Greetings LTLA Friends!
"Kudakwashe came to the Community Center asking for food. We sent him home with some food for his family as well as seeds to start a vegetable garden," Shelton, LTLA Community Ministry Director, shared with me this month. "We also shared with him the Gospel of Jesus Christ to which he said he has given his life to Christ. Pray for us as we follow up with Kudakwashe to help him grow in Christ and be faithful in growing food for his family."
As a ministry it is our desire to introduce and disciple people in a relationship with Christ that impacts their everyday life. We will establish them in spiritual disciplines to help them grow in their life in Christ and we will also equip and hold them accountable in practical life skills. (See photos below of LTLA Community Ministry life skill activities.) One ministry activity that we have been able to resume after a year of pandemic restrictions is group discipleship gatherings with adults. As you can see in the photos below, the Men of Hope group is small, so please pray as the group encourages other men to participate.
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| Recent Men of Hope gathering. |
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| Recent Women of Hope gathering. |
After a year of forced isolation, it is important for people to re-engage in fellowship and mutual encouragement. Our young adult group has been gathering during the past year and it is now safe to gather the older adults. However, we will need to be vigilant since the vaccination rate is low in Zimbabwe and the flu season is upon them. Colder months are ahead in the southern hemisphere. We are not gathering the pre-school children nor the primary and high school students at this time since it is harder to maintain social distancing and mask wearing with kids. We don't want the virus to spread from them to their older caregivers. Instead, LTLA team members are ministering individually or in small gatherings to the pre-school children caregivers as well as the primary and secondary school students.
Thank you for your prayer support for the LTLA Community and the Training Ministry team members as they press on under challenging circumstances to love young and old in Chinhoyi.
Gratefully in Him,
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa
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New LTLA truck will help in our transportation needs and farming activities. This 2 ton truck replaces the 1 ton truck that served us well for 9 years.
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Maize (corn) harvest from the LTLA Community Center plots. It will be used for feeding pre-school children when they return to the Critical Care Center as well as for team lunches. We praise God for the abundant rains that provided a good harvest!
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| LTLA team members gathering organic matter for composting. |
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| LTLA team members starting a new compost pile. |
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Shelton taking a team selfie by one of the finished compost piles. This rich organic matter will be used in vegetable bed plots.
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| Gogo Mildred preparing guavas for juicing. |
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| (L-R) Tsungai, Shelton, & Jane crushing guavas for juice. |