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TIME FOR A BREAK

April 21, 2011

We are nearly half-way through the teaching. Next week, after we finish teaching lesson 36, we plan to take a week long break. We will teach the lessons on how God gave the Law to the children of Israel and then let them ponder on it for a week. We too will be taking a […]

SETBACKS

April 21, 2011

We have had some setbacks with our audio program. The machine we use to program our Megavoice players quit working this week. This means we are not able to update the machines with the latest lessons. After some frantic emails the Lord has worked it out that a permanent replacement machine has already been sent […]

ELIAS IS SICK

April 21, 2011

Late last night Elias came into our room telling us his head was hurting. By early this morning he had the accompanying HIGH fevers and body aches that malaria brings. We started him on treatment and he has been responding well. By this evening he was already asking to get up and do some serious […]

WEEK 8 UPDATE

April 17, 2011

Week 8 started off Monday with drizzly overcast skies and a very small group gathering to hear the remaining story of Joseph. Friends and coworkers of ours from town arrived that day for a 4 day visit. By Tuesday the rain was falling continuously and the lesson had to be canceled. Skies started to clear […]

MWINIKA PROVERB #16

April 17, 2011

“Weetta wiili osa ori omodha.” (Two journeys share the same morning.) This is a way of saying it is possible to do two things at once. It would like us saying “ to kill two birds with one stone.”

MINISTRY TOOL – MAPS

April 17, 2011

One of the ministry tools we use a lot is a map. The mission has a nice program that we can use to produce maps in the local language. We took the maps and print them in poster sizes and laminated them. We have several maps that we use in this way. We have seen […]

WHAT A DAY!

April 17, 2011

Thursday evening at about 8pm I (Elin) was browsing through some of our documents, checking dates and so forth, when suddenly I saw that my work permit/visa had expired the end of LAST month! This sent us into a bit of a whirlwind as we started making calls to find out what we had to […]

GOD’S MESSAGE AND SPIRIT POSSESSION

April 10, 2011

Spirit possession is a key factor in Mwinika religion. There isn’t a single Mwinika that we know of that isn’t a part of one or more spirit possession cults. Behind every house you find pots that contain medicine related to these cults. Sometimes you see these pots in more conspicuous places. A friend of mine […]

MWINIKA PROVERB #15

April 10, 2011

“Mwana onupuwela aadhiye.” (The child thinks/ponders after he is burned.) It isn’t until after the child is burned that he learns his lesson. Application: We used this illustration talking about Esau. Esau sold his birthright in a moment of hunger and afterwards regretted it and sought to kill his younger brother Jacob over Jacob’s efforts […]

WEEK 7 UPDATE

April 8, 2011

We had a short week on account of the rain on Thursday, teaching through only three lessons. On Monday we taught the sacrifice of Isaac, on Tuesday the story of Jacob and Esau, and on Wednesday the first part of the Joseph story. Thursday’s lesson completing the Joseph story will now be taught on Monday. […]