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Likhurwa Church Meeting
Sunday, 22 June, 2003
Stephen Kasenda and I left Blantyre just before 7 AM
and traveled to the Wendewende church where we picked up Brother Benet
Severe, two of his sons, Christopher and James, and another preacher,
Brother Smoke, to guide us to the Likhurwa Village congregation in
Phalombe District. Likhurwa is only about 85 kilometers (51 miles) due
east from Blantyre. Traveling was pretty slow in some areas due to very
poor road conditions. Even so, we arrived in good time, around 9:20.
Services were scheduled to begin at 10 AM.
Likhurwa is one of those congregations which Benet has been working with
for a number of years. The congregation wanted me for a meeting so Benet
arranged for me to attend their worship service on the Lord’s day, 22
June, and preach for the congregation. We had a building completely full.
In addition, people were sitting all the way around the building on the
outside. The subject was “Worship.“ We could not have asked for an
audience to give us their attention any better than that which we received
today.
In the photograph, the man who is closest to the front on the right hand
side in the blue suit is an elder in the congregation by the name of
Brother Iron. However, in addition to being an elder, he is the village
chief. When he is serving in his official capacity, he is known as Chief
Likhurwa.
Brethren, take a close look at the faces of these people. The smiles and
friendly disposition of the Malawians make it a joy to work with them. By
the way, how many people do you think are in this photo? Make a guess, and
then count them. You might be surprised!
Sometimes, when traveling to a meeting, we are blessed with some beautiful
scenery. In photo number 2, you can see a portion of Mount Mulanje in the
background. In the center of the picture is the highest point of the
mountain. It is over 3,000 meters in elevation. Unfortunately, you cannot
see the peak because of the cloud. But, we do see the beauty of the clouds
resting upon the mountain, especially the illumination of the cloud which
is directly over the highest peak.
Photo number three is one of two streams we had to ford to reach our
destination from Wendewende on the road to Likhurwa.
--Jim Franklin, P.O. Box 573, Blantyre, Malawi
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