"I Want to Receive Christ Today"

February 28, 2019

Dear LTLA Friends,

After Gogo Mildred (an LTLA team leader) shared the Gospel bridge illustration at a recent LTLA youth Bible study, Donald and Ngoni asked her what would happen to them if they waited to receive Christ next week. Hearing that those without Christ do not have eternal life they both said, "I want to receive Christ today." They are two of 14 youth who have prayed to receive Christ in the weeks following all the turmoil in Zimbabwe. God is using these turbulent days in Zimbabwe to draw more into His family!

Last year we saw several children receive Christ among the grade 3-7 group, and over the past few weeks the following children in that age group have responded to Christ: Donald, Ngoni, Lincoln, Titozuze, Victoria and Victor. It is also very encouraging to report that the following high school students have received Christ: Elsea, Melissa, Michelle and Miriam among the girls, along with Blessed, Kelvin, Ngoni and Rufaro among the boys. The need for Christ was also felt two weeks ago by the following two young ladies: Natalie and Chngentai. LTLA team members Gogo Mildred, Prestege , Marvelous, and Diana shared with them as they paired up for visits in the community.

I will report more on my trip upon my return next week but wanted to share with you this exciting news. I am including a photo and two videos below.

Rejoicing with the angels, (Luke 15:10)
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa

Marvelous teaching the LTLA High School Bible study.

LTLA Grade 3-7 Bible study reciting 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

Showers of blessing! 

The Lord is providing timely rain for the corn plots and relief from the hot temperatures.

Zimbabwe Turmoil Update

January 25, 2019

Dear Praying Friends,

Thank you for praying for the LTLA team in Chinhoyi as they continue to face challenging times after the violence that erupted over the 150% increase in fuel prices two weeks ago. No one on the LTLA team was harmed but we are unsure about all the families we serve as all ministry activities have been cancelled since these disturbances began. We covet your continued prayers for protection, for peace and for steps to be taken that will bring lasting stability.

Below is an update from Arthur (italicized and with prayer points) and a link to a good article that summarizes the current economic situation in Zimbabwe:

"We met as a team on Tuesday this week but I could tell that most of the team members were still in fear as gatherings of people can be viewed as the beginnings of a demonstration. We decided to cancel all our ministry activities for the remainder of the week and agreed to meet together in two's for encouragement. We will assess the situation on Monday as how to proceed next week." 

• Pray that all on the team have and will experience the truth of Matthew 18:20 in these gatherings of two. 
• Pray that the Lord grant them wisdom as they determine how to proceed next week, with James 1:1-7 as a helpful prayer guide. 

"As of now the streets here still have armed soldiers moving around. Everyone is nervous by their presence after the crackdown on demonstrators and looters last week. The government has blamed brutality on criminals or members of the opposition dressing in uniforms and perpetrating terror so that the government is blamed. Men have been targeted by the soldiers, so men are walking in fear. Team members with young men at home are fearful." 

• Pray that God will place a hedge of protection around the LTLA team members and their families as they trust in Him - Job 1:10. 
• Pray that they will experience God's perfect peace as they trust Him - Isaiah 26:3. 

"The ruling party has accused NGOs of helping the opposition party by inciting demonstrations to subvert the government."

• Pray that as a faith-based ministry LTLA would not be confused with an NGO or falsely accused. May the truth of Psalm 5:6 come to mind for anyone who may be tempted to bring false accusations against us. 

Click here for the article that summarizes the economic situation in Zimbabwe.

Grateful for your prayer support during these very difficult days in Zimbabwe!
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa

Update from Arthur & Turmoil in Zimbabwe

Dear LTLA Friends,

Below is a ministry update from Arthur Nhau in Chinhoyi. He is encouraged by what the Lord is doing in the ministry, but it has also been a tumultuous week in Zimbabwe, which he refers to at the end of his update. Demonstrations, riots and looting took place all over Zimbabwe this week after the government increased fuel prices by 150%. Gasoline prices were $1.24/liter ($4.70/gallon) and have been increased to $3.31/liter ($12.53/gallon). That is the highest price for gasoline in the world, with Hong Kong being second at $2.06/liter.

There have been gasoline shortages since October due to a lack of US dollars to purchase it. The economy in Zimbabwe has collapsed. Last week there was no gasoline to be found so the government announced the extreme price hike to deal with the shortage. This may have been the last straw for the extremely patient Zimbabweans. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions called for a three day strike, "stay away," to send a message to the government that their policies have failed. Demonstrations, riots and looting have ensued. People stayed home for fear of the violence that was breaking out. Now the military has been deployed going door to door beating men for being at home and not out working. The government has been ruling by fear and are trying to maintain their control.
These developments are heartbreaking for a people who had hoped for change last year with the ouster of their only president of 37 years. Would you join in praying for the Life to Life Africa team and their fellow Zimbabweans as they deal with the shock and disappointment of this week's developments? They have been praying for years that things would change, and one of them commented that they don't know what to pray anymore. We know God is working out His purposes and they have seen Him provide in the midst of turmoil in the past. Lord, we ask for you to enact your justice, to pour out your mercy and to strengthen with your grace.

Prayerfully,
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa


Greetings, as we look back to the past months, God has been faithful especially with the challenges we are facing as a country. We are so thankful that God sent friends to us who were Jethros, Pauls and Barnabases and left us really encouraged in the Lord. ( Luke 22:43) 

I recently had an outing with the guys in whom I am investing, we had fun catching up. My heart’s desire is, "He who began a good work in them will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil 1:6)

Tatenda, Arthur, Donnell (front), Simba, Zviko & Shelton.

As a team, we continue to pray that we would all grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We also want to be accountable to one another in our walk with Christ. (2 Peter 3:18)

Life to Life Africa Team

We have been receiving some decent rainfall lately. As we continue to embark on some farming projects, we pray that the families we are assisting will have a good harvest this season.

Maize (corn) growing at the LTLA Community Center

We are thankful to God that we held our first ever student conference and we had a good turnout. On the last day of the conference one student, in his final year, asked if we were going to pursue them after college as he felt the input he got transformed his college years. We pray that God would give these students a heart for people as they now go into the world. Most of the students we met with last semester passed their exams and gave glory to God. This was so encouraging as most students always feel they don’t have time for God's Word (Mark 1:35). We continue to pray for long lasting relationships and that God would raise Timothys, reliable people and others. (2 Timothy 2:2)

Life to Life Africa Student Conference group photo

The past week has been challenging for people here. Soldiers have been doing rounds beating, especially men, for staying away from work. I have friends who had to hide in the cemetery and some took refuge in one of the rivers we have here which is infested with crocodiles. Since Monday most of the team members have been staying indoors and hiding when the soldiers come knocking on their doors, pray for protection and safety. I am humbled by the hope most people here continue to have on Jesus who is our only hope. We pray that our leaders will fear God and know that everything they have, it has been entrusted to them and they will give an account. 

As a family we continue to be humbled by God that He remains faithful. We are also encouraged that our son Donnell is growing in memorizing scriptures. We are really encouraged to see that that he is now sticking verses he is memorizing on the wall in his bedroom. We pray that he will continue to delight in God's word.

Arthur, Mildred, Donnell, & Daisy

Still humbled by His Love, 
Arthur and Mildred

Merry Christmas from LTLA!

Dear LTLA Friends,

The Life to Life Africa team along with the Nhau and Sulc families would like to wish you a joyous Christmas celebrating the greatest gift of all, God's love shown to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. May you experience Him richly this season and in the New Year. (Ephesians 2:4-5)


Grateful for you!
Mike Sulc, Arthur Nhau
and the Life to Life Africa Team

Life to Life Africa Team
Standing: Patricia, Faith, Mildred, Ottilia, Shelton, Marvelous, Arthur, Brian, & Bigger
Seated: Stella, Jane, Gogo Mildred, Diana, Itai, Kate, & Tatenda

Arthur, Mildred, Donnell, & Daisy Nhau

Mike, Julie, Johanna, & Micaela Sulc

Lolos, Scones, Purses, & Vegetables

Greetings LTLA Friends,   

We are extremely grateful for the financial support we are receiving to help launch us into 2019. Thank you!! If you have not contributed and would like to do so, you can write a check to Life to Life Africa and mail it to:

Life to Life Africa
PMB 344
10151 University Blvd
Orlando, FL 32817


One of the Life to Life Africa goals is to develop entrepreneurial capacity among our team and those we serve, as well as to develop financial support in Zimbabwe that will help the ministry become self-sustaining. I would like to share with you some examples of how members of the LTLA team are engaging in small business enterprises to provide additional income for their families and to provide financial support for the ministry.


"Lolos" & Scones

LTLA assisted Mildred Nhau, wife of Arthur who directs the ministry in Zimbabwe, with taking a short course in establishing a baking business at Chinhoyi Univ of Technology. She has always loved to bake and is now joyfully filling orders for birthday and wedding cakes as well as treats for special occasions. Her baking business is now employing, Privilege, whose husband, Brian, serves on the LTLA team. Mildred bakes scones and Privilege packs them into containers and takes them into town to sell. She is finding a good market along the long fuel lines as people wait to purchase cooking gas and petrol for their vehicles. This small business is providing additional income in a challenging economy for two families.

Mildred (r) bakes the scones and pays a commission to Privilege (l) for selling them.

Scone dough and baked scones coming out of Mildred's stove.

Mildred is tapping into another market, selling "lolos" (popsicles) to the multitude of students that walk by her house on their way to the nearby high school. She adds baobab fruit powder into the mixture to provide more nutritional value. The photos and video below show her business in action. She is certainly setting a good example in entrepreneurship and as a Proverbs 31 woman to the other team members and those we serve.

Thomas Gilbert helped Mildred make "lolos" (popsicles) on our last trip to Chinhoyi.

Mildred (holding "lolos") while Tsungai sells them to the waiting students at their gate.

Purses & Vegetables

The LTLA Sewing Club meets every Friday afternoon to make purses and other items. They are gaining skills in sewing and in developing their own businesses. The resulting income will benefit their families and will serve as a small funding source for the ministry. I am returning with these purses to sell here, so let me know if you would like to purchase one. We are considering other items they can make that will be marketable here in the US.

Patricia, Tsungai & Itai cutting material to make purses.

Diana (l) and Gari sewing purses.

The latest enterprise by the team to support the ministry is growing vegetables at the LTLA Community Center and selling them. This enterprise is showing strong potential and we are considering ways to improve its output. Below is a photo of some who are involved in this enterprise and a short video tour of the vegetable garden:

Patricia, Kate, Tsungai, Diana, Itai, Faith & Gari
comprise some of the LTLA Vegetable Gardening Team.

Prestege, an orphan to whom LTLA has ministered for years,
and who is now in college, has reengaged with the LTLA team
during her college semester break. She will serve with the team
until she returns for her final semester in late February.

Thank you for your support as we seek to create a Christ-centered discipling movement that impacts every aspect of life in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe!   

Mike Sulc 

Life to Life Africa

“Life to Life Africa Has Influenced Me in Every Aspect of My Life.”

“I was born and raised in Chinhoyi. My father died when I was 8 and my mother died when I was 12,” shares Prestege, an orphan whom Life to Life Africa has ministered to since before she lost her mother. “Life was hard considering the fact that I became an orphan at an early age and the Zimbabwe economy collapsed the year after my mother died. Life was terrible after both of my parents died. It was better when I had ‘mum’ around, we could have our small lump of ‘sadza’ (cornmeal mash) and greens two times a day everyday but when she passed I could go for days without food.”

Prestege when she was in high school.

Prestege’s family was being assisted with food distribution and clinic care by LTLA before her mother passed away. Her older sister, Anna, became the head of household at 17. To assist her efforts in supporting she and her sisters, LTLA provided Anna the opportunity to work in the Critical Care Center for pre-school orphans.

Prestege speaks of the influence that LTLA has had on her life. “Jesus Christ became meaningful in my life when I was 16. Life was starting to get better since my older sister Anna was working at LTLA. Before that I believed that God did not love me the same way He loved my siblings, Anna & younger twin sisters. But through the LTLA youth Bible studies, I learned that God loved me so much and all the suffering was a training ground for me. I received Jesus Christ through Gogo Mildred, an LTLA leader.”

A family in Ames, IA specifically contributed to help Prestege progress through school. She received a scholarship to attend university after high school and is currently in her final year at university majoring in Development Studies, a social science program that emphasizes approaches to reducing poverty. To complete her degree, she was required to undertake a 1-year internship and was able to do that with LTLA starting July 2017. “I am taking this degree program because I feel like it can help me transform many lives.”

Prestege (front) helping at the LTLA Foundations for Farming training session.

Her internship experience with LTLA impacted her significantly. “I am learning to be patient with other people like how God was with the people of Israel. To be where I am there have been patient people with me. The LTLA team has helped me to get back to my feet spiritually and taught me how to love others. They have taught me what God is all about. LTLA supports me in every aspect of my life and has contributed greatly for me to be where I am right now.”

Would you help us continue impacting and investing in the next generation in Zimbabwe for God’s kingdom and glory? 

Our reserves are low and our operational budget in Zimbabwe is currently $10,000 monthly. Expenditures are increasing as Zimbabwe is facing another economic collapse like in 2008. 

 Your special gift or monthly commitment will enable us to continue in 2019. Thank you for considering how you can help. (Checks can be mailed to Life to Life Ministries, PMB 344, 10151 University Blvd, Orlando, FL 32817.) Your prayers and financial support make this possible.

Thank you!
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa

Maita Basa!! Thank You!!

Dear LTLA Supporters,

Maita Basa!! Thank you!! During this thanksgiving season, the LTLA team is grateful for your partnership in prayer and financial support of what God is doing through them in advancing His kingdom in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. They express their gratitude in this short video:

Thomas Gilbert & Mike Sulc Visit Chinhoyi 

Thomas Gilbert, Director of Life to Life Ministry at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, joined me on my recent trip to Zimbabwe. The Lord richly blessed our time with Arthur Nhau, LTLA Director in Chinhoyi, and the LTLA team. Thomas, Arthur and I were able to strengthen our bond as we spent a lot of time together. Arthur was grateful for the help we provided him in developing ministry plans for next year. We look forward to our monthly conference calls to continue encouraging one another in life and ministry.

Thomas and I partnered with the LTLA team by stepping in to lead their discipleship group meetings with youth, college students and men while we were there. We also sought to build up the team members in their own ministry through training sessions for staff on evangelism and discipleship topics. And, we were mutually encouraged by these faithful brothers and sisters in Christ by many one-on-one conversations about life and ministry. Thank you for your prayers for our visit!

Mike Sulc, Arthur Nhau & Thomas Gilbert in their favorite soccer team jerseys.
(Mike- Internacional, Brazil; Arthur- Liverpool, England; Thomas- Orlando City, USA)

Thomas Gilbert & Mike Sulc with the LTLA team.

First Ever LTLA Conference 

LTLA held their first conference for college students and young adults on November 2-4, 2018. It was exciting to experience the enthusiasm of the 55 in attendance as seen in this video:

"We would not have missed this for anything," declared Prestege and Lazarus, fruit of our high school ministry, who traveled a full day from southern Zimbabwe where they attend college in order to participate in the conference. The students were disappointed they could not attend all six workshops but had to choose two - a good problem to have and a motivation to return for future conferences. They appreciated the discussion groups and personal reflection time following the four messages delivered by Thomas and me.

The theme of the conference was Philemon 6, "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of everything good thing we have in Christ." Thomas spoke about our identity in Christ and about how to be active in sharing our faith. I spoke on the freedom we have in Christ as well as the need to persevere in our faith and ministry efforts. Our prayer is that the impact of this conference will be felt for years to come in the lives of these young people and those they will reach for Christ.

Arthur Nhau sharing a devotional at the LTLA Conference.

Discussion groups following messages at LTLA Conference.

2018 LTLA Conference group photo.

Grateful for the Lord's abundant blessings!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Mike Sulc
Life to Life Africa