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Dear
Friends,
Thank you all for praying for the Malawian Presidential and
Parliamentary Elections! They
were an undeniable success and a model for the rest of
Africa
. President Bingu wa Mutharika
remains
Malawi
’s president and the whole country rejoiced.
We are so pleased that
Malawi
can look forward to the next 5 years of peace and growth.
 Thank
you also for praying to Vasco Sylvester, one of the street boys from
Blantyre
, who went to
Chicago
for heart surgery. His surgery
was a complete success and his once enlarged heart is already humming
nicely along in his little body. He
is gaining strength everyday. He
will remain in
America
for the next few months for follow-up tests and recovery.
You can continue to follow his story at www.vascosheart.blogspot.com
.
 One
African experience that is hard to evade is bites from little crawling and
flying creatures. Kerry
experienced this firsthand this month when she woke up with a small bite
on her arm that quickly spread and infected the lymph nodes.
The wound grew alarmingly big and she was put on a strong dose of
antibiotics. The likely
culprit was the violin spider. Kerry
recently had an operation that removed the dead tissue and is now
recovering at home. Please
pray that she makes a full recovery.
Our final prayer request is an important one.
We are so thankful to the churches and individuals that have
faithfully supported our family over the years.
We have to admit that the Global Economic Crisis has affected
everyone in some way and our family is no exception.
We have made changes in our missions’ budget to cut back as much
as possible but we have still fallen into debt in 2009.
We are asking if the Lord lays it upon your heart to help us
financially in any way, please send any donations to the PAOC
International Office in our name. It
will go toward keeping our family on the field.
If you are unable to help financially, please pray that the Lord
will provide for all our needs. We
don’t feel that our time here is finished and with the Lord’s help, we
pray we can continue to minister in
Malawi
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With Love,
Glen and Kerry Halliwell
PAOC
Malawi
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