to return and scores of kids running after the Prado waving good bye … they followed us until they could not keep up with us. We are so blessed to be part of what God is doing here in Malawi.<br />The following is Tim’s report from the prospective of seeing such a huge spiritual vacuum in village life for the youth and children. After all, they are the future for Malawi.<br /><br /><font style="font-weight:bold;">YOUTH MINISTRY – TIMOTHY </font><br /><br />The Training of these Youth Ministers hit me a lot as they realized for the first time that we can teach the kids and have all the fun we can have! When we left the village there still will be a void and we can’t afford to live with the thought that those kids are not receiving any proper teachings. Just after Teaching about the importance of Kids and Youth ministry I received many compliments and words that reveal that there is a huge lack of Kids Church in Chipolopolo Village and surrounding. And when invitation was extended to those willing to be trained, six of the Youth came forth and expressed their desire to start leading kids Church in their various churches. I sat with them for the whole three days teaching and instructing them on how they can teach the Kids and youth. The Basic truth about God and Jesus, Bible lesson preparations, memory verses, invitations and some to do's and not to do.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-1538638024583961192011-09-21T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-21T13:22:31.436-07:00Life Stories from Chorwe Malawi AfricaThirst Quenching Episodes<br /> Chorwe, Malawi<br /> August/September 2011<br /><br />There is nothing like going on an adventure that has a Godly purpose and direction. Going to this village of Chorwe, where there is a WMI water purification system already being established, being able to meet the community/church leaders to discover there is also a spiritual thirst there. But not knowing exactly how God wanted to work, since His ways are not our ways, we went to Him in prayer. God knows these dear people and what He has in mind for them, pure water for their daily lives and the Water of the Word for their lives in Him. It was discussed together with the community/church leaders and decided that the Jesus Film would be shown one night soon, followed up with evangelistic training using the Chichewa tract, “The Four Spiritual Laws” with an additional four day conference to include teaching/ training Pastors, leaders, women, youth and children. <br />This brought to mind the passage in John 7:37-38. Jesus on the last day, that great day of the feast, stood and cried out to all who were gathered (Lev.23:37); “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Here were some thirsty people! It was a joy to be warmly invited to return to present the Jesus Film, teach the Scriptures and even asked to please bring Bibles for the Pastors/leaders….they put their names on a list to be sure to receive a Bible when we returned to Chorwe.<br /><br /><br />Bibles - Chichewa Bibles were given out on the first day of the conference to the 19 men on the original list. These were the Pastors and leaders representing 10 local churches. A total of 25 Bibles were purchased and distributed, so 6 more attendees (5 of them women) who were not present at the first meeting, received a Bible to use during the 4 days. The Bibles were distributed every morning and collected at the end of the day to ensure that there would be Bibles on hand for all the actual teaching and training sessions. <br />At the end of the conference, all the Bibles were left as a gift to the attendees. There is an enormous need all through Malawi for Bibles in the villages … even many rural pastors do not have a Bible. <br />Their consistent attendance and promptness was such a blessing, maximizing the time we had together. What joy to see them searching the Bibles for the specific lesson verses, taking pages of notes, paying close attention, sitting on the bare concrete floors for hours, making strides to learn and ask questions. They were drinking from the wells of salvation. “Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation” Isa. 12:3 “I spread out my hands to You; my soul longs for You like a thirsty land.” What a privilege to be sent to love and serve His very own Malawian treasures.<br /><br />THE MAN ON HIS KNEES- He came in the building at the end of the morning session just at the lunch break on the third day. Drunk, dirty, in such poor disarray and promptly went down on his knees in front of Pastor Steve and Wisdom, the interrupter, asking, “I need help, I’m a drunkard, I’m drunk now.” The Pastor asked, “Do you really want help or are you just feeling sorry for yourself?” The man took the Pastor’s hands and said, “No, I need help to stop being a drunkard, I need the Lord’s help.” <br />For the next 15 minutes or so, the Pastor spoke the truth in love to this man (about 50 years old) whose life is being destroyed by his sin. He stated that he realized that he had no power to resist drinking or to change himself. He is separated from his wife who is living in another village. He drank every word of Scripture, every word of compassion and direction with pleading eyes and clutching hands. He never left his knees; he was a man in great despair. The prayer that was offered brought an encounter with the reality of the Lord’s power to do thru him what he cannot do for himself. It was such an incredible experience to witness the man rise from his knees and into the Pastors embrace before he walked out the door with the hope of a new life in Christ. We look forward to following up on him as we will return to Chorwe and because his brother is one of the village Pastors.<br /><br />THE YOUNG WIFE- She was faithful to attend every session, very pregnant and due at any time as the baby had dropped. Yet, she was sitting on the hard floor along with all the other women, taking notes and participating in the Q & A’s. The last day, she came forward and asked for prayer, as she was leaving the next day for the clinic to wait for the baby’s birth. She was concerned about the birth as her first child was a stillborn, she then had a son and now she is having her third child in three years and fighting anemia. A darling young woman who is 22 yrs. old who is married to a Christian man who is 24 yrs. old. She says with a big smile he is good to her. We prayed with her for a safe delivery, a healthy child and a quick recovery from her anemia. We said good bye, hugged each other and told her that we would see her and her new child when we return. <br /><br />THE FORGIVEN WIFE- She came forward the first day wanting to pray for God’s forgiveness as she had been unfaithful to her husband during his long absence. She was convicted by the Word and Spirit of God which brought her to His loving arms and courage to face what she had done. She severed the relationship with the other man and returned to her husband, expecting rejection, but found forgiveness instead. She asked that God would give her the love to love her husband and that she would be a good wife for him. She seems to be a very dear, contrite woman (about 40 yrs.) and so thankful for the cleansing blood of Jesus for her freedom to be able to live the life that pleases God.<br /><br />She was also asking for prayer for God to open a door for her to use her gift of singing to glorify Him somehow. She knew one of the consequences of her sin (it was public, not much is hidden in the villages as they live so close to each other), was that she cannot belong to the church choir. It was a joy to remind her that every time she sings,no matter where she is, in her house, her garden or walking down the road; that she can glorify God...to the audience of one! We encouraged her to let Him decide what doors to open in the meantime; not to be impatient. She smiled …and stayed for the whole 4 days.<br /><br />It is the hope that these short episodes, mere snapshots in the lives of these whomsoever’s, bring glory to the Lord and an increased knowledge of His intimate compassion and love for all who are thirsty.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-58748744302097086892011-09-11T10:27:00.000-07:002011-09-11T11:22:52.563-07:00Chorwe Conference Photo's<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0rQQKWpeOgtNzmmbap-plWhAGiYqN1YPIqU8ojAmyvMJ-kD_bqyQ0CL10KLs-rPM0YEYwrqHRBi7UAcAfGP7eV1NN7GbxyvY5n1RHQkl_kaTzFGtnRN2uAZDdUUbTUYPhJzGNcXBP2A1/s1600/Chorwe+Conference+Sept.+5+to+8th+181.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0rQQKWpeOgtNzmmbap-plWhAGiYqN1YPIqU8ojAmyvMJ-kD_bqyQ0CL10KLs-rPM0YEYwrqHRBi7UAcAfGP7eV1NN7GbxyvY5n1RHQkl_kaTzFGtnRN2uAZDdUUbTUYPhJzGNcXBP2A1/s160/Chorwe+Conference+Sept.+5+to+8th+181.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:right; 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The conference took place from September 5-8th. We had ten churches represented:<br />1. Roman Catholic 6. Zion Church <br />2. Presbyterian 7. Abraham Church <br />3. Peace Ministries 8. Last Church <br />4. Emmanuel Church 9. Church of Christ<br />5. Baptist 10. Apostolic Glory<br /><br />We were totally blessed as we witnessed the Holy Spirit at work and the people being blessed as they received their Bibles, taking copious notes as the teaching was taking place, & to see the joy of all in attendance in learning more about the Bible & their Jesus! We can only pray that these photos can reflect, at least in part, what we enjoyed during this 4 day conference. <br /><br />Pastors, Elders, church leaders, women's ministry, Youth leaders, Children Ministry Leaders, & widow's ministry. We had four of our Malawian team with us in this ministry; Timothy, Wisdom, Ephrida & Edward from Life Ministries. This was a team effort in every way and God anointed each area of ministry. Thank you for all of your faithful prayers that allowed us to go under the power of the Holy Spirit. To Him be the glory!<br /><br />If you want to view all the 200 photos, go to FB CCSOM Malawi.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159382842220315612.post-27667219721411868452011-09-02T06:48:00.000-07:002011-09-02T07:04:58.092-07:00Malawi Outreach to ChorweHere are some photos taken in the village of Chorwe, north of Lilongwe, where we did our initial phase of ministry. These are in the church building with pastors & leaders along with photos of Life Ministries, sharing the Jesus Film that night. We will going back to this village on Monday the 5th through the 8th, where ministry will be conducted to the following:
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<br />1. Pastors, Elders, & church leaders by Steve
<br />2. Women's Ministry by Nora
<br />3. Youth Leaders Ministry by Timothy Kailedzi
<br />4. Children's Ministry by Wisdom Sosola
<br />5. Additional training by Life Ministries ( Campus Crusade For Christ)
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<br />Water Missions International is already conducting training & installation of their water purification system to provide clean, potable water supply to the villages in this area.
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<br />More photos to follow following the conference. Please be praying for the Holy Spirit to anoint all the teaching & that the people will have ears to hear what the Spirit has to say to all of us.snbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01405004553855812995noreply@blogger.com0