The Lord's Day in Malawi

It's encouraging to reach "The Warm Heart of Africa" (that's Malawi's nickname) and attend a church where God's Word is faithfully preached and His people worship and serve together in a vibrant local church. That is certainly the case at International Bible Fellowship where Brian Biedebach pastors. And by God's grace, our team was able to do more than simply attend IBC this morning. We had the privilege of singing Amazing Grace during the offering.

It was particularly exciting for Ryan Nahat, Taylor Dempsey, and Tyler Linahan, who arrived at the church two hours early, practiced with the regular musicians, and were able to play the guitar, drums, and piano for every song during the worship service. What a privilege!

After church and lunch, Pastor Brian took our team on a walking tour of Lilongwe, showing us the markets where the majority of people in the city buy and sell clothes, crafts, and many many other things. It was quite the cultural experience: very eye-opening for everyone on our team.

Tomorrow the work begins in earnest. We should be at our worksites by 7:00 and plan on working until 4:00. Tomorrow night, we will look forward to a 4th of July party on the campus of ABC with the Biedebachs.

Continue to pray for the team. The hard work is about to begin, so now is when the need for service is greatest, and our heart for service will be most tested.

To close out today's blog, I've posted a picture we took of everyone on the team singing this morning at IBC!

In Christ,
Corey