Samuel Santam is 6 years old. He lives with his mother, three sisters, and four brothers. He has no father, who died when his mother was four months pregnant. They all live with their grandmother. She is in old age, sick and very weak. A year ago, she broke her leg and became even more dependent on others.
Samuel’s mother usually goes to the nearest town to sell tea and chapatis (fried cakes) on the market. With the proceeds, she buys food and other necessities for her children. Samuel started coming to my school because his mother has no money to send him to a public school. When the boy received his first shoes donated by you, he was so happy. He also received a school uniform as a gift. There was no end to his joy because he had never received anything like it. Some children, unlike Samuel, are from wealthier families. Their parents are able to pay for their lunch, school fees, and benefits.
After the opening of the school, only a part of the children came to class. A week later, I saw all my students. We are allowed to work from 5 AM to 6 PM since we are not indoors. According to the terms of the quarantine, we are prohibited from going outside at night. I am glad that the children are happy to be in school again. Thank you so much for the support of our children. May God bless and reward you!
David was born on June 4, 1991 in Ntcheu Malawi. After three months of training, he went with his wife to practice in Bwumbwe. David and Patricia have a child and are happy to have the opportunity to serve God. Bwumbwe is located in southern Malawi, where the Ngoni and Lomwei tribes dominate. People make a living by growing corn, tea, beans, and various vegetables.
On May 24, I visited their small church. I was glad to see
the fruits of three months of work. 45 people who heard the Gospel accepted our
Lord Jesus and are now members of the new community. David and Patricia work in
a team, they created the youth and children’s ministry. Patricia teaches
children every Sunday, while David conducts youth classes in the mornings.
They visit homes every week and share the word of God with the locals. In a conversation with me, some said that they no longer despair, but have a living hope for Jesus. He freed people from drug addiction, prostitution, witchcraft, and robbery to serve the living God. We thank you for participating in this work and ask that you continue to pray for revival in the area and for God’s guidance in the life of David and Patricia!
I am writing to you because from the first day until now you have not stopped praying for refugee camps in northern Uganda and in South Sudan. In connection with the coronavirus epidemic, life in refugee camps has become even harder. Especially due to food shortages. We see that the best way to eradicate hunger in camps is to encourage refugees to cultivate fields and grow their own food.
If there will be enough rain and tools for farming, I am
sure that refugees will be able to provide for themselves. We plan to lease 3
large pieces of land located near the camps, which will allow impoverished and
desperate people to cultivate the land and feed their families.
We plan to rent 30 acres of land in northern Uganda in the areas of Moyo, Obongi, and Ajumani. The cost of 30 acres is $ 800 per year. The land must be cleared and plowed by tractors. We want to purchase seeds and tools for cultivating the land. We ask you to participate in this project. Given the unforeseen costs, we need to collect from 1700 – 2000 dollars for each of the three camps.
Our goal is to give refugees the opportunity to work in groups or associations. Work in families and communities. Thus, they will no longer wait to be fed but will be able to process and eat from their fields themselves. We ask you to pray for rain and the blessings of this project!
Henderson Kautsi was born on 02.25.1990 in Ntcheu County, Malawi. He is a university graduate with a degree in Logistics and Supply Management. He is currently attending a theological school, married to Tendai, and blessed with one daughter, Raina. Henderson is a born again Christian and blessed with the gift of an evangelist.
After a three-month training from January to March 2020. Henderson began his ministry in the village of Natenye in the vicinity of Lilongwe. People here are very poor, live from agriculture, which gives them barely enough food. He began to work with the Cheva and Gulevankulu tribes. There were no believers in this village, but I am pleased to inform you that God led more than 20 people to salvation, through our brother, within three weeks. Even the leader accepted Jesus Christ.
Among those who came to God, there were 4 members of Gulevankulu. This is a tradition in Cheva associated with witchcraft and immoral behavior: they have a dirty speech, beat and enchant people.
Despite the coronavirus, God and his children do a great job. And all this is possible thanks to your support. Since January 2020, our pastoral school, as you can see, has been working effectively!
Despite the Covid-19 Lockdown in the refugee camps, the two evangelists Jackson Alikanga & Doru Alex reached out to the neighborhood at the Morobi camp, a refugee’s settlement in the Obongi district. God has put into the hearts of these men a desire to share the Gospel with the community. One morning, the two evangelists went with their Bibles to reach out to their first home, they were welcomed, and both were given chairs to sit and share the Gospel with four people and two of them gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
The next home they went to was in the Morobi settlement camp. As the family welcomed them the police showed up and told them that they are under arrest. There were two charges against them. The first was that they illegally gathered people in the community during a time when the government had issued an order for churches and big gatherings to stop operating. The second charge was that they were resisting against the president’s orders for churches to close.
They were tied up quickly and taken to the police and were given a chance to write a statement to explain what exactly happened. They stated that they were sharing the Gospel in the refugee camps and with their neighborhood and suddenly the police arrested them and now they are here. The police officer warned them not to gather people again.
After they were released, they immediately started preaching to the police officers, and one of them accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior. Pray for these new friends who come to faith. Pray that they grow in the knowledge of God and pray for the two evangelists to continue to be bold in sharing their faith with lost people in the refugee camps.
Because of the coronavirus, we had to close the school. As you know, I taught in the church building all these years. I have two classes and I separate the small children from adult children. It has been a difficult time for me. Inside the building, there is the church inventory and a generator that poses a risk due to the fuel in it. It’s hard for me to teach some children inside while watching the others who are outside at the same time.
There was a case when one little boy remembered his mother and went home. Without a word, he suddenly disappeared. When his sister went on a break, she realized that her brother was gone. I called everyone who was nearby to help, after some time, we found him lost in the bushes. Since that time, I regularly go outside and see if all the children are still there. Having a separate building with two or three classes is my dream. When I teach in one class, other children will be able to learn to write or solve math problems in the other class.
Students from poor families come to class. Getting lunch at school is not easy for them. Some have livestock, while others have nothing. Most of these children are raised by one parent. Their mothers depend on beadwork. Due to the virus, they are forced to stay at home and cannot sell their beads in the Masai market. They have no livelihood. This is a very difficult time for my students. Do not forget us in your prayers!
