Victory World Outreach Ministries: News from Malawi January 2, 2011

Today our family along with Tom and Kathy Murray went to Kaponda Good Samaritan Baptist Church in the area of Chitera. It is about 40 minutes from the GSBM compound in Mapanga up the Zomba road. The dirt road we had to take for about 5 Km was not the best, but we did arrive safely and it was a surprise for the pastor to see us. This year we are not announcing where we are going to the local pastors, we are just going to show up. We have found that if they know we are coming they try to have many people there, so they invite other GSBM churches, and sometimes other denominations to attend. We desire to see and encourage the local church, so we want to attend the church and have prayers with them without it being a circus type of event.

Tom taught Sunday School, and I preached. I did not tell him what I was going to preach on, but God is so wise. Tom taught about salvation and serving God, and I preached about starting the new year off right by: 1. Being a Child of God, II Peter 3:9 – 2. Being a Candle of God, Matt. 5:16 – 3. Being a Challenger of God, Matt. 28:18-20. It all fit together, and because of the Holy Spirit between 80 & 90 people prayed to receive Jesus as their personal Savior. We talked about Eternal Salvation, and Believers Baptism and I encouraged them about getting baptized next week. In fact, we are going back to the same church next week to hold a Baptismal Service. Also it seemed that there were some sick kids, so we are going to take some medicine to help the kids, and also some eye glasses for some of the older people.