April, 2024

Dear friends and supporters of the DCI Team,

John Singinie sent a very interesting report of their visit to the Tilola area in the North of Malawi. He tells of the impact the Good News made on individuals as well as whole communities. The Good News displaces distrust and evil and brings love and encouragement. We have known pastor Paulendo Mwaungulu for a long time. He always attended our conferences in Mzuzu and is a real man of God. He is the coach in this area!

Here is also an opportunity to make a difference in Pemphero Chipeta’s life and the Chipeta family. He is George’s oldest son. He is planning, DV, to attend African Bible College after high school. To prepare for this Pemphero will be going to a boarding high school in Rhumpi to study the courses he needs for admittance to ABC. The cost to attend this high school is $ 500.00 per semester. Who is willing to help underwrite Pemphero’s studies? Please use the means to send money below with the tag: Pemphero.

The promises of God are a rock to lean on, a place to find peace in the midst of uncertainty. How blessed we are to know our Saviour Jesus the Messiah and to know that He will bring us safely to His home through the mayhem we see in this world.
Let me give you some investment advice: the only thing from this earth you will see in heaven are those who were saved by the Lord Jesus. Everything else stays here, to be used by others. (Read Psalm 49)

On that note, would you be willing to help the work financially? Your prayers are much appreciated, but as James writes, “Faith without works is dead….”

Shalom,

Hans and Elly.
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, just can’t give a local, national, tax receipt).

TILOLA/ULIWA FOLLW-UP VISIT

This past week we had a wonderful time at Tilola and Uliwa following up as we visited a number of Life Groups, both third and fourth generation. We were very encouraged how God is transforming the lives of not only people and churches but also whole communities. We are seeing great results both with the one-to-one discipling and with reproducing Life Groups. In this area many leaders are being produced and they are leading Life Groups, and some are now even leading churches. The cultural systems in these communities are being affected by the new faith which the people that live in these communities have found. We discovered that both the young and the old are talking and walking in this new faith in Jesus. Traditional evil beliefs are being forsaken. In the past people believed a lot in magic and witchcraft.

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ZGEWA
We were greatly encouraged with what God is doing in this area especially among men. We heard many testimonies of changed lives. In this area many men are involved in smoking marijuana. In just one Life Group we had three men who testified about their life as drug addicts. All of them expressed how they were violent to the families and people around the communities. One man by the name of Lazarus testified that he used to terrify his relatives and people around his community so much so that everyone knew him as the man who disturbed the peace in their community. But now he is a completely transformed man. He loves his wife and is a great witness of the Gospel around his village.
We also had the privilege to meet with Maritina Kitala who is a former prostitute who gave her life to Christ after she was witnessed to by one of the Life Group members. She began attending the Life Group meetings and in the process her life has been transformed as she trusted Christ. She is now a happy lady, and she appreciates that she is loved by all the Life Group members and feels at home around them.

As part of our new approach we also took time ourselves to witness to new people in this village and praise be to God we had more than 10 people come to Christ. We encouraged them to start attending the Life Group.

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TILOLA
We also had time to visit brethren at Tilola, people who really love God and one another. We could tell by just fellowshipping with them that they are really united. One of the Life Group leaders in this area is Leonard Nyirenda who is now a pastor leading a church. The Bible School that he has attended is the Life Group and the mentorship of the coach of this area Emmanuel Mwafurirwa. The people were excited to meet us for the very first time. They were very thankful for the free New Testament Bibles that they have been receiving through the Life Groups. These New Testaments have really played an important role in transforming their lives.

KASANGAMALA
The whole area in this report is under the leadership of pastor Paulendo Mwaungulu who is the coach for Uliwa. Paulendo Mwaungulu’s area of responsibility has more than 100 Life Groups. He has 4 coaches under him, Migrate Kasililika, Freeness Msukwa, Kapanda Mnthali and Kambabani. More than 21 different denominations attend his Life Groups. The estimated number of all Life Groups members is 1920. He took us to Kasangamala where we met with people from 3 Life Groups.

John Singinie