Zimbabwe became quite a busy place this weekend. Our Chiredzi Christian Church held a revival meeting on Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday morning. I was the speaker. The topic was repentance. We were joined by two other congregations in town, and we had a full house. Following the Sunday morning service, we had a communal meal. While the event was well attended, particularly with sharing with other churches, and we had a great time worshiping and praising God, one part was missed. Our intent was to revive Chiredzi Christian Church. But we spend too much time hosting that they missed out on preaching and teaching time. We want to do the multi-church gathering again. But also have a time of renew and revival for our church. All in all, God was praised and people worshiped. It was quite a weekend.
I started this on Monday, but it is Wednesday night before I get to finish this. We had some housekeeping things to take care of this week. I made my weekly trip to the mechanic for the pickup. There was a clunking sound on the left front tire. Every time I drove it I had to retighten the lug nuts. So I went to Pearson the mechanic and he replaced two missing lugs and told me to jack up the front before I tighten the lugs. All has been good since. After a month of resistance, I finally decided that an Ecocash account might be worth having, finances here are a bit complicated. I applied on Monday, and as of today, Wednesday, my requested has been created. I thought that meant my account was created, but no, it is created in some world but not approved. I may just forget it for this year.
Another big project, which I am only minimally connect to is beds for the Waiting Mothers’ Village and the little guest house where men sleep if there is a mixed, unmarried group, like the one coming in June. There was a lot of shopping, planning, bargaining, testing, and determining how to get things from the place of manufacture to the clinic. Fourteen bed and eighteen mattresses are headed for Dine, either tomorrow or Friday.
And as an added project, my wife decided to paint the gate at the house we live in (it needed it bad). So, this morning Sherry and I painted a gate. It looks really great. And more painting awaits us. The little house mentioned above is scheduled to be remodeled and turned into the preacher’s house. We are cleaning and painting another room behind the church to become the men’s guest quarters. This project will require some fund raising to add a bathroom and shower for their use.
Tomorrow I am bringing devotions at the preachers’ meeting and then we are off to Maranda for the weekend. I will be teaching on Stewardship and doing God only knows what else. Pray for us. I learned today that Monday might be a problem day. We were going to travel back from Maranda, but the army is warning people to stay off the roads. There is a rumor of a big protest happening. i have not decided what we will do. So that might be a good day to pray.
As we will be in Maranda this weekend, we will not have internet or data, so you will not hear from us until next week. Until then, may God bless you and keep you. May his face shine upon you. And give you peace.