{"id":1437,"date":"2016-08-24T06:24:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T05:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2016-08-24T06:29:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T05:29:42","slug":"winding-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/winding-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winding up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last few days have been a bit of an anti-climax after saying goodbye to about half of the team over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the remaining team members enjoyed further fellowship at Nsanama on Sunday, and were out again for our final open-air and Seed Sower distribution at two busy market places &#8211; Bvumbwe and Mkando.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-777713909jpg.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1439\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/winding-up-2\/wp-image-777713909jpg-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-777713909jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,281\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-image-777713909jpg.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-777713909jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1439\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-777713909jpg.jpg?resize=220%2C123\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open air preaching at Bvumbwe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/winding-up-2\/wp-image-1945180912jpg-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,281\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1440\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg?resize=220%2C123\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Youngsters at Mkando<\/p>\n<p>As we look back over the past three or more weeks, we can certainly trace the Lord&#8217;s hand in many many. \u00a0Just yesterday we were preserved again from serious incident on the roads when an old man walked straight in front of the minibus as we were passing through Mbulumbuzi. \u00a0He was completely oblivious to our approaching vehicle, but by God&#8217;s grace we narrowly missed him.<\/p>\n<p>In total we have distributed around 30,000 texts &#8211; more than double the number distributed last year. \u00a0Literally thousands of people have heard clear and faithful presentations of the Gospel, and we are certain that only eternity will reveal the great work the Lord has been doing during our visit here. \u00a0One thing is for sure, all of us who have participated will not be the same again.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to pray as we leave three more to the airport today, and as the rest of us clear up and prepare to return home tomorrow. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last few days have been a bit of an anti-climax after saying goodbye to about half of the team over the weekend. Nevertheless, the remaining team members enjoyed further fellowship at Nsanama on Sunday, and were out again for our final open-air and Seed Sower distribution at two busy market places &#8211; Bvumbwe and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mgo2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1945180912jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6pE8C-nb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/720\/","url_meta":{"origin":1437,"position":0},"title":"Back to the bus depot","author":"Stephen","date":"11 August 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was our first day with the full team of workers in place. We are grateful for such a willing group, each of whom had really thrown themselves into the work without reserve. We have been working today in Zomba, first in the town centre by the bus depot, where\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wpid-wp-1439301722816.jpg?fit=270%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1689,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/your-prayers-appreciated\/","url_meta":{"origin":1437,"position":1},"title":"Your Prayers Appreciated","author":"Stephen","date":"10 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We'll appreciate your prayers over next couple of weeks. Team of 16 starts to assemble in Malawi tomorrow for two weeks of Open - Air work and literature distribution. We expect to distribute around Seed Sower 25,000 texts and will preach to literally thousands. Pray for: Spiritual and Physical Stamina,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Literature Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Literature Work","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":716,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/god-with-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":1437,"position":2},"title":"God with us!","author":"Stephen","date":"11 August 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As we were had to meet the final two team members (Ruth and Deborah) at Chileka airport (Blantyre) on Monday afternoon, we spent the morning in Blantyre with open air meetings at the main market in the city, and later at Ndirande township, \"the Soweto of Malawi\". 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