Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Recently four WELS members visited Malawi on a short-term mission trip, coordinated by Kingdom Workers. One of them summarized her experience in the following prayer:
This was an incredible experience! Thank you for the opportunity to witness your love in action among our brothers and sisters in Malawi, Africa. I praise you, God, for your amazing love that reaches across all generations, all languages, every geographical barrier, and every disability. Continue reading “My Dear, Amazing, God”
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
This year I celebrated Pentecost at the ends of the earth – or at least, the end of Malawi. My journey covered over one hundred miles of some of the most beautiful scenery in Africa, and brought me to one of the remotest areas of Malawi – the Eastern bank of the Lower Shire River.
But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:10-11)
Fifteen pastors graduated from the Seminary of the Lutheran Church of Cameroon in 1999. For a variety of reasons, only seven of them are still active in the pastoral ministry. By God’s grace and with the help of the Wisconsin Synod, I was called to train a new batch of pastors and set up a “continuous seminary,” so that the Lutheran Church of Cameroon will able to train new pastors on a regular basis. Continue reading “Built on the Rock”
