Ministering as a Family

July 3, 2017


Greetings LTLA Friends,

Thank you for the prayer support over the past month! We certainly felt God's hand with us. It was my longest trip yet to Zimbabwe as I ministered with the ISU Navigators team for three weeks and then had the privilege to minister with my family for two weeks. (You can witness some of our experiences in pictures and videos below.)

God richly blessed our efforts as we witnessed students praying to receive Christ, believers encouraged in their relationships with Christ, and young people challenged to labor for Christ. Pre-school children were loved, while young adults were trained in carpentry as well as in how to compost and grow vegetables. Corn was harvested the old fashioned way -- by hand. We are glad to report that the families we serve harvested enough to last them for four months. Thank you for praying for rain this past season. God certainly provided much needed rain.

My daughters, Johanna & Micaela, heard testimonies of God's faithfulness in the midst of challenging circumstances from our LTLA team. They also taught the pre-school children some new songs as well as teaching the OT & NT books of the Bible songs for the high school group. My wife, Julie, joined them in painting one of the new rooms in the Life Discipleship Center. She led the Women of Hope group in looking at El Roi, the God who sees, in the story of Hagar. With our LTLA team, Julie shared what she has been learning related to racial reconciliation, which was followed by a special time of prayer for healing. We believe this time together was a result of your prayers related to Isaiah 58:6-12.

Our trip ended with our family spending several days in Victoria Falls with Arthur & Mildred Nhau and their children, Donnell & Daisy. They lead the LTLA ministry in Chinhoyi. It was a great experience to get time away to deepen our relationships with one another as we witnessed the beauty of God's creation. As David Livingstone said when he witnessed Mosi-oa-tunya ("the smoke that thunders"), as Victoria Falls was called, "Scenes so lovely must be gazed upon by angels in their flight." We certainly marveled at the sight of not only the spectacular water falls but also the amazing diversity of the animals we saw in the wild. God, the creator and restorer of it all, is awesome!

As always, we are grateful for your partnership in God's kingdom work through Life to Life Africa!


Maita Bassa, (Thank you)
Mike Sulc for the Life to Life Africa family

The ISU Nav team (with Kait, far right, from Hopevale Church) experienced first hand how we use the LTLA truck for transportation.

Ezra (standing in the Men of Hope meeting) eagerly shared with everyone about his relationship with Christ leading Steven, a Chinhoyi University of Technology student, to Christ.

Monica (sitting in the LTLA high school Bible study) and the other ISU Nav team members engaged in all the LTLA activities among 3 generations in Chinhoyi.

Rebecca (l) and Abbey (r) taught how they share the one-verse bridge (Romans 3:23) with the LTLA team.

Parker & Emily (who led the ISU Nav team) taught several sessions on discipleship including this one with the LTLA & ISU Nav teams.

Cameron (standing next to Jonas, a carpenter, and Kudzi) spent time sharing carpentry skills and spiritual life lessons with Kudzi, an LTLA young adult orphan, as they built the Life Discipleship Center kitchen cabinets. He also taught the LTLA Chosen Generation guys how to build a wooden bench.

Emily (left), Rebecca (center) & Abby (right) helped an LTLA team member harvest their corn field by hand.

Kait (right), from Hopevale Church, arrived with the ISU Nav team and will stay in Chinhoyi until August 2 while she completes a nutrition study for her Dietics degree at Central Michigan University. She used her love for nutrition in helping prepare meals for the ISU Nav team.

ISU Nav team & Kait with the LTLA team.

Johanna (left) and Micaela taught the LTLA High School group how to sing the books of the New Testament. 

Micaela (left) and Johanna putting the first coat of paint in the Life Discipleship Center.

Johanna & Micaela enjoyed having fun with Donnell (jumping rope) and Daisy (standing between them).

Julie leading LTLA team into scriptures on racial reconciliation.

We witnessed God's incredible creative power in Victoria Falls.

We sure enjoyed our time together with the Nhau family. (With them on the Victoria Falls bridge overlooking the downstream gorge of the Zambezi River.)