FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM.

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NKHOTAKOTA; MAPALA
FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM

George Chipeta writes:

“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.’
(Acts 26:18)

We recently visited Mapala in the Nkhotakota District in August 2026. The DCI coach is John Mwafulirwa who was trained by Raphael Hara. John trained many coaches and one of them trained Chipwaku.

Chipwaku
Chipwaku

The Mapala story is a powerful testimony to God’s salvation by grace and to the Gospel’s transforming power. This has changed the Mapala area from darkness to light.

Mapala was ruled by witchcraft, theft and violence. The area was also known for Gulu Wamkulu, a traditional ritual and violent secret society. There are many broken homes here. People lived in fear of one another, and some turned to things that brought more darkness instead of peace.

Many in Mapala were so criminally busy that people were afraid to live there or even pass through due to the witchcraft, theft and violence. Many homes were broken into and robbed. Civil servants who have to work in this area refused to move there, but commuted to work and went home to be with their families after work. At the school where we met the Life Groups, not even a single teacher lived in town.

The good news is that God is so gracious. Jesus is Lord and Saviour. Chipwaku has his home in this area. He began reaching out one-to-one, making disciples and teaching his neighbors. At first people rejected the message since many were muslims. Others were curious. But slowly a few began to listen to Chipwaku. They heard that Jesus came not to condemn, but to save. That He came to heal the brokenhearted, to set the captives free, and to give eternal life. As the Word was being taught something began to change. It was not easy at first, but after some time he was able to train some leaders and establish Life Groups.

People who were once involved in witchcraft now laid down their charms and knelt in prayer. Thieves returned what they had stolen and asked for forgiveness. Men who were known for violence became men of peace. Families that were divided started worshipping together and loving one another.

It was not because of Chipwaku.
It was the power of Jesus that changed their hearts.

Today, this place looks different. The same streets that once knew fear now hear songs of praise. The same homes that had bitterness now have the Word of God read in them from their New Testaments and the Dynamic Basic Booklets. People who were once lost are now saved by the grace of God. They are not perfect yet, but they are now being changed by the Word of God and are no longer what they used to be.

This reminds me of this verse, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

The people of Mapala say this about DCI, “We thank God for believers who came and loved us enough to tell us about Jesus. Most of all, we thank God Himself — because He saw us in our darkness and brought us into His marvellous light. (1 Peter 2:9).

Mapala is now a testimony to God’s grace. “What the enemy meant for evil, God has turned for good.” They were once bound now they are free. People who once walked in darkness now live a new life in Christ. Many Muslims are now saved and are Christ-followers. People who were afraid to settle in Mapala have returned and are now getting settled there.

To God alone be the glory.

George Chipeta, DCI Team in Malawi

Report from Coach Davie

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March, 2026

We received an unexpected WhatsApp message from one of our coaches in Central Malawi, Davie. He had been transferred to this area some time ago by his denomination to reach the lost and establish a church there. He met a Muslim family and began witnessing to them. As they began to understand the Good News they believed in the Lord Jesus and began attending the local church. When all this happened, they were forced to leave their home, because it was built by the local Muslims as a home for their leaders. Now they are renting a different house.

Davie has been invited to meet with some of the Muslim leaders, which can be very dangerous. During a similar meeting in a different area of Malawi the pastors who met with these leaders were almost poisoned. By God’s grace they refrained from eating or drinking anything and walked away from that meeting unharmed. Please pray for Davie’s safety.

Their 18-year-old son was suffering from fainting spells due to a heart condition. This young man would faint suddenly and revive again after a few minutes. This has been going on for a long time, and it caused a lot of concern on the part of the family. The doctors didn’t have a solution for it. Davie prayed for him and the Lord healed him. They went to the see the doctor and he confirmed that everything was normal with his heart now. He hasn’t had a fainting spell since February, when Davie prayed for him. The rest of the family has come to faith in the Lord Jesus as well!
 

The Truck Needs Help!

On a different note: the Toyota Diesel truck the DCI team uses to travel to the villages needs some major repairs. This truck has 162,000 KM on it right now, but six universal joints need replacing, as well it needs the clutch kit. Because this truck operates on roads that are in very poor condition, it requires more comprehensive maintenance than what is typically necessary in Canada or the United States. The total bill for all this comes to almost $ 6,000.00. Would you pray with us that the Lord will supply this money so the DCI Team can be on the road again soon?
 
 
 To Help: e-transfer: dcioffice@shaw.ca

January 2026 Update

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We had a successful mission as we traveled to visit coach Elasy Nyirenda, her sub-coaches, and some Life Groups leaders at Salayedwa and Chivyamba areas.

We trained Pastor Damson Beza to be a leader some time ago and seeing he has trained many leaders and established so many Life Groups in this area, we appointed him as coach for the Ezondweni area which covers many places. He in turn trained Elasy Nyirenda and after some time, she was also appointed to be a coach.

Because of her love and commitment to the work of the Lord Elasy Nyirenda trained 18 leaders and has established 33 Life Groups and also trained and appointed 3 sub-coaches. Each time we go there, she introduces us to new leaders that she has trained and takes us to some New Life Groups which she has established through the leaders that she has trained. It is so encouraging to see that she also trained some sub-coaches who are overseeing leaders and Life Groups in different areas.  These sub-coaches are Mercy Mkandawire, James Phiri and Peter Tembo. These sub-coaches are also overseeing many leaders of different Life Groups.
She took us to Salayedwa Area and Chivwamba Area this visit.

SALAYEDWA AREA;
At Salayedwa we met leaders from different Life Groups such as Peter Tembo who is the sub-coach for the area in Chilumba where he is currently based, Margret Mhango leader for the Salayedwa Life Group, Lestina Moyo Leader for the Chandege Life Group and Nyambezi Soko leader for the Chinjoka Life Group.

From right to left; Elasy Nyirenda (Main Coach) Penjani Nkhambule (Sub-coach), Peter Tembo (Sub-coach), Lestina Moyo(Leader for the Chandege Life Group)and Margret Mhango(Leader for the Salayedwa Life Group). Another sub-coach under Elasy Nyirenda is not in this photo, his name is James Phiri.

CHIIVYAMBA AREA;
At Chivyamba, we met different pastors from different churches who have been trained by pastor Sinoa who was trained by pastor Mkandawire, the husband to Elasy Nyirenda who is the coach. Before Sinoa was saved and discipled he was living a miserable life due to financial problems. His family would often go to bed without. This life style drove him to drink poison so that he would just die. However, by the grace of God, he survived.  He was given first aid and then rushed to the hospital. The Lord has blessed him with a wife and 7 children. After hearing what God is doing through DCI, he walked a long distance to meet with Elasy and her husband who discipled and trained him to be a leader. After he was trained he received some Dynamic Basic Booklets and some New Testament Bibles. Pastor Sinoa went door to door to pass on what he has learnt. This has  resulted in many pastors and leaders being trained by him in turn.
We were also thrilled to see how God is using these pastors and leaders who have been trained by pastor Sinoa. Sinoa went door to door to reach people for Jesus and disciple those who were saved and their lives have changed. Below are testimonies and photos of a few of those who were reached by him:

PETROSI TEMBO 

Petrosi told us that before he received Jesus, he was a quarrelsome and a troublemaker. He would beat people and people used to call him “Vandame”. Others would call him an “Iron”, because was so rude. By God’s grace, he heard the Good News of salvation and surrendered his life to Jesus. He was being discipled, and his life began to change. His family and the community where he lives are happy and are now praising the Lord for saving him.

INNOCENT PHIRI

Innocent is another one the Lord has saved and changed through believing on Jesus and the one-to-one discipling. He was known as a womaniser, a drunkard and a drug addict. He married a new wife almost every year and just after staying with her for few months he would force her to leave. He bad habits and lifestyle disturbed the other people in the community. After he received Jesus as his Lord and Saviour, he received the peace of the Lord and his life is not like before anymore. He is now a servant of the Lord Jesus.

We thank God for His faithfulness!

– Caleb Chirambo

Field Reports – December, 2025

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MPHEREMBE & CHIKWINA FIELD REPORTS 
 

Mpherembe

                               
MPHEREMBE 

Greetings in Jesus Name,
This picture above is of one of the Life Groups in Mpherembe. This Life Group is called Kabwafu E Life Group. This is one of the Life Groups that we visited on our follow-up trip last week with the coach Brave Nyoni. 

But my story today is a different one that has happened in Mpherembe just before our follow-up visit last week. A boy killed his uncle. The boy named Nobe Nguluwe is 20 years old and he killed his uncle Gift Nguluwe, 60 years old, on his way back home from drinking beer. Nobe is a very troublesome boy who also drinks beer and smokes Indian hemp (marijuana). Some years back, Nobe argued with his colleague at Matindiwizi Primary School when he was in standard seven. After the dispute he went home and took a panga (machete). He went back to the school and hacked the one he had argued with with the panga. They took him to the Mpherembe police unit but he was released after his parents pleaded with the police officers.

But this time that he has killed his uncle. The children and grandchildren of the deceased wanted to kill him too, but he was rushed to Mpherembe police unit from where he has transferred to the Mzuzu  police station to wait for a court hearing. This has happened in Mtakamani village, Matindiwizi area in Traditional Authority Chief Mpherembe. This story is a reminder that discipleship and Bible sharing is still needed in Mpherembe but also other areas.

We thank God that we now have pastor Mcstonard Zuru at Matindiwizi who has opened a Life Group there. We pray that as God will use him and the people he is training to reach out with the gospel. We are praying that the people of the village of Mtakamani Nguluwe will also be saved and discipled and that Nobe Nguluwe will be saved too. 

Chikwina

                             
CHIKWINA

This past month we also visited coach Gavana Chunda at  Chikwina who took us to different Life Groups for follow-up. One of the Life Group that we visited is Mulunguzi Life Group which is led by pastor Gregory Thindwa of the Pentecost Holiness Church. 

From left to right is Gavana Chunda the coach for Chikwina, in the middle is Kamadowa who is a leader of another Dindindi Life Group and the last one in a jacket is Gregory Thindwa of Mulunguzi Life Group.

Mulunguzi is one of the three new Life Groups that have been opened in that area. The other two are Thanura and Chipunga. We did not visit the two newly opened Life Groups in these last two places because the coach Gavana Chunda told us that they are too far. We will need to plan a special trip to visit these because it is 3 three hours driving and then we are at the point where no car, motorcycle or bicycle can go. We will have to park the car at that point and walk three and half hours climbing the mountains and then three and half hour back to where we left the car. 

Chikwina is one of the most mountainous areas and most people are farmers growing cassava and bananas, a few grow maize. Their main food is cassava. The people living there are mostly of the Tonga tribe and they speak the Tonga language. But they also know the Tumbuka language that is how we can communicate with them. Most people in Chikwina live in grass thatched houses. 

These are the women we passed by as we were going to Mulunguzi Life Group. They are carrying grass to thatch their houses as the get ready for the rainy season which is two months away.

Thanks,

Caleb

Passing the Baton of Leadership

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Dear friends of DCI Malawi,

Reading about the end of Moses’s life and the transition that took place then, I (Elly) am encouraged. Moses’ leadership was transferred to Joshua to lead the Israelites into the promised land. Hans and I are at that stage in our lives where we need to hand over the leadership of our work in Malawi to someone else.

Most of you know the story of how we have worked together with Dynamic Churches International (DCI, Alberta) for many years. They are our partners in ministry. Not only are we using their DCI printed material, but since 2012 they have also handled the funds received and receipted our donors. Many of you know that we have been looking for a successor to take over our work for several years. Age is not in our favour; however, nothing materialized …. God had other plans!

In 2024 DCI received a new Director. Al Middleton (the director and founder of 35 years), stepped down from active duty and the work was handed over to Merle Doherty who formerly served with the Billy Graham Organization, coordinating the chaplains as they served in various emergency situations across North America and where needed. God orchestrated this and we see it as a natural transition. He alone knows what’s best for us and for Malawi!

Merle will be taking over the Canadian side of DCI Malawi. He is very excited with the way God is working in Malawi and he will be a great fit for. We are working towards a transition date in September 2025. As you may remember, Hans has been a part of DCI as an associate missionary since 2002, teaching and training groups in the Explosive Growth Process here in Canada and in Europe. He was so pleased to see on his first trip to Malawi in 2012 how the basic discipleship training done in 2011 had impacted the villagers and was still a part of their lives.

Alas, as in anything, it’s time to invest in the next generation. We trust DCI Canada completely to continue the good work that God has started in Malawi. Our Malawi team (John, George & Caleb) loves to share the Good News of the Kingdom of God and see new believers grow in their relationship with Christ Jesus! We know that as we transition the business portion of DCI (Malawi) over to Merle Doherty with DCI in Alberta, that it will continue to operate with the integrity and faith which we have come to know it for.

We are asking you, our supporters, to continue supporting DCI Malawi just as you do now. Nothing will change in that regard. Monthly pre-authorized payments will continue uninterrupted. E-transfers still go to the same email address, etc.

The new Executive Director of DCI, Merle Doherty, will be in our area from September 18 to 23. We are in the process of planning a dessert evening for you, our supporters, to meet him on:

Friday, Sept 19, 7:00pm
LIFE Church, 131 Easson St., Stratford, ON.

This is your invitation to join us for this exciting event! (We realize that some of you live too far away to attend). We will also have John Singinie (the Malawi Team leader) join us by way of ZOOM, Lord willing. You will hear testimonies live from Malawi!

We are looking forward to this new chapter for DCI Malawi very much, and we hope to see you when Merle is here in September. Please mark your calendars. We will send another invitation in August and follow up then to receive your RSVP.

As in the story of Moses and Joshua, we fully trust God, knowing that He is not finished with DCI Malawi yet. As he said to Joshua, he says to us:

“As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

In the meantime, we wish you a wonderful, relaxing summer and trust that you will allow God to be your Guide as you navigate the journeys of this life.

For His Glory,

Hans and Elly Timmermans

February 2025 Update

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DCI Malawi News

Gule Wamkulu

Let me tell you a little about the Gule Wamkulu, who have many members in the Nkhotakota area and Central Region of Malawi. Gule Wamkulu is a superstitious belief that puts people in the Central Region in deep darkness. They worship their ancestors’ spirits. The members of this religion are very violent. Men will use machetes to forcefully rob people. Their camps are in the graveyards. Sometimes they camp in these graveyard for months, an activity called “ku dambwe”. When the time comes for them to end these vigils they will disguise their faces so that no one can recognize them.

Alfred Gadison is the leader of the Malowa Life Group, in this area and which has reproduced well and produced 5 more Life Groups. Alfred is a humble, cheerful and devoted leader. He is committed to one-to-one discipling and this works very well in reaching the lost in the Malowa area, where Gule Wamkulu is very active.

Their rituals are performed in graveyards. They wear animals skins to disguise themselves. What they do is secret. They have a slogan “zakudambwe sawulula”, which means, “What happens in the camp, stays in the camp”. They camp is the graveyards and use charms and spells. They often attack people who have not yet joined them and try to force them to join. That is why one-to-one discipling works well in Malowa. It is difficult to reach these Gule Wamkulu people in a group setting because they are zealous of their culture.

Alfred has won many of them to Christ and has also trained five leaders who will be leading the newly formed Life Groups. Alfred is a very cheerful person and this has helped him reach many with the Gospel. They have understood the truth of the Gospel through the one-to-one discipling and their lives have been changed.

They use the Dynamic Basics and the New Testament as tools for reaching the lost. Alfred and the believers of Malowa are so thankful to DCI for training them and for the Dynamic Basics, the Dynamic Disciplining booklet, the Apprentice Leaders Manual and the Explosive Growth handouts. These are great tools for the Explosive Growth to work as is evident from the above story.

Alfred is just one of the leaders under coach Zowani in Nkhotakota. There are many more coaches, leaders and Life Groups in Nkhotakota who are being used by God to reach the lost and the work is growing Explosively.

-Reported by John and George.

(George Chipeta teaching)

Donations:

e-transfer: dcioffice@shaw.ca (tag: for Malawi)
Canada Helps Click here. (This also works outside Canada, but you won’t get a tax receipt).
Cheque to: Dynamic Churches International, 164 Stonegate Close, Airdrie, AB T4B 2V2, CA
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Another Matching Gift!

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Dear friends of Malawi,

Last week, we let you know of a need for New Testaments to distribute in Malawi. We also informed you of a matching gift that was given to us to double any gifts we received to a maximum of $10,000. In the meantime, we have received another gift to be used as a “matching gift”. Praise God!

I know that there are some of you out there who would like to see your donations doubled. This is the time to do that! Our goal exceeds the limit of the matching funds, but we also know that God knows what we need, and He will provide for all our needs. One of our slogans for the Malawi discipleship work is, “Doing God’s work, God’s way, will never lack God’s supply”. So far, God has never let us down. We know that it is His desire to reach the lost – even in Malawi.

The New Testaments are a great tool in reaching the lost. The Malawians love to receive free gifts (as do most of us 😉). They are promised a NT when they complete the first 4 lessons in discipleship. Lesson one is the expanded gospel presentation. It is during this lesson that many who are not yet born again come to salvation – putting their faith in Jesus Christ. They begin to appreciate the value of the New Testament and look forward to completing the 4 lessons so they can get their own. What a thrill for them to own their very own New Testament – something they would never have been able to purchase on their own.

Poverty is a very real thing in Malawi. Many do not know where their next meal is going to come from. When they accept the free gift of salvation, they are also set free from the fears that they have – fear of not having food to eat, fear of sickness, fear of the witch doctors harming them, etc. But now, best of all, the fear of death is removed since they learn about eternal life in Christ. I can’t begin to explain how blessed we are! We look forward to standing beside all those Malawian believers in heaven. Not that we are out there discipling or reaching the lost.

We are here in Canada, having zoom meetings with our Team and encouraging them in the work that they do. We are partners with them – but wait! So are you! Without the help of your finances, this work cannot be done. Together we make a Team; together we reach the lost. Just that we all have a different role to play. We are not all evangelist, or teachers, or administrators, etc., but we need to ask ourselves, can I be a giver? … A partner by donating funds to help those that are out there evangelizing and teaching?

When you send in your donation, please indicate that it is for the Malawi New Testament matching project. The best way to donate is by e-transfer (to dcioffice@shaw.ca), Canada Helps or by cheque to Dynamic Churches international, 164 Stonegate Close, Airdrie, AB T4B 2V2.

Thank you for your help in reaching the Malawian people for Christ.

-Hans and Elly Timmermans

Need for New Testaments

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Dear frinds of DCI Malawi,

In this season of Canadian and American Thanksgiving we want to come to you to ask for help providing New Testaments for the work of God in Malawi. As you can read in the reports, the Good News is organically spreading from Northern Malawi to the surrounding countries. News of DCI (Discipling Christ-followers Intentionally) reaching so many through the one-to-one discipling and leadership training is also spreading to other countries in Africa. John Singinie has become the DCI ambassador of this approach to reaching the lost and is being invited to come to other countries to promote DCI there. Next week he is travelling to Tanzania to a pastor’s conference.

In this season of Canadian and American Thanksgiving we want to come to you to ask for help providing New Testaments for the work of God in Malawi. As you can read in the reports, the Good News is organically spreading from Northern Malawi to the surrounding countries. News of DCI (Discipling Christ-followers Intentionally) reaching so many through the one-to-one discipling and leadership training is also spreading to other countries in Africa. John Singinie has become the DCI ambassador of this approach to reaching the lost and is being invited to come to other countries to promote DCI there. Next week he is travelling to Tanzania to a pastor’s conference.

But right now, we need New Testaments to continue reaching Malawians in the Central and Southern Regions of Malawi. Since the start of DCI in 2012 over 60,000 people have been discipled and given a New Testament. The North has a population of around 1,8 million. The South has a population of over 16,000,000.

Can you help us? Some friends have made $ 10,000.00 in matching funds available. We could use 10,000 New Testaments, which will cost $ 50,000.00. New Testaments need to be ordered by January 1, 2025 from the Malawi Bible Society.

Luke 12:24 always gives me pause, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Serving Him together,
Hans and Elly Timmermans (for the DCI Team).

Etransfer: dcioffice@shaw.ca (tag: for Bibles Malawi)

Canada Helps (This also works outside Canada, but you won’t get a tax receipt).

Update: October, 2024

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Dear friends of Malawi,

It’s time for a newsletter updating you on the work in Malawi. I thought it might be time for an update on our family goings and comings also. That’s not something we do very often.

As you probably know, we live in Sarnia – have been here since June 2020. Our 4 children are spread around – from Palmerston (Bonnie & Rudy) to Brantford (Susan and Al), Williamstown (Paul and Vic) to Redding, CA (Sara & Marty). Bonnie is working with “Disciple a City” as the administrator and they are seeing many unbelievers come to Christ in their crusades. Both Bonnie and Rudy are working hard at renovating a house. It has proven to be a lot of work, but well worth it, as I see the pictures of the make-over. Susan is a student once again…halfway through her studies in counselling and hoping to open her own clinic in Brantford soon. Paul has taken a new job at McEwan Feed Mill in Maxville, ON. So he has made the move back to Ontario and enjoying his new job. We miss our youngest daughter, Sara and her husband Marty with their daughter, Madi. Marty works at Bethel Church and Sara still does her interior design work from home. Madi is starting driving lessons! 😊 Our 10 grandchildren are all doing well. The oldest grandson, Brandon, is still in NZ, and has no plans to return. He and Saskia, his wife, are enjoying life in the farming community there. Andrew (Bonnie’s second son) and his wife, Kaitlyn, live near us with their 3 sons, Enoch, Kiyan and Ishmael. That makes us great grandparents. 😊 It is nice to have them nearby. The other 7 live in the London – Brantford – Palmerston area. We look forward to sharing Thanksgiving dinner with most of them soon. Two more grandsons have married the love of their lives. Luke and Phil (the twins) now each have homes of their own. They are both working in the HVAC industry and are doing well.

That’s a brief little update on our extended family. Hans and I are doing well, just getting a bit older, as we all are. Doing the things that we have enjoyed for so long, are not always within reach anymore. We are attending People’s Church (AGC) in Wyoming, ON (a 17-minute drive), as well as a Connect Group that will start up again next week after the summer break. We enjoy good health for the most part and get out to walk/exercise our dog regularly.

We have been blessed with the work in Malawi for 17 years (Elly) and 13 years (Hans). We still marvel at how God has chosen to use us to facilitate such an amazing ministry. Our Team is a delight to work with; our leader, John Singinie is a wise, godly man of God.

We are thankful for every supporter who has shown an interest in the work. As we get older, we are trusting the future of the ministry to God’s care. It is, after all, His Work. God has proven that He will provide for it according to His will. Will you pray with us to that end?

Elly and Hans

The DCI Team filed the following report on their travel of last week:

We had a successful follow-up trip to Mpherembe and surrounding areas where Life Groups have been established. It was so exciting and encouraging to see the great results of this work. The coach for Mpherembe and area is Brave Nyoni. Before Brave Nyoni, the coach was Kondwani Msiska who is currently at Santhe in the Kasungu District in the Central Region of Malawi. He continues training many leaders and has established many Life Groups there.

Mpherembe is a Ngoni Area with more than 67,000 people. Ngoni like drinking, polygamy, meat and the Ingoma dance. We visited Life Groups at Emgazini, Changoma and Mangombera. At Emgazini the leader of the Life Groups is Kumbukani Mgemezulu. He is a humble and committed leader. He began the work by training leaders and establishing Life Groups. Some of the Life Groups are:

(1) Chiyenga Life Group with leader Steven Ndhlovu

(2) Mayula Life Group with leader Wilson Kajani

(3) Majiga Life Group with leader Rodgers Ngoma

(4) Matindiwizi Life Group with leader Edward Kajani

We heard encouraging testimonies of changed lives and of people discipling one another. In Emgazini lives a man named Nyirenda who was a witch doctor, but he has been saved. As a witchdoctor he had a uniform that he wore when performing his rituals. After he was saved, he burned the uniform and all other paraphernalia which he used for his magic. He said, “Now I believe in the Lord Jesus, I don’t need these demonic items anymore.” This man is now passing on what he has learned about his new Life in the Lord to others. Many people are being saved through his testimony. God is using his testimony of a changed life to reach more people. When Jesus sets one free that person is free indeed.

At Changoma, the leader is Wisdom Chima who was also trained by Ackson Qoma. Ackson trained 5 leaders, and they have established Life Groups. Changoma is in the Mpherembe area where a lot of maize is cultivated. Most of the people who live there belong to the Pundi clan, which has a history of drinking and violence. But through the Life Groups many are saved, and lives are changed.

The leader of Mangombera Life Group is Nellie Botha who was trained by pastor Brown Chilongo. Brown started some Life Groups, and which became of churches. Nellie is one of those whose family was being cursed by the witchdoctors. Her children were suffering from being attacked by demons. This was difficult for the family. However, the Good News came and she has been saved and Jesus has set her and her family free from these demonic attacks. Nellie and her family are now living a joyful life. She is also reaching out to her neighbors and friends. Many find salvation in Jesus and the Life Groups are growing.

Believers in Mpherembe are very thankful for the free New Testaments, Dynamic Basics and other DCI discipling materials. These are great tools for spreading the Good News which they could not afford to buy themselves due to dire situation food wise in their area. Many people are struggling to make ends meet in their daily life.

We were very encouraged to see that leaders are deeply committed to the work of the Lord and that the members of the Life Groups are reaching out to the lost in their neighborhood. Also, leaders are being trained and Life Groups are reproducing.

Seeing a young boy in front of a Nellie Botha’s pigeon coop reminds me of how these pigeons reproduce rapidly, like the believers in Malawi in their Life Groups.

To make this possible we do need your help, for which we are very thankful.

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Thank you for reading this far!
-Hans and Elly for the DCI Team

Travelling Over the Mountains

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The woman in the picture above is Jessie Chirambo one of the Life Group members of the Bikiloni Baptist Church. She belongs to African International Church. She spoke of her new life in Christ.

Before she had been reached with the Good News and discipled on one-to-one by one of the Life Group members, she lived in evil ways. Her husband had divorced her and began living with another woman. She struggled to look after their three children. Life was difficult without the support of her husband. In desperation she started going with other men to raise her children, prostituting herself.
After she received the Lord Jesus as her Saviour her life changed. She is now working as a labourer on the farms. She is committed to her Lord and Saviour and is involved in the Life Group Bible studies. She is also engaged in reaching out to others with the Gospel through one-to-one discipleship. Her husband has also come back and reunited with her as a family again.

(Just a note: this woman is from a different village than the one we reported on last time).
Thanks
Caleb

Malawi does not have a social system that provides for a retirement income for the villagers or other people who have no connection to the government. To help George and Glory Chipeta we decided to train their oldest son Pemphero (pictured above) by giving him a good education that will provide an income to look after his parents when they are no longer able to look after themselves.
This past semester Pemphero attended a boarding school to finish the last part of grade 11 (equivalent). Shortly he will begin the last year of high-school at this boarding school so he will be prepared to pass the admittance for African Bible College. George told us that Pemphero has to work hard to catch up on the course work he didn’t learn at the public school he attended in Mzuzu.
We are praying that someone will take on some of the expenses of Pemphero’s education. So far we have already been blessed by the help some of our friends have extended toward this effort. The next semester fees of $ 750.00 are due the end of August.

George wrote:
Today, July 30, 2024, we (the DCI Team) went to the Mtambwe area where pastors Ramed Muchunkha and Shupa Msiska have established Life Groups. These two men are old, but still very much on fire for the Lord and willing to walk long distances to reach the lost. The Mtambwe area is one of the unreached areas because it is very far from the road and to reach it you have to climb over high mountains. There are no roads for the vehicles or motorcycles to travel on, because of the many rivers and valleys, which are not passable. We were told there are more than 3,000 people living in this area.
We left the car behind at a village at the end of the road and we walked for about 5 hours to get there and back, and we were very tired when we finally finished our mission there. We were thrilled with the great work which God is doing using these two old pastors.
Please watch the video below, which illustrates where we were going.

Travelling over the mountains video:

To help:

e-transfer: dcioffice@shaw.ca

Cheque to DCI, 164 Stone Gate Close, Airdrie, AB T4B 2V2 with a note: for Malawi discipleship.

Canada Helps, click here
(Canada Helps also works outside Canada, they just can’t give a local, national, tax receipt).