Mark Logan

BIMI Representative at Large

“The entrance of Thy Word giveth Light” -Psalm 119:130

Sept. 20, 2010

Dear Praying and Concerned Friends:

I just returned from traveling hours every day teaching and preaching 13 of 14 days in Malawi and putting Chichewa New Testaments in the hands of over 450 Baptist pastors. In all of the regional conferences there were many more – deacons, ladies, evangelists, eager young people who wanted one but there were only enough for the pastors. THE GOAL IS TO SHIP A CONTAINER LOAD OF 35,000 for the pastors to distribute to their people who can read! My friend, Bobby Glasgow, a successful businessman and farmer from Alabama was with me and has helped with the funding of these New Testaments. He is very burdened for Malawi. Some pastors were ill and could not journey to one of the regional sites. I missed the pastor in Nsanje whose leg was taken by a crocodile a few years ago – he was very sick. In the first week there, we got news that a pastor near a game park had been killed by an elephant while defending his small garden. Another pastor I had known from many previous teaching trips had died just a few months ago in the home of my church planting national leader, Andrew Dzimbiri. I was able to give some money personally to the widows of these pastors which they will use to buy fertilizer and seed for the planting season as they are now totally responsible for keeping their children alive.

Of all the regions I was in, the most troubling was crossing over the border on Sunday, Sept. 12 into the country of Mozambique, an area which had had no rain in over 2 years. Everything was shriveled and desolate. The people greeted us so cheerfully and after preaching with about 8 souls saved, they presented us with 2 chickens to eat at the regional meeting the next day.

Please pray as we are wanting to send some of the orphan “preacher boys” (who have graduated high school) to a 2 year Bible Institute in Zambia (CABC) so they can train to come back and teach Bible at the orphanage and our own Bible College. Any help with shipping the New Testaments would be great. Thanks for all you do in helping me to teach and preach around the world. I travel to Haiti in 2 weeks and then Pakistan later in the year – two catastrophe affected countries.

Blessings in Christ, Mark Logan