Ready for our UK Trip!

Hello from a cold Malawi! It’s winter here, and whilst it’s difficult to imagine it being cold in Africa, believe us it is, even Mark is wearing jumpers!  

Pastor’s training

We deliver pastor’s training in two different rural locations. Since our last update at one Hope Centre we have been teaching on the crucial topic of salvation by grace and not by works. Unfortunately the ‘works’ mentality is quite prolific in rural Malawian churches, people ‘do’ a lot of things to try and guarantee their salvation, so it was a privilege to share the freeing truth that works are not necessary, Christ’s work on the Cross was complete and there is nothing anyone can do to earn their salvation. As always we encouraged the Pastors to share the teaching with their churches.  

At the other Hope Centre we have started a series on the Spiritual Gifts which has so far proved interesting! Unfortunately in Malawi there are a number of self-proclaimed ‘prophets’ who ask for money in return for a prophetic word or praying for a miracle / healing. So it was great to show the pastors that the bible shows us that all who are filled with the Holy Spirit can operate in these gifts and to use a Vineyard phrase ‘everyone gets to play’. So far we have taught on prophecy and tongues (& interpretation) and we look forward to continuing this series upon our return to Malawi.  

Encounter Evenings

Our May Encounter Evening was, as always, very powerful! We absolutely love these evenings, we had a great time of prophetic worship followed by a time of ministry and saw Holy Spirit minister inner healing, generational holds were broken off people and everyone was touched by God in powerful ways!

UK Trip

We are very excited to be flying to England on the 14^th June, it’s been a year since our last visit and we are ready for a bit of the UK! We fly back to Malawi on the 29^th July.

Milton Keynes will be our main base and we will be sharing in a few locations but we learnt the hard way last year not to cram too much in!

During our time we will be connecting and sharing with our supporters, visiting family and friends. We are also attending a 4 day Father Heart School at the Kings Arms Church in Bedford which we’re really looking forward to receiving some great teaching and ministry into this area that is one of our main passions. We hope to see some of you during our trip and we will be at the following places: 

Sunday 17^th June – Grand Union Vineyard Church (Monkston Campus) – sharing & preaching  

Sunday 24^th June – Vineyard Community Church Daventry – sharing with the Youth 

Sunday 1^st July – Grand Union Vineyard Church (Netherfield Campus) – sharing & preaching

 

We look forward to seeing you very soon! All of our love Laura and Mark