Category: Ministry

Not much going on with the teaching. The last two meetings have been canceled on account of pouring rain. But, here is a picture of a little one who was at the teaching 2 weeks ago.

After 4 months of studying this class of 7 just finished up their literacy program. It was a lot of hard work and sacrifice for them but they stuck with it and finished strong. We had a small ceremony to celebrate their accomplishments. Since it is the planting season we weren’t able to get together […]

One of the projects Phil gives his translation helpers when they are not busy is the job of transcribing and checking old recordings that he made while in language study. Our goal is that these recordings will produce a basis for a lexicon and eventually a dictionary in the Mwinika language. This week, while one […]

This past week we taught on how Satan works very hard to trap and deceive each of us. This happens at both and individual and cultural level. Each culture has its own “bait” that it likes to fall for. We illustrated by reminding them how they trap birds. When they want to catch the epiliwi […]

As a recent believer’s meeting was getting underway, one of the believers said something to those assembled, it was something that I thought I would pass on. “We are getting ready to read a chapter from God’s word in our own language and then one of us will explain what was read. Everyone here will […]

After a busy five year term we are starting to think about our upcoming home assignment. We hope to arrive back in the US in early June. Because of the length of time we have been overseas, we will be spending a total of 15 months on home assignment, although Phil will need to make […]

Every Wednesday we have been meeting with a small group of believers. This has been very encouraging to hear their testimonies and to see how they are encouraging each other to remain strong in their faith. In one of the recent meetings they told me a story that I can’t remember having heard about before […]

The literacy class that Elin is teaching is nearing completion. Keep praying for the students that they will remain focused and finish strong.

Our weekly teaching for the whole community continues each Monday afternoon. We praise the Lord for a number of new people attending. Most of these are people coming because believers have been spending time with them explaining the teaching and encouraging them to attend to hear it for themselves. Garden season is in full swing […]

We are now meeting twice a week. On Mondays we gather for the primary lesson; right now I am teaching through Acts. This week we talked about how the angel helped Peter escape from prison. This meeting continues to be well attended and people are tracking well. We have been seeing a lot of new […]