I serve as the One Africa Team liaison to the LCMC Kenya, one of WELS’ partners in Africa. COVID has kept me from visiting the churches in Kenya for the last 18 months. Nevertheless, God has been giving me many opportunities to assist and support our Gospel partners in East Africa.
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From the first moment that Apollos walked into the synagogue in Ephesus, everyone could see his talent. He was highly intelligent. He was comfortable and confident in front of people. His words were powerful and clear. Best of all, he quickly proved himself to be a very committed and dedicated Christian. Everyone could see that he had the talent and ability to be an ideal leader in the church. All he really needed was a little extra training.
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Today’s post is written by Missionary Howard Mohlke, the leader of One Africa Team. He has been waiting for over a year in the USA for his work papers, which he recently received.
On Saturday, April 17, 2021, Leslie and I landed in Lilongwe, Malawi. As we landed and looked forward to our new life living and working in Africa, we also looked back to 1991 when we first landed in Zambia to serve as part of the mission team. Back then we arrived with two daughters ages 4 and 2, and one son who was 6 months old. Now, it’s just the two of us and those three and two more are all grown up. Back then we left behind our parents and “took their grandchildren away” as they would remind us at times. Now, we are leaving behind our grandchildren.
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