We have a BUS!

It is Monday and I know you have wondered how the bus purchase went. First Chuck had to exchange the us dollars into the kwatcha. He was a nervous cat! He had a couple of shoes boxes of money and was so concerned not to go any where but the bus place FIRST! No stopping, no delays!!!! Every time they stopped at a light or a stop sign Chuck wanted to move. They went to the bus place at 1pm to pick up the bus and everything was done! He said it looked beautiful! Beautiful in that it was fully repaired, you could drive it and the man did just as he said, even the paperwork to transfer was completed. Navigator headed to the orphanage with the bus and Chuck and Rackson headed to the Government office to have the transfer recorded. Tomorrow the children will be riding in their new bus. Thank You Bro. Cochran and your church!

February 6

President Bingu was in Blantyre today to register for the election of President. The town was busy with lots of traffic and lots of excited people. You guessed it, there were no yellow tracts being handed out today. The people are excited to have a Christian President.

Bro. Chuck Miller and Chris Gome drove to pick up the bus today. The man selling it is working on all the issues Chris expressed needed to be fixed. The bus will be ready Monday with everything fixed and no additional charges. The children are so excited.

This is a typical termite mound!!

Bro. McDonald house is needing repair. Bro. McDonald was a Pastor and tailor but died 2 years ago; within six months his wife died also. The oldest boy is raising the children and working at the Children's Home as the tailor(aka sew anything and everything the children have ripped or lost buttons). The house the children are living in is having serious repair needs. The roof appeared to be falling down but with further examination it is the timbers. The timbers are eaten by termites and the roof will fall if the repairs are not done. It will cost $120-140.00 us dollars for the timbers, bug poison, nails and labor for the carpenter to complete the necessary work.
Bro. Chuck Miller, Henry Chatada and Andrew Nyengia will be visiting the Good Samaritan Churches in the coming weeks.

Bus news!

The search for the new bus to transport the children from the orphanage to the school is on. Thank you to Bro. Cochran and his church for raising the money for the purchase. Chris Gome, John Fullford and Chuck Miller have been on the hunt and possibly have found the one. Job Security (yes, that is his name) is going to go and pull off the tires and look under the hood and check the transmission and everything else that needs to be done to see if this is the one bus that is the answer to the needs for the children. We are praying for the right one at the right price! The latest word is the bus needs tires but everything else looks good.
This week Henry Chatada, Andrew Nyengia and Chuck Miller will be traveling to the Good Samaritan Churches in Malawi and seeing the people. Please pray for their traveling mercies and the kwatcha (money) holds out for the fuel it will take to get to the outreaches. The goal is to have the churches learn to tithe and to take care of their own. This is a difficult task to teach the Malawi people to lean on the will of God, they had been under British Government (that was years ago)for so long and look to others for help. They are learning and need more encouragement.

News from Malawi

Thandie (Director of the The Children's Home), Staff, Bro. John Fullford and Chuck Miller had a meeting and walk through of the home to see why the children have been sick. Thandie had concluded in the last couple of weeks there are maintenance needs in the children's rooms. The funds have been very low and the budget needs to be re-assessed. The care of the children needs to include the care of them nutritionally as well as physically. The rooms need work and the staff is attempting to make changes as well as thoroughly clean (we just did it) each room with disinfectant. This is rainy season and the mold is collecting from the walls sweating. We are freezing here in the states and the children are having summer like weather.

Update on the results of the court today: Five of the staff and four of the teens were arrested a month ago for handing out tracts (yellow paper) at a Soccer game. The Futbol /soccer game was attended by the President Bingu (Christian man, political colors blue) so there was alot of security. The people were excited in the stadium when the President spoke and started waving their yellow tracts. We now know the yellow was a respresentation of the past president political color. You know where this is going, Therefore the security was sure the yellow paper was causing a political uprising and arrested all that were handing out the yellow papers.
The nine arrested were held in jail for 9 hours (which they took as an opportunity to witness to the other 40 plus) and were released for another date to be heard by the Magistrate/Judge. The third time before the Judge/Majistrate and it was decided they needed to pay a hefty fine. No more jail and a warning not to use YELLOW paper.

We hope to have pictures soon of the wonderful and lush garden. Thank you God for giving us people to send the money for Fertilizer, seed and the pumps.

Victory World Outreach Board Members

The start of the New Year and we would like to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Victory World Outreach Ministries.
Dr. and Mrs. Gentry wrote in the December newsletter about the Board meeting held in November 2008. We would like to share some pictures of the board members with you. The board is excited for the growth in the ministry in Malawi.

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Board members are: Dr. Gardiner Gentry, Mrs. Alice Gentry, Pastor Randy Kennedy, Denise Kennedy, John Fullford, Darcy Fullford, W. Charles Miller, Sheila Miller, Mark Logan, David Day, William Wright, Mike Shanaberger, Pastor Larry Cochran, Ron Sturgis, Sig Sherril, Pastor Andy Schmidt, Tru Marshall

John and Darcy Fullford are in Malawi now and will continue working with the Malawi people in the North at Ntcheu and in the south until the property in the north is completed. Charles and Sheila Miller will continue working with the Malawi people in the South at the Mapangua property. They look forward to working with you when you travel to Malawi.

Thank You for serving with a Heart Like Jesus

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience
of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father.
I Thessalonians 1:2-3

November/December 2008

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the Gentry's and the Malawians!

Dear Supporting Friends,

We want to feature all of you in this Thanksgiving and Christmas newsletter to express our sincere thanks for your prayers and financial support these past 8 years. You have helped us scatter the precious gospel seed all over the country of Malawi, Africa. We may never have the opportunity to see some of you face to face but God is good to connect us by letter with faith and love as we together respond to the "cry" of the poor and needy. "He hath dispersed abroad he hath given to the poor". II Corinthians 9:9
Many of you traveled from various states across America to come over and help with numerous projects plus teaching, preaching and encouraging the saints and winning the lost. Your hands on touch will long be remembered and rewarded by God. He will not forget your works.
Help has arrived from Alaska! The John Fullford family, his wife Darcy and their 3 teenage children settled in Malawi the month of June. Bro. John is a retired business man, who served his church in various capacities in Fairbanks. The entire family teaches and are all great soul winners. What an asset to the Malawians.
Help will arrive from Fort Dodge, Iowa! Sharon Goodman, a single mother of grown children (one a missionary in Mexico), will begin full time the end of November. Sharon served in the military for years, worked in children's homes, taught school and is a soul winner! She served a number of years at Harvest Baptist Church in Fort Dodge.
More help has come! Chuck and Sheila Miller of Milton, Florida have spent months in Malawi. Chuck is a retired Navy man, who serves his church and country well in the printing ministry, soul winning and various other works. Sheila is secretary to the Pastor and does various helps in the church. She worked 20 years for a major corporation in finances. They will work stateside as well as in Malawi as the Lord provides and especially with finances.
Thank you for making the ministry of Good Samaritan Outreach as known in Malawi, more than just a "dream". You have helped snatch thousands from the fires of hell; you have helped thousands with food, water and clothing, and you have helped hold my hands when sick and weary and old - what more can we say! THANK YOU!!!!
"When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, the Lord hath done great things for them (Malawians). The Lord hath done great things for us; (suppoprters) wherefore we are glad." Psalms 126:1-3
Thank you for your continued support during this difficult time in our U.S. economy. Some of you are experiencing trying times personally in your families. May God help us all in spite of these calamities. Together we must press on in 2009 for the cause of Christ here in America and to the uttermost parts of the world.

Sincerely the beggars for His sake,
Bro. Gardiner & Alice Gentry

P.S. Please remember the poor children and adults during this Thanksgiving & Christmas time - if you have a little extra please send your gift to make their hearts merry.
On November 13th we had an exciting time as the advisory staff of 12 people met to discuss more effective ways to maintain and advance the ministry in Malawi. We saw grown men cry as they related their experiences while working with the poor in Malawi. Thank you to Denise Kennedy our daughter who has been a faithful free gratis worker for VWO these 8 years with paper work, mailouts and financial matters.