Sunday morning in Malova

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..Our new church in Malova is now up and running. We had a fantastic Sunday, with around sixty adults and children coming in. Some were a bit afraid, and stood for a while outside under the trees, but soon came in as Philimon led us in worship. It was thrilling to recognise the faces of some of the people we had seen among the crowd in the evenings. Many of these had just received Christ into their lives only days before.
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Some of the local ladies who had cooked the food, which we had provided all week, served us all up with a bowl of flavoured rice after the service. I was deeply touched, knowing what it was costing them sacrificially to do that. These people have virtually nothing. Even now food is scarce, as they wait for the coming rains to swell the meager crops of maize and cassava so they have something more to eat.
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Zito is now heading up the pastoral side of this new church under Armindo's supervision. He is one of a few new pastors we will be helping to support, as he gets his new church off the ground.
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