Time is flying; we can’t believe we have only 6 weeks
left living in Malawi. A regular question is ‘how does it feel?’……….if we’re
honest it still feels surreal, we’re not sure it’s fully sinking in yet, but maybe
as we move out of our house and fully hand things over the reality of the
transition will fully settle in!
We’re busy handing things over and we will focus this
blog on transitioning the Pastors Training and Encounter Evenings.
Encounter Evenings
We’ve had the pleasure of loving our varying ministry activities
here, but we both feel we come alive when we lead Encounter Evenings, we feel
like this
is the kind of thing we were created to do. 
As we obeyed Father in opening up our home once a month
to gather those who are hungry, Father has astounded us with what He’s done in
those times! Every month without fail has been very powerful and we have had
the privilege of seeing people physically, spiritually and emotionally encounter
God in life changing ways. We knew that this was not for a season whilst we
were here but rather it was something for us to pioneer and hand over.
Father spoke clearly
as to who the new leaders are, so we’re introducing the amazing Gareth and Edna
as the new leaders!
Gareth has been with us from the beginning, we didn’t know
him but he turned up early for the very first Evening and has never stopped
coming. He is so hungry for God, a quiet but strong leader and an amazing
gatherer. We regularly have new people come; it’s always because Gareth invited
them. He’s always powerfully impacted by the Spirit and moves easily in the prophetic.
Edna is a strong powerhouse woman of God, a prophet in
the making! Edna just dives in every time and it’s been a pleasure to see her
grow.
As we have been meeting with them planning the handover
it’s so exciting to hear their dreams for it. Going forward we have an amazing
new venue, a church building right in the city centre are generously letting
Encounter Evening use one of their meeting rooms. The room is a lot bigger than
our lounge with so much for room for growth. They also feel the new
location is significant, moving from our lounge to a city centre venue, they
see it as a place where revival will be birthed in this city! We are so excited
about this next season for Encounter Evenings.
Encounter
Evening Lilongwe is birthed!
If we are honest we never thought beyond Blantyre with
Encounter Evening. But when a regular relocated to the capital city and
recently revisited us, God birthed in her a desire to plant one there! So introducing
Theo, the pioneer of Encounter Evening Lilongwe!
Theo is an amazing strong woman of God who is a natural
leader. Currently she is just gathering a small group of hungry friends whilst
praying and asking Father for a venue for Encounter Evenings. So please pray
for Theo that Father will reveal the right venue and then they will be able to
openly invite others going forward.
Pastor’s
Training
We’ve had the pleasure of sowing into the lives of 2
different groups of rural pastors and see them slowly grow in maturity over our
time with them.
We are extremely thankful to our friends at Dalitso Trust
ministry in Lilongwe who have given us copies of their pastor’s training to be
used going forward once we leave.
The pastors were very
keen to keep meeting and learning together and we are very happy to be handing
over the facilitating and teaching going forward to two wonderful Malawian men
of God, Victor, who is the Director of the ministry we have been partnering
with, and Jonah, our dear friend who we have mentored who is part of the
leadership team from our church.
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| Victor |
Last
6 weeks…..
We’re still busy and in June we are very
excited to be travelling to Lilongwe to spend some time with our friends at the
Dalitso Trust to do some teaching on the Father Heart of God and the principals
of a Sozo before returning to Blantyre for our last few weeks.
We would really appreciate your prayers in this season of
transition and for what Father has for us next!
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