Southern Malawi Ministry Centre

September 2011 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

"Everything is overshadowed by the death of one of our missionaries here at Iris. One of our missionaries, Daryl Martin, got too close to some elephants and paid with his life. Still, something amazing happened in the midst of elephants charging, autopsy, wake, service of memory, and burial. All 75 of our Iris children who live on site in 5 homes have lost both parents. They have suffered loss compounded by rejection and abandonment. The children suffered another loss, and yet this time they are older and able to process. There was great wailing and crying.

January 2011 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

"I would say that we are in a season of shifting gears, or perhaps more specifically ‘the teenage years.’  Funnily enough, God has given us a prophetic picture in our own Iris children, who are blossoming all around us into young men and women. They need a lot of tending and encouragement. They need continual prayer, for purity, and for a hunger for the things of God. They need stimulation. At times, they need to be pushed to do something that is hard. They need forgiveness, both given and received. They need dialogue, and, most of all, they need love.

April 2010 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

"The clear blue skies with intense sunshine return once again over Bangula as the rainy season draws to a close. The rains have not been much to brag about this year, at least here in the southern district of Malawi. In fact, the lack of rain has caused great concern among thousands of families who have had their crops destroyed by the drought during December and January. Some fortunate enough to have found more seed, have persisted, planting again, yet have very little to show.

December 2009 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

“Our Iris Malawi base is growing and changing. The walls are going up on four new children’s homes. This will mean big changes for everyone, including our new children and house parents.  We will double our number in terms of beds, food, uniforms, schooling, clothes…everything!  Other new buildings include a home for Timothy Makwalo, our Bible school director, and a home for Daryl and Rebecca Martin, who have come to host our visitors. Our Visitor Centre is up and running, with beds for 16, a kitchen, showers, and a lovely rondavel outside where there always seems to be a lovely breeze.

June 2009 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre Update

Hello from Malawi! Here in Bangula, right in the southern tip of Malawi, we are so privileged to be part of what God is doing. We recently graduated 50 pastors at the Bible school, and sent them out from one end of the country to the other. We pray for lasting fruit in their families, churches, and villages. We have four children’s homes on site, with 12 children in each home along with their Malawian house parents. The kids are growing in all ways. It is great to see them grow physically after some months of good food. At school, they are growing in their capacity to learn.

December 2008 Southern Malawi Ministry Centre

"Iris Malawi has grown significantly in the last year. We have completed
our two primary school buildings, and a kitchen / dining room facility
that will serve both the bible school and the primary school, as well as
the many staff. With 50 children on site, 50 student pastors, and
many workers, there is a constant buzz of activity. A dormitory for
visitors is well under construction, as well as a house for Timothy and his family (one of our national leaders who is directing the bible school).

March 2007 Southern Malawi Ministry Center Update

Update: March 2007

Iris Malawi is active in feeding the hungry both physically and spiritually. As a result of the flooding this year we have had to increase the physical feeding. It is amazing how God has used people from Australia, Canada and the United States to provide food for his hungry children. The food seems to arrive just as it is needed time and again!

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