Harvest Time - April 2023

 

Greetings LTLA Friends, 

April in Zimbabwe is the beginning of harvest for their staple crop, corn. The Lord graciously provided abundant rain this year so good yields are being reported. Thank you for your prayers in this regard!

Shelton, LTLA Community Ministry team leader, reports that of the 44 families that we trained in sustainable farming practices 31 families had a good harvest while 8 families were not faithful in implementing the training. The plots from 4 families have not yet been assessed and unfortunately 1 family lost their plot because the owner of the land decided to build after they had planted. Most of the families do not have land on which to plant so they take the risk to plant on unused land hoping that the owner doesn't decide to use it. 

We are grateful for the faithfulness and blessing of the Lord on the 31 families who yielded a good harvest. Along with this good harvest of food, our prayer is that people in these families will respond to God's blessing of forgiveness for sins in their lives and enter into a relationship with God through Christ. We are seeing many members of the new families we added this year begin attending our youth Bible studies as well as our Women and Men of Hope meetings. Mr. Gomo, a man who lives and works at the landfill, has accepted Christ and Shelton is helping establish him in his relationship with Christ. Please join us in praying that others will place their faith in Christ like Mr. Gomo. 

(See LTLA Community Ministry photos below.) 

Prayer & Financial Update 

Thank you for your prayers for the medical needs on our team. Tinotenda, Shelton's wife who is diabetic, continues to progress well with her pregnancy as she controls her blood sugar levels through her diet. It has been determined that Tatenda, LTLA Training Ministry team member, is having panic attacks which are causing him to feel severe chest pains, so with the help of counseling and, most importantly, from his relationship with Christ, he is receiving care for his mental and emotional health. 

We are grateful for the surgery that has relieved the abdominal pain that was plaguing Tsungai, who has led the LTLA Critical Care Center for 13 years. Unfortunately, during surgery they found that Tsungai has cervical cancer. She will now undergo treatment that we hope will stop the spread of the cancer. As you can imagine, this is very sad news for her and for our LTLA team. Would you pray for Tsungai and our team as we place our trust in the Lord during this challenging time? 

With these additional medical expenses and with the effects of high inflation in Zimbabwe our ministry is experiencing a deficit. The monthly expenses for the work in Zimbabwe averaged $16,600 in 2022 and this year we are averaging $19,000 per month. We are examining where we can cut expenses but I ask if you would consider a special gift or monthly support to help meet these increased financial needs? Thank you for prayerfully considering how you can help. (Below is giving information.)

Trusting our Lord, 

Mike Sulc 

Life to Life Africa 

To give you can send a check payable to:

Life to Life Africa 

PMB 344 

10151 University Blvd 

Orlando, FL 32817 

You can also contribute through your bank via "bill pay" using the following information for the Life to Life Ministry bank account: 

Routing #: 267084131 

Account #: 586600386

Mrs Marikano & Mrs Phiri did well with their corn plots and are expecting a good harvest. LTLA Community Ministry team conducting compost training for the families we serve. We are helping them learn how to create fertilizer for their vegetable gardens.  Family members who attended the compost training.