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Bro. Michael
Smith's Mission Trip Report |
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(Faith & Victory : October
1998) |
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I want to give a heartfelt thank-you to each one who carried a
burden for me and the work in Africa while I was gone to Ghana and
Malawi this last month. It was your prayers and support -ultimately
God-that made the trip not only possible, but spiritually profitable
as well.
I spent two weeks in Akumadan, Ghana. Most of the people speak their
native language of Twi (Chwee). This is where Sis. Dorothy Keizer
labored for three years. After Sis. Dorothy passed away, the work
suffered greatly. In the last two years there has been an effort on
the part of a few native brethren to revive the work. They are
beginning to reach out with the Word, and God is blessing their
labors.
Much of my time was spent having Bible study with them, in teaching
basic Bible doctrine, and answering questions which they had. They
are very hungry and receptive to the truth. There is a great need
for much teaching. We need to pray that God will continue to open up
their spiritual understanding to the Word of God.
One evening we had an outreach service, with 200-300 townspeople
there to hear the Word. There were a few souls saved that night.
Following one Sunday morning service we went to the river and
baptized 23 individuals.
God blessed in the visit, and it was an encouragement and spiritual
blessing to the congregation there. They desire greatly, and are
praying, that God will send someone to live with them for an
extended period of time to help them become established in the
truth. Let us continue to pray that God will bless them temporally
and, most of all, spiritually.
I also spent some time in Malawi with Bro. Failos. The days that I
was there were spent in intensive Bible study. We had three to four
sessions a day covering subjects such as sin, salvation,
sanctification, the Church, the Kingdom of God, the ordinances, etc.
After my departure, there is going to be a ministers' meeting where
Bro. Failos teaches them what he was taught. We need to pray that
God blesses in this meeting, that they understand and experience the
fullness of the plan of God.
God provided the means so that I was able to take 150 Bibles to the
Church in Malawi in their native language of Chichewa, as well as
some Sunday School material. I also delivered over 40,000 Chichewa
tracts.
The work is great, not only in Ghana and Malawi, but the world over.
May God help us each one to carry the burden and fill the place in
the body that He would have us to fill. "Pray ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest."
Matthew 9:38.
I thank you all once again for your prayers. They were not in vain.
I personally received many spiritual blessings on the trip.
With much love and appreciation,
--Bro. Michael Smith |
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