Back in Malawi!

We’ve now been back in Malawi for a week and it feels good to be home & also to have a bit of a respite from rather uncomfortable heat in England (we never thought we’d be saying that!)

We had a great 6 weeks in England, and we’d like to thank those of you who provided us with opportunities to preach, share what we’re up to, minster to you on a 1:1, fed us and let us stay in your houses and lent us a car….Father was so faithful in looking after us for that time.

A lot of our time was spent feeding back to supporters as well as visiting family, we even squeezed in a much needed few days away, but a highlight of the trip for the both us was attending a 4 day Father Heart School at the amazing Kings Arms Church in Bedford.

We are both very passionate about this subject which is what drew us to attending this conference over others. During our time there, as well as receiving amazing teaching & ministry in this crucial area, Father continued to fan into flame the passion we both have for this being the underpinning message in everything we do, and moving forward into this next season, we are going to look at how we can put on Father Heart weekends here in Malawi. Therefore, we aim to carve out time in the coming months to prepare material for this as well as listening to Father’s guidance.

Through meeting with friends and supporters we received some really helpful feedback in terms of communication specifically in relation to sharing specific costs that people can prayerfully consider partnering with us in. Bearing this feedback in mind we thought we would highlight in this update our amazing vehicle which we’re convinced was straight from Father as it’s never let us down:

You might be thinking it’s quite a large vehicle for two people, and you’d be right! But to reach the remote rural villages that we serve on the fairly challenging dirt tracks to get to them and other places we serve in, we knew we needed a high clearance, robust vehicle and Father provided us with the perfect vehicle for Malawi & we are so thankful for it!

With having such a large vehicle, and with driving in dusty, challenging roads / tracks, we have to keep it well maintained as there is no RAC out here! Subsequently, we have to get it serviced twice a year, costing £500 for the 2 services.

Another car related cost is the diesel to get to these rural communities. We travel into them twice weekly, and this costs around £60 extra in fuel per month to reach these communities. Again, we believe investing in the fuel to reach these amazing pastors is so worth it as we see the change and fruit in their lives.

If you would like to partner and invest in the ministry here in Malawi by specifically supporting the costs of keeping this vehicle on the road, whether that be a monthly contribution towards to fuel or a one off gift towards the costs of services, please click on the link here to our Giving Page: https://www.give.net/20189271        Thank you!

And finally……..we’re very excited to be welcoming in our first visitors from England who are coming to do some ministry with us!!

We first met Phil & Annette Wason through Gilgal House in Milton Keynes. They will be joining us in a month’s time, and we’ll be keeping them busy with the pastors, a leadership day with the Miqlat leadership, preaching at our church, sharing at our home group amongst other things! Please keep them in your prayers as they finalise their preparation for the trip.