Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Lightning? From a cloudless sky?
It is Zambia’s dry season. But like a bolt out of the blue, Esther gets sick. “It’s meningitis,” a hospital doctor tells her husband of 16 years.
“Dear God,” he prays.
She dies almost lightning-fast. It is Monday, 13 September 2021.
Continue reading “A Lightning Funeral”
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end so that what you hope for may be fully realized (Heb 6:11).
In November 2019 I was ready to pack my bags and move to Nairobi. Then COVID19 ended all international travel. One Africa Team Missionaries canceled all their planned trips to Uganda, Liberia, and other parts of Africa – full stop. But the global pandemic didn’t stop God’s kingdom or the Gospel ministry of the LCMC Kenya from moving forward.
Continue reading “Pakuwa Pakhawa (Hope Realized)”
Pastor Willard Chipembere emphatically invited us into the parsonage at Chisomo, Thyolo (31 May 2021). He was excited. He couldn’t wait to show us something in the house. Because I had been there before, I had an inkling of what it was going to be. Walking down the hallway we came to a room from which came a lot of chirping. Chickens! Not just one or two but 100! Pastor Chipembere picked up one tiny chick in his hand and presented it to us with great joy. He then continued to explain more about his chicken business, and with a wave of his hand, he showed us all that was under his roof. Mind you, these were not just in an outbuilding, they were in his home. His face shone. Eyes glimmered. Voice, exuberant. He was filled with great joy.
Continue reading ““Come in, come in! I want to show you something!””