Shalom Newsletter

A Newsletter of The Zambia Messianic Fellowship.

October 2009 Issue.

 

Shalom from Zambia.

Once again I would like to personally thank all those who have sown into this Ministry. Thank you for your prayers and finacial blessings. Through your generosity we have been able to reach to the lost house of israel and to the nations.

 

OUTREACH

 Because a great and important door has been opened for my work and there are many people opposing me. 1 Corinthians 16:9

 

I recieved  a personal invitation this month to go and minister to the Goba tribe of the Lower Zambezi river basin. The invitation come from the leader of the 30,000 strong Goba tribe, Chieftainess Chiawa. After coming to faith in the God of Israel she suspended the yearly tribal ceremony during which prayers, rituals, sacrifices were offered to the tribal ancestral spirits. She has now introduced by royal decree a one week festival of celebrating The One and only True God the God of Israel. Of the 40 leaders under her only 13 showed up and many are enraged that the Bible is now being allowed to be supreme in their region.

Sharing the word and using an African drum for a Bible stand and below villagers listening to the word of God.

 

She has further instructed that all customs that go against the Bible including witchcraft should be abolished from her region. This is unheard of that an entire tribe can renounce their ancestral spiritual connection and turn to the God of Israel. I ministered to hundreds of villagers who had camped for the whole week at the banks of the beautiful Zambezi river. In this part of Zambia wild animals roam freely and one of my colleagues was chased by a wild African elephant. Hundreds received the Lord and i prayed over Chieftaness Chiawa. Kindly lift her up in prayer that she would not give up her new faith in the face of fierce opposition.

 

Through our radio outreach we  are also starting another new work in Mumbwa in central Zambia.

 

PRAISE REPORTS.

 We led a protest against the abuse of United Nations vehicles by some United Nations staff based in Zambia. One particular vehicle had a political slogan on the back screen reading "no more settlements in the West bank & Gaza" The United Nations country  resident Representative responded favorably and promised to discipline the culprits. We believe by this act the United Nations compromised her conduct as a neutral and impartial organization. We believe that Judea and Samaria the so called west bank was given to the descendants of Israel.

 

 

The United Nations Vehicle carrying a pro-Palestinian message in Lusaka.

 

 

 

 

 

ORPHANAGE

We had people coming from AWANA to help our teachers at the orphanage with more bible based training for children. We are thankful to the children at tri-Lakes Chapel in Colorado who made this possible.The building of the orphanage is now back on course after being on hold for over a month.

 

PERSECUTIONS. 

Our young work in Kalomo southern Zambia has been under constant persecution from the tribal and animist people who have branded us as Satanists. They are discouraging potential members from joining or listening to the word of God.

Our  group in the sleepy industrial town of Kafue south of Lusaka have also lost the building in which they have been meeting to worship the Lord. After renovating the building, it was grabbed from them and this is the same place where we have outreach to over 80 widows.

SICKNESS 

Job Mutinta our Chainda congregational leader has undergone another surgery to remove a hernia. Pray for his quick recovery.

 

NEEDS

• Radio outreach. Our radio outreach goes to about 2.5 million people. Our last paid broadcast was July 25. Consider a gift to help Zambia Messianic Fellowship take the gospel to the unreached. A single program costs $91.
• $15 will feed one orphan for the whole month.
• $6 will buy a bible for a new believer.
• $60 will help Alex do outreach in the countryside where most of the congregations are based.
• House of prayer- we have decided to build a building for prayer at the land housing the orphanage. There are no  houses of prayer in this growing neighborhood.
•   $1000 to roof the Luwingu congregation.

PRAYER POINTS.

• Open doors for the gospel.
• leadership training.
• protection for Fay and Alex
• Maturity and growth.
• Finances for ministry needs.
• completion of the orphanage.

Shalom, Shalom.

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