FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
BI-WEEKLY REPORT
FROM: February 25TH TO March 11, 2010.

Dear Brethren,

We are very happy to have brethren like you who take time to pray for us in all areas of our church. As we always say, we are unable to achieve anything in our own powers; but by God’s grace through your prayers our church is a living testimony.  The Lord never ceases to amaze us here at Faith Baptist Church as we continue to witness his love and power.  The following is what the Lord God has been doing with us the past two weeks.

First of all, join us in thanking the Lord for the provision of a church plot for building our church sanctuary. This was nothing but God’s work for us.  Please continue praying for us to find money to commence the church building project.  We are looking for 30 million Kwacha to get us started with all the ground work.  We are trusting God this will happen before the end of the year.  On that note, you can thank God with us for the electricity pole line which was inserted in our church plot.  This was a gracious confirmation from the Lord. All that will be needed in the near future is to tap power from within our property.  God is gracious; thank Him for us.

I have been sending you updates concerning Esnart M. and her sister who joined us not very long ago. I have been talking to Esnart and she seems to have made up her mind to settle in our church.  We will soon accept her on our attendees list.  We continue having meetings with her elder sister concerning the same issue.  Please, pray for Esnart’s sister Miss M. as well that after our meetings the Lord should lead her to settle at Faith Baptist church.  These whom the Lord has led to our church will need your prayers. This is what we ask of you brethren, pray for our prospective members to be serious and committed.

PETAUKE GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH
FORTNIGHTLY PRAYER REQUESTS

Dear Brethren,

It is once again a joy in the Lord to write down what the Lord has been doing in our midst. The Lord has blessed our evangelism efforts in that we have a number of people to follow up on. The two people, Bornface Z. and Timothy B., which in my last letter have started coming to church. They have a zeal for the word of the Lord.

Brother Rueben T. started theological training at Covenant College on 23rd February 2010. Brother Biseck M. had a funeral in Chipata. While at the funeral, his house in Petauke was damaged due to the heavy rains which have been in the area where he lives.
Thank God that no one was injured. We have found alternative accomodation for his family. The Lord also blessed us with a visit by two brothers from Kabwata Baptist Church. These were brothers Chipita and Seke L. We thank God for the time we were together.

On 25th February 2010, I started teaching a certificate class at Covenant College on a summary of Christian Doctrine. I also attended the preparatory meeting for the Eastern Province Reformed Baptist Churches Conference on 27th February 2010 in Sinda.

FAITH  BAPTIST CHURCH
END OF FEBRUARY BI-WEEKLY REPORT
FROM 11TH TO 24TH FEBRUARY, 2010

Dear Brethren,

Thanks for remembering us in your prayers every time we send you news from the life of Faith Baptist Church.  The Lord has been gracious to us in many ways.  The church continues to be on top of the mandate to spread the Word of God to the lost world.  We will never grow weary until we see many coming to faith and repentance in Jesus Christ. Although the laborers are few, those of us who have been called to labor in His ministry will give it no rest until we make Jerusalem her praise.  The following is how the Lord has dealt with us the past two weeks.

Please, continue praying for Mrs. Ruth M. who lost the husband early this month. She is undergoing counseling.  She seems to be responding well to counseling, and our prayer is for her to recover sooner than later.   Also, pray that she should not falter during this transition period, which comes with so many challenges.  Remember also Mutinta, her two-year-old daughter.

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
BI-WEEKLY REPORT
FROM 28TH JAN TO 10TH FEB, 2010.

Dear Brethren,

It’s good to be back at the station after a week of mission's retreat and a conference at Kabwata Baptist Church. I can say, it was a good time for interaction with the members, both old and new.  As you may know, missionaries only have one activity of that kind in the whole year. I hope, upon hearing our presentations at the conference, the Lord will keep reminding you of our various needs as you pray for us every other week.  Here are the prayer items from 28th January to 10th February.

Brethren, I write with great sorrow in my heart over the prayer item of Kelly M. You'll remember that I used to persuade you from time to time to remember in your prayers his salvation and illness.  While I was at the pastor’s retreat last week, I received Mrs. M.’s text message that Kelly, her husband, was taken to the hospital after vomiting blood and that I needed to pray for him.  When the conference was over on Monday, 1st February, my wife, one of our converts and I visited the M.’s and found Kelly’s condition much better.  Three days later, on the 4th February, my wife went by the M.’s house to see how he was doing. In the presence of Fanny my wife, Kelly was chocked while coughing, in the process he vomited blood and died. The body was then rushed to UTH hospital were the doctor certified him dead.  The following day, 5th February, the body was taken to Kabwe were he was buried on Sunday 7th February.  To us, he died without the Lord. What is most painful is that is that he took our evangelistic efforts so lightly. Ruth is a regular attendee of our church who was saved and baptized in our ministry only lady last year. Ruth M., now a widow, will need your prayers as her life now enters into another phase.  Kelly has left behind a wife and a two-year-old daughter, Mutinta.