FIRST ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2009

My Busiest Period

The current period is the busiest I have had since coming to Zomba. I have been supervising the clearing of the church plot in readiness for setting the foundation, which is planned for Friday, November 6. I have also been house hunting. My landlord died early this year. While he was alive, one of his sons was responsible for collecting rentals, but he was not sharing the money with anyone else. After their father's death, the other children want to take over the house. They gave us notice to vacate by the end of October. So for the last two weeks we had intensified our search for a house to rent. By God's mercy, we managed to find a house on the last day of October in the area where the church plot is. The new house is more expensive than the one we had to leave, and it needs a few renovations before we can move in. Grace has been granted for us to remain in the current house up to the middle of November. We are therefore busy packing in preparation to move to the new residence.

In the midst of the above occupations, the care for precious souls has not been neglected. One example is Mr. J., who has been visiting our worship services regularly for about a month. He is always attentive to the teaching and preaching of the word of God. I visited his home on Friday evening, October 30th, to find out how he was benefiting from God's word. He was very happy for my visit and he gathered his family (a wife and two teenage daughters) to hear what I had to say. I thus took the opportunity to share the Gospel with them, and challenged them with the need to repent and to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. They all seemed to appreciate the Good News and I extended an invitation to the lady of the house and her children to join us on the Lord's Day. The man has since professed faith and continues to come to church, but his family have not joined him yet. Pray for the man's spiritual growth and for the conversion of his family as well.