Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Back In New Zealand

Greetings friends of Samfya Bible School! I have been back in New Zealand now for one week after a very encouraging time in the Zambia and with excellent meetings with partners in UK & Singapore. I have come home excited about the ongoing future for the Bible School and all that God is doing through this ministry in rural churches.

In my meetings in Singapore I briefly reflected on the truth from our Lord Jesus that He is building his church. The bride of Christ is the most precious entity on earth – it is His, it is what He is building and working in and through, so what a privilege it is to partner with a ministry that is all about strengthening, growing and blessing the ministry of the local church in Bemba speaking Zambia.

In leaving the staff at Samfya, I was encouraged by the large number of potential students for 2013, the possibility of the second year programme beginning in 2013, and also the new School Teachers training programme that is going to see these teachers given a great Bible Programme to help them in their ministries in the village areas that they are posted to by the government.

I was also very encouraged by the progress in buildings at Samfya. We have five great new units for married couples, a three block classroom, a new visiting lecturers house, a staff house just about finished and the multi-purpose hall (kitchen, dining, conference) nearing completion, but still needing about NZ$9000 to complete it. If you would like to assist with this let me know!!

Thank you for your faithfulness in praying for my time away and for the ministry of Samfya. God is blessing this ministry and using it to glorify His name! If you are interested in a visit to your church to speak about this work please don’t hesitate to drop me a line.
The mullti-purpose hall - looking great but needing a little more finishing

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