Malawi – hope for life
Sharing God’s Love, Changing Lives
The Hope for Life Project is entering its third year of working among village leaders and residents to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, build up local medical infrastructure and teach people about God’s love through word and deed.
Staff member Sarah shares about her experiences on mission in Malawi, Africa:
“What an amazing journey! The majority of our time was spent in a rural village called Kalumba. Imagine…grass huts; pigs, goats and chickens wandering about; people singing and dancing in fabulous African style; dusty little feet running freely; a joyful people with so little and yet so much to give.
Our team, composed of 12 Italians, 2 Americans and 1 Portuguese, worked so well together. Each contributing in his or her own unique way. We offered health education classes, English classes and a clothing and shoe distribution. We also did a dedication service for the health clinic and staff houses we are helping to construct. Each evening we traveled to a different surrounding village to project the Jesus Film, working alongside of local churches to share the Gospel in this very remote area.
I had such a special shared experience, serving and talking together, with my friend who came on this trip. She was definitely the favorite of the kids in the area. Some of my favorite memories of our time were the spontaneous walks we took through the savannah with a crowd of Malawian kids surrounding us.”
Catching the vision
Another part of the work we are doing in Malawi is to provide scholarships to young people to help pay their fees for high school and college. Edwin Mtaya – a young man whose life was touched and changed by the Hope for Life project in Malawi – tells in his own words what this project has meant to him.
“Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank you, friends of Agape Italia and all the Sponsors, for the financial support you rendered to me to accomplish my high school studies.
I am pleased to inform you that I am forever grateful and I pray unto God to continue to bless you as you support those in need. I can’t put it right in words, but what you did [for] me enabled me to achieve my lifetime dream and inspired me to move to greater heights.
Because of you, great friends, I am now among the few educated young men in Malawi with a Master of Public Health Degree and am employed by a reputable institution (Reserve Bank of Malawi).
I would like to encourage those children who are currently being sponsored to work extra harder in order to achieve their goals.
As an appreciation of what you have done [for] me, with a grateful heart, I decided to follow your example by supporting other children who are struggling. It is inspiring to see that one of those I am helping has finished his college education and others are at high school level.
One thing I have learned is that we should not wait to be rich to start helping others. We should always remember that when you give you receive many blessings from God. This is what I heard from Haswell & Maria Beni, staff members of Agape Italia, as they repeated to me and others the importance of being a blessing.
Let’s join hands in helping these under privileged children so that they too can have a bright future.
Many thanks to you all. May God bless you abundantly.
Edwin Mtaya
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