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One Christmas gift won’t change a country like Malawi (or Mozambique)…..
…..but
it could help to change the life of someone there !
 Especially when the Gift is God’s love. During this season when we realise just how much we
have, we want to show His love to people who have virtually nothing. While you are puzzling over what
to buy for someone who has nearly everything, please consider giving something to someone who has very
little. God did just that for us ! (Luke 2:11: Romans 5:6)
One of these gifts can bring real blessing and encouragement to a relative or friend here and have
a life changing effect upon someone in Africa.
 A
bicycle for a Pastor
In Malawi a pastor often cares for several Churches and these can be miles apart.
A cycle would be of great help
in his ministry.
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 A
Bible
Many people have little hope of ever having a Bible and one way to help is
to give some for a Church to use as a library.
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 A
month's food for an orphan child
Most orphans are taken into homes which are already short of food and other
basic resources. The ZEC Day Care Centres give nourishing meals
as well as health care, clothing, education,
Christian teaching and recreation
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 Health
Care
World Health Organisation statistics show that only 29% of Malawians receive
any health care and most of these live in the urban areas.
A gift of just £4 would enable the staff of a ZEC Rural Health Centre to
~ treat 20 people suffering from bouts of malaria
or
~ give 23 children six month’s treatment against worms which cause pneumonia, anaemia,
gut obstruction, malnutrition, cerebral cysts, etc.
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 Goats & Chickens
For a family caring for orphans two goats and four chickens
will help to provide a livelihood. The
recipients are asked to make their contribution firstly
by building a shelter for the animals and an
enclosure for the hens and then eventually giving a kid and chickens so
that another family benefits
from the
programme.
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 Study
Books for Pastors
Many pastors and other Christian leaders are preaching and teaching
large companies of people but have no devotional or study materials to use in preparation. The books
a pastor could receive upon leaving Bible College or attending a Pastors' Refresher Course will probably
be the only ones he ever owns!
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 Sunday
School Resources
Churches have large Sunday Schools and Youth Groups but very few
teaching materials.
As far as possible we want to help ZEC Churches to source children’s material
which is culturally relevant for Malawi.
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 Sponsoring
a student in Bible College
It costs about £700 a year to sponsor someone studying
at the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi
~ but any gift is a help! The rapidly growing Churches
are in great need of trained leaders but there is very little likelihood of a Malawian receiving such
training without such support.
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 Thanks be
to God for
His indescribable Gift
(2 Cor. 9:15)
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Zambesi Mission supports the Zambesi Evangelical Church in a variety of its activities in both
Malawi and Northern
Mozambique.
We would be delighted to send a gift to someone there on your behalf this Christmas. We
can print a
simple greetings card with brief details of the selected project for you to send to a friend or relative
for whom you may have ‘given’ the gift.
Kindly send cheques and details to ~
Zambesi Mission, Spurriergate Centre, St. Michael’s Chambers, Spurriergate, York. YO1 9QR.
If you are having difficulty finding a gift for
someone who has nearly everything ….
…please
consider sending something to someone who has virtually
nothing
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