The tank in the water tower is empty. The team members are feeling awkward since they just planted corn, manioc, millet, artemisia, and aloe vera. The pump operates with solar power and does not work when it is cloudy. The public water supply has been lying fallow for a long time since the close by dam dried up.
“We were a normal family up until life unfortunately surprised us with facts about our son Thiago that only God knows the reasons for.” Maribel and Gastón have four children. The second child, Thiago, started having epileptic seizures when he was only a month and a half old and they found a tumor in his brain.
Since September, Karin Schwarz is ofiicially our missionary in Malawi and has been working in the educational work with young adults. Together with Regina Class, there are now two women working in in the area of capacity building in the so-called “warm heart of Africa”.
Where God is at work there is joy, people experience renewal through their faith in Jesus, people go into ministry, and the church of Christ grows. I was able to experience that during my mission trip to Peru. I took part in a mission congress in Canchas with 150 participants from eight different villages.
Where God is at work there is joy, people experience renewal through their faith in Jesus, people go into ministry, and the church of Christ grows. I was able to experience that during my mission trip to Peru. I took part in a mission congress in Canchas with 150 participants from eight different villages.
It was about 30°C on July 16 when we (young adults 18 to 20 years old) arrived in Elstal, all of us out of breath. Each one of us was carrying a suitcase packed for the next two weeks from the train station up the hill in the hot summer sun, going to the EBM mission house. This was the first challenge and many more would follow …