Malawi was by far one of my favorite months on the race. We had an amazing opportunity there to help equip the church to shine into its community through so many different ways. We had the blessed opportunity to go evangelize with many of the local church leaders there and saw many people come to Christ. We had the chance to teach the Word of God so many times. And we were blessed to host leadership seminars and a conference at the end of the month for the pastors of the area. It was amazing and I greatly miss being there. Lord willing I will have the opportunity to go back one day and continue to partner with Harvesters there.

 

One of the greatest crisis the local church is facing in Malawi is the lack of Bibles.  In most of the churches, the pastor is the only one who has a Bible. Back home, so many families have collections of Bibles. Yet in Malawi this is not the case. Most people are not able to study the Word of God because they have no access to the Word of God which can create huge problems when witch doctors try to influence the culture with vodo. These people need to know truth and to be able to stand in truth.

 

Our squad has decided to take up a fund raising project to try to provide the Word of God for the people of Malawi and we need your help in it. If you feel the Holy Spirit moving and stirring inside you, please be obedient to Him and help this cause. Every little bit counts. The Bibles that we were already able to provide for them cost about $11 and if they get enough money together they can get the Bibles from South Africa and pay less, but then transportation cost would come into play.

 

 

 

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for God

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for the Nations

for the Kingdom

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for the Nations
for the Kingdom
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So last month we were in Malaysia in the city of Kuala Lumpur. Sorry that these blogs are just now going up. But hey, better late then never. Last month we had the chance to serve alongside of some of the most amazing contacts we have had on the race. The squad was split into 4 different areas of Malaysia. Some were in a jungle. Others were on a college campus. Our team was based out of a local restaurant and had a chance to in a huge amount of different areas in the city of KL. Coming into the last leg of our trip, we did some team reorganization. So I am with a new group of amazing friends who love God greatly: Kimi Cantrell, Kelly Kramp, Jared and Amy Christian. They are all amazing. Check out their blogs.

 

Malaysia was a difficult country to be in, largely due to the lack of religious freedom. We spent a great bit of our time working in a restaurant with our contact John and Jane (not real names for security reasons). John and Jane have an amazing staff of peoples, some who are Christians and some who are not. They have taken in some people and given them jobs when no one else would because of citizenship issues. Part of our ministry was to love on and share Christ with them. It was an amazing experience seeing as some of them actually shared the flat that we were staying in. One of my favorite moments was on our last day, one of the guys who did not know Jesus had asked me to go hang out with him. We had enjoyed a good bit of interaction in the restaurant, lots of arm wrestling, and a good bit of laughs while trying to serve the customers there some of the most amazing food I have had on the race. He wanted to show me part of the city that I had not see, specially this mall that reminded me of the Luxor in Vegas. It was massive with a huge statue of a Lion in the front of it and a pyramid behind it. We hung out there for a little while making small talk. Finally on the way back I began to share with him the Gospel and how Christ can bring him more life than money, women, and success. He had heard about Jesus but did not know much about Him. As we talked about Jesus, it was obvious the gears were turning even though he did not put his faith in Jesus on the city bus. Yet I believe there was something in him that was starting to see there is more of life than what he is living. I know that John is going to continue to speak life and truth over him as they continue to work together and by God's grace, I believe he will come to find life in Jesus.

 

Mama Rita and Jesus

 

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Almost a year ago I was sitting in a class at Watermark Community Church on how to become more missional. In that class, Wes Butler showed us a video from Hillsong United. This was one of a few times in my life where I saw something and 5 minutes later was a different person. Please take a minute to

Watch it,
Think about it,
Pray about it,
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for the Kingdom

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