When our family arrived back in Malawi after a short two month furlough we continued to do what we have done since our arrival; go soul winning into the villages and teach the Word of God! What a joy it is to have the privilege to work for the Lord here in Malawi.
One of the villages we have been soul winning over many weeks was the village of Waruma in the Thyolo District. We have seen over 200 people pray to receive Christ as their personal Savior, and in the last couple of weeks many people had requested that we start a church at their village. After much prayer, and we decided to have a Saturday Bible Study to see if the people would be willing to come. There was an existing church building that had not been used for over a year, and it was falling apart; see attached photo. We had many people come to the first Bible Study and they committed to come to a worship service the following day at 2pm. We had our first service outside the building and we have continued to have Bible studies on Saturday at 2pm, and worship services on Suday at 2pm. Last Sunday we had approximatly 50 adults with over 50 children in
attendance. They appear serious about God, and they are very attentive. Elizabeth and Johnathan have been teaching the kids, and they have commented that the kids are well behaved, and really wanting to learn. We are excited about this open door that God has given us.

We are going to go to the District Hospital in the Thyolo to give gifts and treats to the patients in the Aids and TB wards for the Christmas Holiday. We have done this in several other District Hospitals over the last 3 years and it is a joy to us and a blessing to others. We give small gifts of food, bath soap, tracts, and John/Romans.

Next week I will be traveling down south to the Malawi/Mozambique border to check out the possible purchase of land for a Bible College. I will be going into Mozambique to teach some national pastors with a Malawi national pastor who has many contacts in Mozambique. Three weeks ago I talked with a dear friend who lives in Mozambique, Francis Azuza, whom I have known for 3 years. Last year I went down to his village and taught about 70 men for three days. It was a great time, and Lord willing during this trip I will see him and make plans for our family to again go down into Mozambique this coming year.

Please pray for our family as we head into the holidays, and continue to preach/teach and disciple these dear people.

By His Grace & Mercy,

John

Getting It Done

Dear Friends and Praying Partners,

It has been a long time since I have placed anything on our Blog site, and for that I ask your forgiveness! I have purposed in my heart not to be too busy with life and the work here in Malawi to not place some information every few days on on Blog site. We do want people to pray for us, and how can they without good information?

At the end of February of this year, 2011, we depart from Good Samaritan and with the approval of our Pastor stated a new work in Malawi, BIBLE BAPTIST AFRICA MINSTRIES. Our goal is to start churches, do soul winning, discipleship, Bible studies and start a Bible Institute. We believe with all our heart that this is the direction God has given to us. We are working with 3 of the churches that our family has started, along with 5 other churches that have asked us to come and help them to become Independent Baptist Churches.

In the photo is some of the members of Ozamba Independent Baptist Church that we go to regularly for Bible Studes, and at least once a month for preaching. They originally were an Abraham Church which taught the doctines of men, but they knew they were not doing right, so they came to us and asked us to please come and help them.

On August 24, 2011, we traveled back to our home church in Fairbanks Alaska for the wedding of one of our daughters. Since we spent that much on airfare we made the determination to stay two months to visit churches, and to attend the Missions Conference at our home church, Bible Baptist Church of Fairbanks, Alaska. We are now at the end of our stay; two more days of Missions Conference, then we head back to Malawi this next Monday, October the 24th. We are looking forward to getting back home in Malawi and starting a new church, and a new work.

Please pray for us that this coming year would see more nationals being discipled, and thus going out with the Gospel of Christ.

By His Grace & Mercy,

John