Karen Byrne will return to give an update on the Malawi Prison Well that she spoke about at LPC last September. The well for the largest prison in Malawi was completed in January. Karen will give updates on the blessings that your gifts have provided for these impoverished inmates and their community.
Unfortunately, this area was hit especially hard by the ongoing tropical cyclone Freddy. The homes and buildings in this area are built from sun-dried clay bricks. Due to massive flooding, entire villages have been wiped out and hundreds have perished. The need is great. Families typically live on dried corn from the year’s crop. All of this has been lost and the farmland devastated. Our contact, the prison chaplain Rev. Stanley, is currently safe, but his daughter lost her home. The kitchen wall of one of the prisons collapsed and killed four inmates. Rev. Stanley has provided their coffins so that they may be buried. Commissioned Pastor Karen Byrne will have pictures of the completed well and celebrations and the current devastation. Please join her on April 30 to see how we can be of service to our neighbors 8,000 miles away.