Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Building God’s House in Malawi
It’s been fun to watch the progress. Standing on my front porch, I can look across the road to see the new house being built. The house is being built on the campus of the Lutheran Bible Institute (LBI) in Lilongwe, Malawi. Once it is completed, it will be a home for our newest LBI professor, Rev. Stanley Daile, and his family.
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Background: One Africa Team missionaries had intended to make several trips to both Libera and Uganda to meet with local Christian fellowships that have expressed their desire to learn more about the teachings of the Lutheran Church and perhaps even enter into fellowship with the Wisconsin Synod. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the WELS has suspended all missionary travel to and from any country except the United States and the country where each missionary is based. The OAT Outreach Committee has begun long-distance teaching with these groups, in spite of several technological and social hurdles.
Some months ago the One Africa Team received a gift to assist with phones and internet expenses to bring the gospel message to new areas via online teaching. Although it’s exciting to move into the COVID–techvirtual world, it is a bit scary for us who live in a culture that functions primarily with face-to-face communication. In Africa, we rely much more heavily on non-verbal communication and other contextual cues to communicate than in the United States typically.
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My wife and I are reading through the gospels in our devotions these days and marveling again at the miracles of our Savior.
I think I just experienced one this past Friday morning.
Let me back up, just a bit. I am a missionary with the One Africa Team, currently helping out with the Multi-Language Productions program called TELL (tellnetwork.org). As they are reaching people with their Bible studies in West Africa via Facebook, the TELL organizers received a few questions that I was able to answer for them. West Africa is an area where I have lived and worked. I’m happy to be involved with TELL, working mostly with Pastor Dan Laitinen who coordinates the online materials. I have entered a bit more deeply into the program and I conduct online teaching and send videos to interested parties.
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