Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Thank you, Dad.1
I don’t always say some of these things so I thought I’d share them now.
Dad, I don’t know if you know it or not but you are the one who influenced me the most to go into the ministry. You’re the one who impacted my life more than you probably know and far more than I could ever repay.
Far more.
Continue reading “Following In Your Footsteps”
Who doesn’t love to be home? Well, especially when you have a wonderful family such as my parents and older sister. I was born in Malawi, Africa, though I spent the first 10 years of my life in the small town of Chipata in Zambia. My father, Pastor John Holtz, worked as a missionary pastor there until he received a call to move to Malawi in 2008. I spent the rest of my school years there all the way until I graduated secondary school at age 18. Since then, I have been attending Wisconsin Lutheran College as a nursing student, currently in my third year. I have been extremely blessed to have been able to go back home to Malawi during the longer breaks to see my family and old friends.
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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Tim. 2:15
In many places, the pastors of the LCCA are the most educated men in their locales. People living in rural communities attend primary school but most leave secondary school before receiving their diploma. Churches offer Sunday School for children and Confirmation Instruction for Adults who want to become members, but it is difficult for pastors to conduct advanced Bible Classes because each pastor is responsible for 3-6 congregations.
Continue reading “T.E.E.-ing Up Students for Success”