December 04, 2017

1 Samuel 20:23 says the Lord be between us forever.

We are SO THANKFUL for your friendship, love, support, and prayers. Words can't express how amazing it is to have such a family. 1 Samuel 20:23 says the Lord be between us forever. That is the feeling we have. We wanted to share some pictures of the past weeks in Noah-vember.


This is our latest church picture from Picture Sunday that we did early this month. We invited everyone to come get their picture taken and then invited them back the next week to collect their picture.

This is a Bible study we did in a village about 3 hours from where we live. One of our church members, Felix Malute, was witnessing to one of his business prospects and the man was so overwhelmed by the message of God's grace that he paid for Felix to come to his home village last year to share the same message. We came with him on the follow up trip. Such receptive people!


That's Felix with the Blue Shirt. It was 2.5 hours to the main City near the village and then another half hour on motorbikes. We rode 3 to a bike to get to the village (Thank God this was before Thanksgiving).


This was the Ladies Tea. They all got together, prayed, made Christmas Cards, and Mama Carol shared the Word. That evening she was on Nationwide Radio speaking about Women's role in the church.


November 23, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

"O give thanks unto the Lord for He is good: for his mercy endures forever." Ps 136:1






Next are pictures from the south african conference:




















November 01, 2017

Smiles overcome any language barriers



We have the coolest job in the world. I know being a missionary doesnt seem like a job, ok I get it. 
It is still what we do here. And we love what we do so it is a plus in our lives. 
I love my children very much and they are such great examples to us.  They are simple thinkers. They see other children, they smile and then,  they start playing. Wherever they are, and I mean anywhere in the world - yes we travel to 3 continents every year- they go and make friends no matter if they speak the same language or not. But it most of the time started with a smile.
 Here in Malawi it can be tricky sometimes, people can be friendly but very curious.  And it's the African children that will come to them and they can get very touchy  with their hair...but every time it will take minutes  for them to make friends..

Malawi is an English speaking country but English is not their primary language, just travel outside of city center or the capital,
and people will not speak English especially the ladies and young children. 

 I have tried and failed to learn the languages in Southern Africa (yes they are many of them) and everyone I mean, everyone tries to force their languages on us.
So I gave up pretty much for now. We still know some of the basics tho so at least... 

I am always amazed at how you can read people by their expressions (and I am sure they can read mine).

Sincerity is so simple, and you can do it anywhere, even if you do not know a word of a foreign language. Just take the time to look at someone and be interested.

When you are with people you know or don't know, smile and try to enjoy their company.

The more I travel, the more I am convinced that we are all alike. We all want the same things: security, good health, to love and to be loved. The only differences are our beliefs, cultures and habits. This is such a simple thing when you travel around the block or around the world.

Smile - Everyone likes to be around happy people. Smiles are universal (and you don't even need teeth LOL). They show warmth and invoke a good feeling among people of all backgrounds. I find it amazing how simple it is to automatically like someone at first impression when the first thing you see is his or her smile. It is just a very comforting feeling, and the simple expression just puts people at ease.

At least in Africa it is and I would say for most places around the world.

Basically, eyes and a smile are a window into someone's personality. You can tell so much about a person with some basic human traits. 

That's what we do here, we are people persons, we sit down, smile (most of the time), shake hands (a lot of them), spend time with them, give them a track, a verse and by doing that we show them the Love of God for them personally. 

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up.”

Matthew 28:40 - As you did to the least of my brothers you did to me.
Best Friends: Two Pastor's Daughters: Pr Victor/Pr Albert

Leadership Seminar with Leaders from Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Malawi: Going through Pr Schaller's Booklet: Choosing to Lead



Pray for the Conference in South Africa as 10 from the Church in Malawi travel there.

 Pray for Comfort for Pr. Ray Kosioleck and the GG Carlisle, PA Church as Pr. Ray's wife Brenda went home to be with the Lord.




October 11, 2017

Faces of Malawi

New church member, Gregor, 1 month old












GG Malawi - Area 36 Church

GG Malawi - Chisapo Church


October 01, 2017

He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.

1 Month Back
It’s been a month now that our family has been back on the mission field after a wonderful summer in Baltimore. A big Thank you to Baltimore Church and all the churches in the US and Canada that we visited and were welcomed like royalty; we were so encouraged.  We would also like to say thank you to all the team at R & B, without you, it wouldn’t be possible to come back every summer.
It is the beginning of hot season again.  We have not seen a drop of rain since last March. The past rainy season was a very good one after two years of drought, so we were praying on our way back to Malawi, that we would find our house with running water without interruption during the week. Thankfully in the past month, we have had only 2 days without water. Praise God!

It is always an adjustment to be back here. We are all getting ready for dinner, we eat early here around 6 or 6:30 and the sun is already down at around 5:30/6pm even in the summer season. So we are setting the table and Julie is just about done with the food and then POOF! No power! No warning and no idea how long it will last! oh Africa! T.I.A. we call it! Thankfully in the last year we had a friend hook up 2 batteries to the main line so when this happens we can at least have some light! Thank you Jesus for the small things!

It’s been a great privilege to have Matt Gehret here with us doing his practicum for Bible College. He arrived shortly after we got back and has jumped right into our schedule and Team life. One of the many blessings that come with people visiting is the opportunity to re-live some of the 1st time experiences again. Even gain some first time experiences of our own.
We were on the way to visit one of the young men in the church, Andrew. To get to his house, we have to take public transportation – a minibus. A minibus is the main form of transportation all over Africa. It is an 8 passenger van that has been modified to take 15 to 18 people all crammed in like sardines. We got on a minibus. We were pulled over for a random check by the police. Usually these checks are for any excuse to fine drivers in an attempt to make money. Unfortunately, in our bus we had the maximum amount of people but we were arranged with one too many people in one row with another row with one less passenger in another. The officer demanded for the driver’s license so the man gave it to him but would not give it back and was demanding the driver to pay a fine. We were all in the bus waiting, praying, for patience and wondering if we would be there all night. After a few minutes, I got out of the bus to see what was happening. The officer was trying to get money for overloading, I smiled, apologized, told him I was a pastor and that he could attend our Bible College for free . His attitude totally changed after that and he finally let us go. I got back inside with the whole minibus cheering “Aboosa” which means pastor. The driver got his license back and we were on our way.


The visit went great. We saw Andrew and played basketball with him and some other children on a basketball court near his house. We played and prayed. Did a short Bible study and were ready to head back. We boarded another minibus and saw the money collector drinking something. At first it looked suspicious, I asked him if it was water and he said it was Petrol. He was drinking on the job. After driving a bit further, it was evident that he wasn’t the only one; the driver was also sharing. We noticed that we were going a bit fast for a minibus. Amazingly enough there happened to be another random police traffic stop (which are really not that random), but that didn’t stop the driver. He calmly drove right around the officer even after being commanded to stop. At this the people in the bus began shouting. We all demanded for him to pull the bus over for all of us to get out. The speed continued to increase and our anger level did also. Finally by God’s grace he pulled over and all of us got out. Thankfully we hadn’t paid yet so we got half of the journey for free. The group of all the passengers walked to the main road to find another bus. It was a great opportunity to tell people the Gospel of how the whole human race is in a minibus headed to destruction, but Christ saved us. It really struck a chord. Matt asked me if this sort of thing happens often. I told him it was a 1st time experience for me too, and visitation is always an adventure. God wanted to make sure we had some good stories for newsletters. LOL

Please pray for us as we are getting ready to go to Livingstone, in Zambia, by bus, to the Leadership conference, with some of our leaders. we will be going in about 2 weeks.
Next will be the Mzazi Conference in South Africa with Pastor Jabu.
Please pray for our orphans in our church family: Innocent, Chisomo, Matthews and Blessings (the one with the jacket in the middle is their school teacher)

Blessings  from Malawi



Our Sunday School with the new markers/colored pencil Box : Gift  from the GG Church of Malta, NY


Pastor Albert and his new family!!!