July 21, 2012
The team spent the morning in urban neighborhoods looking for opportunities to share the Gospel. We rode to a central place in the city, broke into teams of two to three plus interpreters, and caught rides in local minibuses into nearby neighborhoods. There were a number of people who let us meet with them and talk about spiritual matters.
Emily and Hannah met with a group of young women and shared their faith. After the women prayed, they discovered they were Muslims…but now Christians. Allison and I met a family where the grandmother was Christian, but the younger women were Muslim and the young man was Jehovah’s Witness. They listened as I shared my testimony and presented the Gospel. We answered a couple of their questions. The four Muslims girls prayed to receive Jesus.
In the afternoon we visited the Hope House Orphan Care Foundation. This is run by friends of our hosts, and ministers to over 300 orphans. These children live in their nearby villages, but they often go unfed. This ministry gives them a meal in the midday after school. They also are tutoring them and teaching them the trade of tailoring. Since 2005 the ministry has grown to have three homes in the region and 25 employees. The ministry is largely managed by Malawians; the Oklahoma
We spent the evening preparaing to help in the churches at Kamoyo and Chiwoza.
Pray for us as we conduct one more day of village ministry at Kamoyo on Monday and do urban ministry on Tuesday. That will complete our planned ministry here in Malawi
Ray Smith
