New Year Greetings!
We are extremely grateful for the generous financial support that we have received to launch us into 2021. Thank you!!
We ask for your prayers for Zimbabwe as they are in a Covid-19 lockdown due to a spike in virus cases and deaths. The number of cases and deaths from Covid-19 in 2021 (after only 26 days) is twice as many as in all of 2020. They prevented a large surge last year, but as the year ended the government and people relaxed their vigilance which has resulted in another strict lockdown.
Pray for the LTLA team as they are restricted to their homes. The young men on the team have so far been allowed to collect food to distribute to the families we serve. The 100 families have been divided into groups of 20 and each group has been assigned a particular day to collect food every other week. This prevents a large gathering of people, since the police are dispersing people even at markets where they are trying to buy food. Pray that our team gets clearance to move around the city freely in order to serve people. As you can imagine, they are discouraged to be in another lockdown.
As I mentioned last month, Arthur Nhau, LTLA Director in Chinhoyi, requested to step away from overall ministry oversight so that he can focus on training laborers for God's kingdom. I asked him to share his heart with you. Below, you will find his encouraging words and prayer requests for the LTLA Training Ministry.
With His love,
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa
From Arthur:
The words of my mentor [Ron Shimkus] still echo in my ears. Every time when he would visit Zimbabwe, upon leaving the country he would recite:
"You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." 2 Timothy 2:1-2 (NIV)
It is with that same vision from my mentor, which he gained from the Lord Jesus Christ, that we strongly sense has been impressed on our hearts. Driven by our promise verse (Psalm 2:8), we have been asking the Lord to use us as his vessels in raising laborers who will change the world for Christ.
There are so many visions out there, but we have chosen to pursue making disciples who will become laborers for God's kingdom. We would appreciate prayers that:
- In recruiting those for training, we pursue the seed and not chaff.
- Those involved in training would be men and women who see God’s vision and feel his passion for the world.
- After training, they will be Christ’s witnesses, not only in Chinhoyi or Zimbabwe, but to the world.
Together in his vineyard,
Arthur & Mildred
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| Mildred, Arthur, Daisy, and Donnell Nhau |