Greetings in the precious name of the Lord Jesus Christ

We are currently visiting different areas in Malawi to organise outreach opportunities for three different teams who will assist us in our duties for Him during the next three months. We realised that there are many strongholds of Islam, as well as Jehovah Witnesses in Malawi. Therefore please pray that we will have many opportunities to share His love, greatness, intimacy and mercy to them.

This month was surely a month of highs and lows.

While in Lusaka, Zambia we realised that this big city has so many beautiful Christians and churches. We felt that it was over-evangelised and that we could not make much of a difference. We decided to leave, but on the day that we had to leave, we heard a crack. We later found out that the main shaft in the gearbox broke. This was a major disaster due to the fact that the there was no spare parts or gearboxes available in most of Africa, because our vehicle is a ’79 model. It took us nearly 2 weeks to find another gearbox and it took us 4 more days to remove the old gearbox and to replace it with another. With these vehicles you must remove the whole interior of the car. We had to remove the seats, dashboard, carpets, floor panel, everything! To make matters worse, the 21-year-old mechanic that was helping us was guessing nearly as much as we were. After putting everything back, we tested the vehicle and found that there is a terrible noise in reverse and the first gear.

We are now driving the vehicle as it is and believe for a better mechanic and gearbox in the future. We want to thank the Lord and everyone supporting us financially for the repairs of the gearbox. The Lord showed His faithfulness in giving just the right amount for the repairs.

During our stay in Lusaka, Len ministered in Eternal Life Assemblies of God. We ministered in the streets, although 75% of the time we spoke to believers. Also, we nearly got robbed again. God faithfully protected us by sending someone to warn us of guys behind us trying to rob us. The robbers then realised that the man warned us and got very angry with this gentleman.

When we finally left Lusaka, we went to a place called Bridge camp (between Lusaka and Chipata). In this area many Jehovah Witnesses rejected the Gospel. As we left Bridge camp, it took us nearly eight hours instead of three hours to reach Chipata because of the potholes and stopping at villages and streets to minister to people.

One thing that we can say about Zambia, is that it is truly a Christian Nation.

As we arrived in Malawi, Len thought it was not compulsory to have car insurance, about three kilometres into Malawi, a police officer stopped us. He then realised that we had no insurance, nor a fastened seat belt, so he tried to book us for everything. We thought we were going to end up in jail, so we kept on praying silently. Eventually he released us and sent us back to the border to get our insurance. What a silly mistake.

We then went to Senga Bay and ministered to tourist and evangelised in the villages and the markets. Occasionally we had a language barrier, but fortunately we had some gospel tracts in their language, Chichewa. This caused people to come to our campsite to ask some questions about the Lord and to pray the prayer of salvation. People, to see the poverty, lack of limbs and pain, cause sometimes such helplessness, tears and anger in us towards the devil.

We reached some lows during this month, due to the broken vehicle and not seeing enough results, but the Holy Spirit spoke to us, saying that we are not here to see results, but to keep on doing what we are doing.

We desire to fulfil the call of Mark 16:15 to “go into all the world and preach the Gospel” and we also desire to see you fulfil that call as well. Your donation will aid us as we preach the Gospel in remote and unreached areas impact others who will impact others who will impact all generations worldwide with the truth and power of the Gospel. All gifts great or small will be appreciated.

Please visit our web site, www.travelmissions.org to see some photos of our latest experiences. For those of you that might have missed a few, our old newsletters are also available for viewing on our web site.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

In His service

Len and Jono (father and son serving Father and Son)