Church in a village/ Week in review

Church in a village
On Sunday we had the opportunity to worship God together with a newly planted church. Larry taught the Sunday school lesson, Sam presented the Gospel message, and Mike gave the communion meditation. We all sang together. Several people asked for prayer. There were about 60 people in attendance in the small grass church.
In the villages people suffer with the burden of poverty and oppression from evil. A struggle for many rural churches in Malawi is to have a trained pastor to preach even once a month. It is a difficult to grow in Christian discipleship with out someone to present the Bible message in word and example. Lets pray that we can all grow in faith and action.
Week in review
Mike again has been working this week traveling to different fields along the Zambian border. It is the rainy season now and, in most areas, the rains have been arriving as expected. The countyside looks lush with the green everywhere. The hungry season(when food gets scarce until the next harvest comes in)is starting, but in most areas, it is not as bad as we have seen in the past.
Thursday, January 15 is John Chilembwe Day, a national holiday here in Malawi. Mike has the day off so we have spent time in Lilongwe getting a few groceries and catching up on internet communication.

Below are a few photos to let you have a little view of the week