As soon as the boat is finished, Div will look for appropriate dates to explore the rest of the lake and will then apply his recent "reseach"knowledge. This will provide INSERV with the necessary information that they require to produce a map of the area.
Jetty
Work on the jetty is going forward, although not very fast. Less than a meter under ground level they found a rock boulder. This will have to be removed piece by piece. We want to make sure that the jetty is at least 2 meters deep so that the boat can be anchored with ease. The water level is at its highest at the moment due to all the rain we've had the past couple of months and we expect the water level to drop a meter. Luckily Tanganyika is a deep lake and the ground level declines fast once you're a couple of meters into the water, but there is still a lot of rock and soil that have to be removed and all of that by hand!
Riaan's Exams
Riaan says that it went well with his exams. He was one of 10 people in the examination room, all from different nationalities. The results will be available via internet in a couple of weeks. He's currently busy preparing for the Zambian grade 12 exams. He's on a strict schedule as the "mock exams" as the Zambians call it will be next month and the finale exams in late October.
Mwanangwa Village Outreach
We are focused on getting the 3 men that went on the discipleship training, more involved with our ministry. Laban is busy full time on our food preparation team for the prison ministry and delivers the message there regularly. The other two, Ringwell and Lewis, is involved with a village approximately 10km from us, where two years ago in September an outreach group from South Africa showed the Jesus film. They go there one afternoon a week. We are looking into sending them there more regularier so they can start with church planting. This is a desire they have revealed as neither of them have been involved in church planting before. This is quite a distance and we hope to provide bicycles for transportation in the near future.
Global Day of Prayer
The Christians in Mpulungu came together with the rest of the people in the world to pray for all the nations on the 11th May. The Good News II missionaries organized this day. In spite of the small percentage of Christians in the town, we still had a large group of people from different churches come together on the soccer field.
The Youth was eager to participate in this day of prayer and fasting. They started days before with fasting and prayer. Inspired by an international video about previous years of global prayer days, they made a banner and ran through the streets in Mpulungu to encourage people to attend the prayer. The message on the banner was "Youth Power, we are praying for Africa! Are you?"
3D-Outreach
We are really excited to say that we will be 5 people (men and women) stronger. A bunch of young people from South Africa will come to stay with us for practical missionary experience and internship. We are grateful for the extra hands! They will start their trip to us on the 14 June and will stay for 10 weeks.
Childrens commitment in the Community
Riaan does service every Monday in the clinic in Mpulungu. He works every Monday in a different section. He enjoys the exposure and is building relationships with the medical staff and other people that work there. They recently had a man with severe burns; due to a gas can that exploded. Riaan kept himself brave, but had to get some fresh air after a while. This week he assisted with a man that needed to receive stitches for wounds on his head and face that he received from a fight with another man with a rock. Riaan says that the patient was definitely the loser in the fight. The patient wasn't completely awake, but it still took a couple of men to keep him down so they could give him stitches. He was taken to a better equipped clinic in Mbala later that day.
Mariska is involved with the children's ministry. She walks every Wednesday afternoon with Ethel to a village approximately half an hour from us. There she helps with the teaching of the lesson, singing and playing with the kids.
Prayer Requests
- Please pray for general protection of our health
- Pray for the 3D-Outreach groups financial arrangements and trip to us - Thank the Lord for the help that he's sending, but also pray that we will give them the correct support and guidance.
- Pray for Ringwell, Lewis and Laban's relationship with the Lord. Also pray for their families.
- Pray for Riaan's preparation for his exams
- Pray that we will always look to the Lord for guidance in each situation
We always thank the Lord for each of you, for your support and prayers!!
Blessings
Div, Eleanor, Riaan en Mariska
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