I've been home for three and a half days and my subconscious is still in Malawi. The first two nights I woke up in the middle of the night convinced I was in Malawi but was so confused because there was no mosquito net over my bed. Since then I am just dreaming about being in Malawi. Maybe writing more about my experience will help me process and get some sleep (waking up at 2:30 am is not helpful when I have to go to work today). Yawn!

My first thought is to ask those of you who have been reading this blog to pray. Here are some requests that our Y-Malawi partners either shared with me or I observed first-hand. I'll start with the Chiefs Ministry and then do posts for other ministries as well.

In the 8 years that we have had the Y-Malawi partnership in the Nkhoma and Chilenje regions of Malawi, the Chiefs Ministry has grown from 5 Chiefs Centers to 19. We visited the 19th, which was started just four weeks ago by a chief who had been traveling a long distance to participate in a Bible Study and finally decided to start one in his community. This one center includes all the people pictured below: chiefs, their spouses (there were two female chiefs), and their committee members (maybe like the elders at a church joining the pastor). The testimonies we heard were about changed lives and the desire that these chiefs and leaders have to share the Gospel with their villages. They need our prayers to live out their changed lives and learn (there was only one Bible in the group) the Gospel. Many of them face communities that are caught in the fear of witchcraft. There is much that needs to be transformed. 

Amos and Zuze are the only two staff members who serve these 19 Chiefs Centers as well as centers across Malawi. The centers are places where the chiefs and their leaders gather for Bible study each week. There are also some ministries that have started that are teaching some skills, like sewing, to those in need of additional income to support their families. Pray for these two faithful men who are training volunteers to work with the chiefs. They have a huge responsibility and very limited resources, but their faith is in a God who owns everything and empowers us to do everything He calls us to do. Here is a picture of Kim and me with Zuze (red and blue striped shirt) and Amos, so you will have a picture in your mind when you pray for them.

Thank you for joining me in supporting our brothers and sisters across the world in Malawi through your prayers.

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