Midweek and Power Problems!

Greetings all. The work on the Multi-Purpose Hall continues with the roof all on over the toilet block, the fiddly woodwork under the eaves progressing well and a concrete pour just about ready for the veranda. Please pray for continued safety on the work site. Power continues to be a major problem here with the voltage only ever getting close to full capacity in the early hours of the morning. Often there are power cuts completely and always from around 6pm-9pm the lights only just glow! It makes productivity very difficult indeed and things like meals are always a logistical problem to cook! The whole power issue is a significant challenge to effectively using evenings and the people here laugh to think that much work happens at night in pastoral ministry and care!

This weekend we are heading to a conference about two hours drive from Samfya where they have been inspired by our 2011 Impact Conference to teach on Stepping Into Eternity. We leave Friday afternoon and will return on Sunday afternoon/evening. Then on Monday the team begins the homeward journey via Livingstone (two days travel) with time to see Victoria Falls.

Donald returns to Samfya on Friday 17th and then on Sunday travels to the Mambilima Conference with the Bible School staff who have had a significant role in organising this year’s programme. It will focus on the life and ministry of the local church. With well over 10,000 attending and camping out in very basic conditions it is an amazing place but they come to be taught and also to hear the wonderful choirs from the churches attending.

Donald will teach the opening two sessions on the role of Leaders to advance and promote the ministry of the church which will feed into the later sessions during the week long conference that are encouraging various aspects of church life. The need to see leaders equipped and prepared to lead in their churches is significant, so please pray that this conference will be used of the Lord to strengthen the church and also that potential students will be identified for the 2013 student intake.

The Team passed through the Mambalima Conference site on the way to Kawambwa last weekend.