Hello brethren,
Greetings in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We victoriously report the activities that took place in the month of November with Joy in our hearts. It has been a busy month for instructors Fred, Cephas and Kennedy who dedicated some time to visit some congregations in three Provinces. Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces were targeted for these visits.
Fred visited Luapula Province, Kennedy went to Muchinga while Northern Province was visited by Cephas.Fred had an opportunity to visit Mansa, Samfya and Milenge districts. During this tour he also met with Joseph Musonda one of our graduates who is stationed in Mansa. Joseph has been given the opportunity to serve as a preacher at Mansa Central church of Christ. He conducts Bible studies both in the homes of Christians and also at the congregation. He is now married, well respected and has since baptized five Souls. Fred also linked up with Fredrick Mwansa one of our former students, though he only spent nine months at the Institute and went back due to his family problems. Fredrick is a vibrate Preacher and a well-respected church leader at Monokola church of Christ. He has continued to be evangelistic in the Monokola area and has converted 41 souls since his return of which two young men are now prospective students for the 2020-22 intake. It is worthy noting that Fredrick's home congregation has grown remarkably within the last twelve months. At the beginning of 2018 the congregation had 15-20 members. This number has grown to a regular membership of 80-90 brothers and sisters. He shared that sometimes the Sunday attendance exceeds 100.
Milenge District is the most southerly district in the Luapula Province, and was carved out of Mansa district. It is very rural and undeveloped. Its southern boundary is the Luapula River which divides it from DR Congo. Most of the population of the district lies along the shallow valley of the Luapula River. Gilbert Mulubwa attended BVBI-Zambia but dropped out of school due to hunger that had stricken his house during his absence; he just could not continue his training. Gilbert is a native of Milenge District. He comes from a village called Kafwanka within Milenge. He is a deacon at Milenge Central church of Christ. Milenge church of Christ has a membership of 130.
As indicated earlier, Milenge borders with the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). We are proud to report that Gilbert has spearheaded in the establishment of six churches cross the border. These churches are within walking distances from Milenge. In fact, these six congregations in the DRC use Bemba, a popular Zambian language, as the language of communication.
Kennedy Mukuka had a great tour of duty in Zambia's Muchinga Province. His journey was targeted at visiting some churches in the province and was privileged to hook up with representatives of the churches in Isoka and Nakonde districts where we have two congregations. He shared the dreams of Bear Valley Bible Institute Zambia with them and encouraged them to partner with us by participating in our training programs. He spent three days in Nakonde and then moved to Mpika District where he spent another three days and was given the opportunity to share not only about BVBIZ but also the word of God.
The church in Muchinga is quite small numerically but vibrant spiritually. On Sunday the 24th they had two sisters baptized Eleanor Mushili and Exilda Lumba Mulenga. This also happened to be brother Kennedy's birthday. Additionally, he managed to five names of prospective 2020-22 BVBIZ students.
Cephas is still on his tour of the Northern province and he is expected to cover four districts before the end of December; his exploits will be covered in our December report.
In His Service
Cephas and Fred