Dear Prayer Partners,
Greetings from the saints in Southern Zambia. We are so thankful for your prayers and gifts of love to us and for Jesus Christ. “It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God” Romans 9:26. 
After 2 days and nights in Nalituba area we crossed over into Chief Macha’s area where the preachers from Nalituba had started 2 new preaching points. It was like a cool fall day in North Alabama when we arrived at Muyonga village where one of the new churches was started. We decided to split our group into 2 teams and go soul winning in different directions.
Our team was graciously received at the first two home places, but as we came to the third place, we weren’t sure if they would receive us. There were several houses, a large kitchen and a large structure which we were informed was a bush bar. As we came near, the owner hurried out the path to greet us and invited us into the kitchen where we were seated on homemade stools and asked where we were from. Our guide had explained to us earlier that many people in the area had been told that they could not be saved because of the sin of polygamy, and they had lost all hope. The owner’s name was Mr. Mapaanza. He, his 4 wives, 3 adult children, his mother, and 6 men from the bar welcomed us and asked us to share our purpose with them. We thanked them and started with our own testimony of how Jesus Christ had forgiven us of our evil life of sin and drunkenness. Their eyes were penetrating into our very soul to see if this could be true. We shared how great God’s love is for all men and that there was no difference between them and us- “God has made of one blood, all nations of men”. They agreed and listened intently to the message that God is not willing that any should perish but that all come to repentance. They understood that the penalty for sin is death but could hardly stay in their seats when they heard about the gift of eternal life.
There were many questions and after all were answered, we asked all who were willing to repent and to receive Christ to pray with us. AS WE PRAYED, IT SOUNDED LIKE A BEAUTIFUL CHORUS OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SINCERELY CALLING OUT TO JESUS FOR FORGIVNESS AND FOR THE GIFT OF SALVATION. After praying, there was spontaneous praise and rejoicing at the goodness of God. They gave us 3 measures of ground nuts and asked if a church could be started there. We talked some more and prayed with them. They hugged us and we said our good-bys.
We are in great need of bicycles for the preachers, Bibles for the new believers (300- 500 each month), and seed for the pastors. With help from the GA girls at Enon Baptist we bought a large milk goat to help feed 2 starving twin boys and an 8-month-old that was only the size of a 2-month-old. Pray for them (we’re calling them Bobby and Joseph) and their young mother, Avid.
Grace and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Joe and Tammy