SCOM Awareness Event

The team joined us Friday. It is great to have them here.

Saturday was the culmination event of SCOM awareness month. It began with about 1000 Secondary and College students marching 2 miles through the busiest part of town sweeping the streets, singing and dancing (complete with a truck with loudspeaker). We got stopped at one intersection, we thought because of traffic, but it turned out that they were waiting on the national TV cameras to get there as they were at the state house covering another event. It was quite a sight, and very fun when the SCOM students would come up and encourage us in our dancing. One told us we need to move our butt more.

It ended at the Commuinity center which had a soccer field with large grand stand. After a long wait, the students were fed a roll and a soda. They actually ran our of rolls, but more came and hour later. There was alot of singing and dancing, then we heard from some speakers. First was SCOM's General Secreatry and then Malawi's Attorney General encouraging the students to set some big goals and go after them. The final speaker was an evangleist (in the true sense of the word) who implored the students to live pure lives and run away from sexual sin. You could tell from the crowd's engagement and loud cheering that it was exactly what this student group needed to hear.

"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to Your word" Ps. 119:9

Many students responded to the call to live lives of purity. Hundreds went forward for prayer and a few committed their lives to Jesus for the first time.. Praise God.

Health update:
Jacob's arm: He is ready to have the cast off. It itches and can be hard to sleep. We plan to remove it on Wednesday.
My Face: On Friday 3 weeks movement began to return. It is not fully restored but it is much better. I still have some discomfort as the nerves regenerate. Praise God for progress.

What is happening this week:
The team heads to Mzuzu tomorrow. I will be working the Patrick the SCOM General Secretary this week on several projects in the office. Dudley will be doing some computer repair (with slow internet she needs your prayers)

Prayer requests:
Safety for the team as they travel and live with college students.
Evangelistic fruit as they join in the evangelism week on campus at Mzuzu University.
Our adoption process as we begin to expand the search for other children that can be adopted.