Life to Life Africa is embarking on a new chapter with a refocusing of our ministry efforts to help accomplish our mission. Shelton, an LTLA team member, has also embarked on a new chapter in his life as he married Tinotenda on December 5th. Thank you for your prayers for my trip, which enabled me to be part of the launching of these new chapters. I am grateful to God for his protection as I remained virus-free throughout the entire trip.
Each year during my October/November trip, the LTLA leadership team evaluates the past year and develops plans for the next year. On this trip Arthur Nhau, LTLA Director in Chinhoyi, shared that God has been putting on his heart to focus on training laborers in keeping with his ministry calling verse of 2 Timothy 2:2. He desires to follow in the footsteps of Uncle Ron Shimkus, who provided "on the job" training in his initial years of ministry, as well as Uncle Musa Yashim from whom he received disciple making training in Nigeria during 2013 & 2014.
At the heart of the mission and vision of Life to Life Africa is Christ's command to "Go and make disciples" (Matthew 28:19), and the strategy of spiritual multiplication set forth by the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:2. We are excited to launch Arthur and his wife, Mildred, in this renewed focus on training disciples to become disciple makers, with a vision to see "the least becoming a thousand" (Isaiah 60:22). They will lead the discipleship training ministry as they focus on developing five or six trainees over the next few years. Arthur will share more about his training plans in next month's update.
With Arthur focusing on training, we have asked Shelton Nhundu and "Gogo" (Grandmother) Mildred Musapuri to lead the LTLA community ministry efforts, which will seek to be an example of how a discipling movement can transform the lives of multiple generations in a community. The trainees in the training ministry will be involved in continuing this discipling movement along with other LTLA team members. Shelton and Gogo Mildred, along with other team members, are currently evaluating all the current LTLA ministry activities. They are assessing how effective these activities have been at accomplishing our mission to "seek, love & care for those with spiritual and physical needs, lead them to Christ, disciple them to maturity in Christ and train them to lead healthy & productive lives so that they can seek, love, care for, lead to Christ, disciple and train others." Once the evaluations have been conducted they will develop plans that will seek to effectively accomplish our mission.
Would you pray with us as we seek the Lord to establish our steps (Proverbs 16:9) as we make plans for the training and community ministries of Life to Life Africa? We are grateful for your prayer and financial support, which sustain our ministry efforts!
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa
Here are photos from my recent trip:
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| Mike sharing with the team about the new Training Ministry & Community Ministry focus for LTLA. |
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| Chosen Generation meeting (young adult ministry). |
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| LTLA team members planting corn and tending tomatoes at the Community
Center. We give praise to God for the good rains that have been watering
the soil! |
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| LTLA team members (with Mike helping) digging rows for planting soy beans. |
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| (L to R) Shelton, Zviko, & Mike enjoying a Thanksgiving meal
prepared by Zviko. I enjoyed staying at the Community Center with these
dear brothers. They kept me very well fed. I was impressed by the
cooking skills of these bachelors, though Shelton can no longer call
himself a bachelor. |
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| Tinotenda (from the Chosen Generation ministry) cutting Shelton's hair
the day before the wedding. Tinotenda means "we are thankful" and is
both a male and female name. |
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| Loading lobola (bride price) groceries into the van. Arthur standing
outside the van with Zviko inside to check the inventory list. |
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| Shelton and Tinotenda Nhundu. |
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| Mike with Shelton and Tinotenda. |
