Gods Goodness in PANDA

This baby donkey was born while in Panda

The Team with an offering of Casava



The two pastors that accepted Christ

The group that received certificates for completing the "Good News" discipleship materials

Kids praying in Sunday church service


God blessed our time in Panda. The team was made up of Juka, Ricardo, Carlos, my nephew Daniel Lee, and myself. We spent our time training leaders and pastors of four denominations in our time there. There was one pastor of an AOG church and the remaining people would have come from three denominations of Zion churches. The Zion church is a syncretistic church, being Christian and traditional practices. We spent our days training in small groups, going through the “Good News”, and teaching on how to study the Bible in small groups in the church. We opened each day with preaching and closed each day in the same way. The final evening together after the message two of the pastors and seven other leaders accepted Christ as their savior. The following morning they requested a time of prayer in the Sunday service for the two pastors. One of the men had been a pastor for almost 20 years.

In the evenings we went to different areas in the Panda district to show the Jesus film. We showed in four times and each time had a great turnout and response. If you remember, there was a witchdoctor that accepted Christ in Panda. We found out upon arriving that he has passed away. You can pray for this family, as the uncle will not allow us to speak to the family anymore.

You can be praying for the work in this area. We had meetings with the local government in our time there. We shared our desires to work in their area with church leadership development, and requested land. They have given us a verbal agreement to give some property to develop a training center on. Please be praying for the trainers and the efforts to have monthly training in this district by February. We will be passing through Panda in November on our way to Gurue in the Zambezi Province to deliver the letter to the government requesting the land.

There was a donkey born in our time there. They have decided to name her Semanario because of the training being done. The photo above of the donkey she is about a day old.


Prayer Requests:
1. Everyone in our family has some sort of infection right now. Chelsea has been having issues with boils.
2. We have team from our church, Salem Evangelical Church arriving Oct 16th. Pray for the safety and for there time here.
3. On the Nov 4th a team from our friends church Valley View church will be arriving. Pray for Gods direction in their lives.
4. Pray for the national church and myself as we start developing the Discipline for the newly established church.
5. Please be praying for me seminary studies. For the time needed in studies and balancing with ministry and family.