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2012 Jesus Loves Malawi August Newsletter
2012 Jesus Loves Malawi August Newsletter
2012 Jesus Loves Malawi August Newsletter
But what was the purpose of their Paper Sunday? They want to improve the pastor's house by replacing the mud floor with concrete, plastering the walls, and installing electricity to both the house and the church. This may not sound like much, but out of all of our (roughly) 100 churches in the Southern Conference this will be the first church or pastor's house to have electricity! We can rejoice with them about this milestone, and pause to remember that in North America we are truly blessed. Stephanie was invited to speak at the annual Free Methodist Women's Conference for the Southern Region. About 100 women were there so many that we had to have church outside under a tree. And even a goat came to church! It also gave us an opportunity to bid them goodbye, as that was our last village visit before leaving Malawi. Our very last event was Annual Conference, where we said goodbye to all our pastors. They were very happy (relieved, actually) to hear that we hope to return in about a year.
While we're home we need to take a number of courses to better prepare ourselves for our next phase of ministry. And we also hope to connect with many of you as we visit churches. (If you're involved in planning, and would like us to come to your church, please let us know so we can set a date). As always, thank you so much to all of you who have been supporting us through prayer and/or finances. Please pray that we will be clearly led to the right house and the right community while we are home, for travelling mercies, a divinely orchestrated schedule, and that all necessary support will be raised. Let us know, too, if youre aware of a furnished home for rent. May God bless each of you!