Since Alan is currently in Malawi, we are providing excerpts from his weekly report when available in lieu of his normal articles we publish on Saturdays …
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July 4, 2015
As my final week begins, we are back in Lilongwe. We were supposed to be in Saidi today, but after learning
it was 24 miles on very rough and remote roads, we all decided it was not wise to do this with the rear tire in such bad shape. It is the Lord’s day, and there is no telephone network in that area so there is no way to make phone calls. A flat tire there would leave us stranded for a long time. Something we did not want to risk.
So this morning I will be preaching at the Area 18 church of Christ in Lilongwe. They too wanted the family, so I found myself facing about 250 people having been given an hour to preach a single lesson. It was a little more difficult as my illustrations are designed for rural villages and this was an urban congregation. But I made the transitions and the lessons was very well received. One of the elders got up and made a few comments stressing some of the points I made in the lesson. Then a preacher gave the invitation, also using several points from the lesson. Two responded to the invitation wanting to be baptized and several others responded for the sin of forsaking the assembly. . . .
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For more,
1) click on Malawi_2015_Report_6 (pdf) to display the full report
2) select the "more… > Malawi" menu item to see the report, associated pictures, and previous reports.
3) select the "Topics > A" menu item to see articles on the topic of "Attendance", "B" for "Baptism", and "F" for "Family".
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July 4, 2015
As my final week begins, we are back in Lilongwe. We were supposed to be in Saidi today, but after learning
it was 24 miles on very rough and remote roads, we all decided it was not wise to do this with the rear tire in such bad shape. It is the Lord’s day, and there is no telephone network in that area so there is no way to make phone calls. A flat tire there would leave us stranded for a long time. Something we did not want to risk.
So this morning I will be preaching at the Area 18 church of Christ in Lilongwe. They too wanted the family, so I found myself facing about 250 people having been given an hour to preach a single lesson. It was a little more difficult as my illustrations are designed for rural villages and this was an urban congregation. But I made the transitions and the lessons was very well received. One of the elders got up and made a few comments stressing some of the points I made in the lesson. Then a preacher gave the invitation, also using several points from the lesson. Two responded to the invitation wanting to be baptized and several others responded for the sin of forsaking the assembly. . . .
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For more,
1) click on Malawi_2015_Report_6 (pdf) to display the full report
2) select the "more… > Malawi" menu item to see the report, associated pictures, and previous reports.
3) select the "Topics > A" menu item to see articles on the topic of "Attendance", "B" for "Baptism", and "F" for "Family".