A Light to Many

January 19, 2018

New Year Greetings!

"Find, love, care, lead, disciple and train so effectively that the ministry will be a light to many." This is the first part of the Life to Life Africa vision statement (See LTLA Vision Statement below), recently developed by the LTLA team and stakeholders in Zimbabwe. As we start a new year with fresh anticipation, I wanted to share with you what God impressed upon us for the future of LTLA. We look forward to trusting God for what He desires to accomplish through us!

The recent political changes in Zimbabwe have renewed some hope for the country. Just a week after being installed as president to complete the remaining seven months of former president Robert Mugabe's term, Emmerson Manangwa spoke at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) commencement ceremony. In that speech he stated:

"Chinhoyi University of Technology indeed is a young and vibrant institution favoured with a special mandate to lead industrial development and the nurturing of entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity. These objectives are in tandem with our new thrust as Government to empower our young people with critical skills that will drive industrialization and modernisation of the economy and inculcate a new thinking in wealth creation, innovation and entrepreneurship." 
(http://www.chronicle.co.zw/zimbabwe-poised-for-massive-industrialisation/) 

We are excited to continue spiritually impacting students at CUT who will be part of the re-birth of Zimbabwe. May the Lord use LTLA to instill Godly character in this next generation of leaders.

CUT students involved with LTLA at a recent Discipleship Conference.

The Lord is also asking us to "empower and develop (vulnerable) people through training and enterprises that enable healthy and productive lives." We are asking the Lord for his empowering and creativity in how to do this. Bob Scott, the author of the book Saving Zimbabwe: Life, Death and Hope in Africa, just posted the following regarding Zimbabwe in his blog (http://www.jocomglobal.com/blog/):

"There is a great deal of hard work ahead which will realistically take decades to accomplish. It cannot happen without the help of people outside the country... people from the US and Europe who are motivated by building businesses which exhibit a compassionate form of capitalism will play a significant role. Too long the west has simply pillaged Africa. It is time to show a model of business more akin to Jesus' teachings with a Kingdom of God worldview." 

Perhaps the Lord will place it on your heart to join us in our efforts to come along side to empower orphans, widows and the poor toward healthy and productive lives.

LTLA impacting generations in Chinhoyi

Seeking to shine the light of Christ,

Mike Sulc for the Life to Life Africa Team