Important Meeting Follow-Up - LTLA Prayer Bulletin

December 29, 2017

Thank you for holding us up in prayer regarding our land issues. Arthur and Gogo Mildred were finally able to meet with the town planner today. The official surveying report is not yet finalized, so we are still waiting for resolution. The town planner did say that it looks promising for us to be given additional land adjacent to our Community Center property. 

So, please continue praying for a favorable resolution to additional land we are owed and for our encroachment on electrical authority right-of-way. These issues have come about due to Chinhoyi officials giving a "stand" we purchased to someone else and improperly laying out our Community Center boundary lines. I will keep you informed as resolution is reached, hopefully in the coming weeks. 


Grateful for your prayer support! 
Mike Sulc

Important Meeting - LTLA Prayer Bulletin

December 26, 2017 

Hope you enjoyed a blessed Christmas celebrating the birth of Christ Jesus our Savior and Lord. We are grateful that He is sovereignly reigning in the affairs of man and that, "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord." (Proverbs 21:1) We are also grateful that as we trust Him and go about doing what He did, He invites us to ask for things that will bring glory to God. (John 14:12-14) 

In that spirit, would you pray for God to grant Life to Life Africa favor in the eyes of Chinhoyi officials as it relates to our Community Center property. Arthur & Gogo Mildred, leaders of our work, will meet tomorrow, December 27, with the town planner and other officials to bring resolution to some land issues. Our property lines were not laid out properly by the city engineering department so we are encroaching on electrical authority right-of-way. We are also owed land since a "stand" we paid for was given to someone else. To compensate us, we could be given additional land surrounding our Community Center. 

We are asking the Lord to give us additional land surrounding our property and that we will not have to modify our wall due to the mistake made laying out our property lines. Please also continue praying for the needed rain for the plots of corn planted by the families we serve. Thank you for joining us in prayer. 


Trusting our Sovereign Lord, 
Mike Sulc

"I Need to Give Back the Love I Was Shown"

December 4, 2017


"I need to give back the love I was shown by Life to Life Africa," shares Tsungai, who directs the LTLA Critical Care Center, our ministry to pre-school orphans. "While getting treatment for HIV at the hospital, a nurse directed me to LTLA because as a young widow with two sons I was struggling to properly feed my family and myself. LTLA provided me food and medical care and Uncle Ron Shimkus even found me a job at a local pre-school back in 2008. LTLA helped me when even my family isolated me due to my illness. The God of 'second chances' is using me now as I once was useless." 

When LTLA launched the Critical Care Center, Tsungai (pictured with the Critical Care Center orphans, below) was invited to help and she gladly accepted the opportunity. Her love for children is evident every morning as she greets them with a big smile and hug when they arrive. She not only cares for them physically by feeding them breakfast and lunch; she also cares for their educational development as she prepares them for kindergarten, and she cares for them spiritually by teaching them Bible stories and songs. As Tsungai continues to share, "I grew up going to church but it was through LTLA that I understood the Gospel and accepted Christ. I used to only hear the Bible at church but now I read, study and memorize it."

Tsungai with Critical Care Center orphans.

When asked to share how the Critical Care Center has impacted the orphans in its care, Tsungai tells the story of Victoria (pictured below). Victoria, now 9 years old, entered the care of LTLA at the age of 3 months. She was in the care of her grandparents since her father passed away while her mother was pregnant with her and then her mother passed away shortly after she was born. Her grandparents appealed for help from LTLA as they were unable to afford the formula to feed her. LTLA provided the formula, "saving her life" her grandfather says. She soon joined the Critical Care center under the watchful care of Tsungai who finishes the story by saying, "Now she is the best student in her class. She does not miss the weekly LTLA youth Bible study where she loves to memorize scripture. Her grandparents are often in tears as they see God working in Victoria's life."

Victoria

Tsusngai asks for prayer for Malka (below). She has been in her grandmother's care since her mother abandoned her at 2 months of age. Her grandmother is not stable and has not cared well for her, leading to malnutrition. She has been inconsistent lately in bringinig Malka to the Critical Care Center. Tsungai asks us to "Please pray that God will protect Malka and speak to her grandmother's heart to allow LTLA to help Malka. We also pray that we can help her grandmother and mother come to know Christ."

Tsungai holding Malka.

Would you help us continue caring for the physical and spiritual needs of children like Victoria and Malka, as well as their families? 

Our operational budget in Zimbabwe is $8,000 monthly and we will need year-end gifts to launch us into next year. Your special gift or monthly commitment will enable us to continue in 2018. You can contribute by sending your check payable to:

Life to Life Africa
PMB 344
10151 University Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32817-1904

You can also donate online. If you are interested in doing so, please email me at mike.sulc@lifetolifeafrica.org, and I will pass along instructions.



Thank you for considering how you can help. Your prayers and financial support make this possible.

Thank You!

 Mike Sulc

Thank You For Praying

November 30, 2017 


Dear LTLA Friends, Thank you for praying for the peaceful resolution of the political situation in Zimbabwe. We are grateful that there was no bloodshed and that there is new interim leadership in the country. Please continue praying for peace in this leadership transition and during elections next year. May the elections be conducted fairly and reflect the will of the people. May the Lord raise up leadership at all levels of the government that seek to promote the flourishing of Zimbabwe and its people to the praise of His glory. 

Please also pray for adequate and timely rainfall upon the corn plots of the families we serve. May they yield a good harvest that enables them to feed their families. 


Gratefully in Him, 

Mike Sulc 

Pray For Zimbabwe

November 17, 2017 


Dear LTLA Friends, The Zimbabwean Army has taken control of the country. They have placed President Robert Mugabe and his family under house arrest. This was done in response to him firing his long time Vice President, Emmerson Manangagwa, whom the military viewed as the remaining option to succeed him since he is a veteran of their war for Independence. The South African government has sent representatives to negotiate this situation. Everyone is eagerly praying for a peaceful resolution and the establishment of a new government. 

Arthur reports that all is quiet in Chinhoyi. He requests we pray for the Lord to establish a new leader for their country who "does justice, loves mercy and walks humbly with the Lord." (Micah 6:8) Please pray for a peaceful transition to this end. 

Trusting our Sovereign Lord, 

Mike Sulc