Christmas in Malawi

Dr. Gentry,

Yesterday afternoon, Christmas Eve day we took about 20 kids from the orphanage to the Chiradzulu Hospital to give out gifts, tracts and John/Romans.

Thandie coordinated with the hospital for our group to do this ministry, and it went very well. Besides the kids, there were Thandie, Rackson, Navigator, Ms. Goodman, Darcy, Johnathan and myself. Darcy and Joseph Edson baked over 300 sweet rolls to give to the patients, and Thandie organized 280 gift bags that contained body soap, clothes soap, and body care jell. We went to two general patient wards, the TB ward, both men and women, the maternity ward, the ER wing, and the Labor ward. We gave out all the gifts, rolls, almost 1000 special Christmas tracts that Darcy typed up, had translated and printed locally, and 250 John/Romans. It was a great time! It was a special blessing for me in that almost all of the young men and women we took jumped right in with soul winning and giving gifts. On several of the wards Navigator, Rackson, and Blessing preached to the whole ward and many raised their hands for salvation. In the mens' TB ward there were 28 men, and when Blessing got done preaching all of them raised their hands for salvation; To God be the Glory!! It would not be hard to see that over 200 souls prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior; what a wonderful Christmas gift!

I have attached several photos for you to see.

I pray that God has been gracious during this time of year to all of you.

By His Grace & Mercy,

John