WorldHope Corps

Here's a brief report on the Zowe Village Well project sponsored by Mr. Mike Ross of Central Presbyterian Church and two of his professional colleages in the USA. CitiHope Country Director Gabriel Wesley Msongole writes: Zowe is a small village in Euthini Area, Mzimba District, in Northern Region of Malawi (80km or 3 hours outside of Mzuzu). It is a remote area where there is no power (electricity); they use hurricanes for light. Zowe has a primary school and a prayer hut church in larger catchment area of 14 villages with a total population of 5,000. Zowe was brought to our attention by Rev. Copeland Nkhata who travels there to preach as part of his Methodist Circuit of Mzuzu. According to Rev. Nkhata: “Zowe is a very dry place and people suffer a lot, as they have to drink dirty water from the same ponds where animals drink, especially in dry season and this makes people more vulnerable to diseases. And a borehole would be a great solution to the problem.” On July 28 2007, a Ci...

JULY REPORT ON THE HOPE HOMES + HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS MZUZU UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Dear Rev Michael and Paul Moore Jr. We greet you with gladness of heart for the Lord Jesus has fused our heart to yours. Kindly peruse the report below. Our account had MK 70000.00 from CitiHope International. The details below reveal our expenditure. MK 59000.00 - Food for two hope homes MK 2930.00 - Transport (pick-up ferrying maize) MK 500.00 - Exam photos – Ribia MK 1300.00 - Blanket for one widow – very needy (Ester Chirwa) MK 4000.00 - School fees for Chikumbutso & Elton MK 1000.00 - food for Chipo MK 2400.00 - Administration costs Total MK 71130.00 NOTE: - we bought more maize this time to share with some orphans and vulnerable children at Masasa UMC branch as our area of influence is enlarging. The beneficiaries do meet every once a month just to pray for the future success of the project and also to invoke God in building the lives of the...

Day Two by Paul Moore Jr. PACCT was excellent today and Moira was up and at ‘em – perhaps a little more intense than she normally is. She is a genius and such a wonderful woman of God. And it was great seeing the Malawians do their thing – the kids really respond to them. “Hippo in the Water” exercise went over especially good today. We’ll see how “Problem Tree” and “Snake in the Bathroom” do tomorrow. Blessings and Kevin (from Drew University) arrived by 1:00 pm and I had them join a panel discussion on the ABC’s of HIV/AIDS. Rev. Copeland is just the guy. He came to PACCT III today just to make sure his youth were doing well and contributing. So did a few other pastors. I did my whole “be a man” thing with the guys – they kept saying women needed to learn life skills to be able to say “no” to having sex with a boy. I went off on what about our job as men – as leaders – as warriors to STOP ASKING THEM – and to create a culture of men that honors, not uses, women. They ...

One year ago I was granted a sabbatical leave from Drew University, and I returned to Drew this month refreshed and restored. Mine was an active sabbatical that included two mission trips to Malawi, one educational trip to Korea, fund-raising trips to San Francisco, Houston and Washington D.C., two trips to receive special recognitions, the release of new book, and the establishment of a permanent mission center in Malawi ---all recorded on my Blog and highlighted below: After my first trip to Malawi in August 2005 with my then 15 year-old daughter, Rachel, I felt called to return—at least for a year—to international relief and development work, particularly in relation to pastoral education and AIDS. The opportunity presented itself last summer, and with the support of my Dean at Drew, I was available to respond and engage. There is nothing like a sabbatical to rotate one’s tires and re-energize through a change of pace, focus and meaningful activity. I felt like I got back to a...

Open Conference for Korean Pastors in New York City Presentation on CitiHope International: Food aid for Malawi Ahn-nyung ha-she-yoh! [Hello]: I would like to share with you what I shared with pastors in Korea in April of this year. After lecturing at Hyupsung University, my wife and I led a 4-day pastors retreat on the spirituality of Henri Nouwen who was my teacher. During dinner conversation, I shared with Pastor Kwon my ministry in Malawi feeding AIDS orphans and abandoned children. After I shared this message, Rev. Kwon, told me God spoke to him very clearly to begin supporting Citihope every month with a $1,000 offering from his church to feed hungry orphans in Malawi. I shared the same message of how AIDS and famine were affecting the lives of one million orphans in Malawi, and what we could do to help them with Rev. and Mrs. Jongbok Kim, pastor of Yeonsoo Methodist Church, and Rev. and Mrs. Jong Soo Kim, Pastor of Sheshin Methodist Church. Tey too said they wanted to he...

In Mzuzu, the largest city in Northern Malawi, with over 100,000 people, the rest of the Osborne members were also busy. Divided into two teams, a construction team and a first aid / sewing team, they worked independently in the morning, but came together in the afternoon, to do additional ministry. The construction team helped pour a concrete floor for Mzuzu Baptist Church, and build a foundation for a building at FOMCO Orphanage, where they also installed a basketball goal, all the while taking breaks to spend valuable time playing, singing and telling Bible stories to the orphans. Meanwhile, the ladies offered first aid training and AIDS seminars at two of the secondary schools in Mzuzu, where they also gave much needed school supplies. Several area hospitals were also visited, with medical supplies being donated at each location. Stuffed animals and toys were given to children in the pediatric wards as well. Sewing machines were donated to the women’s guild of Livingstonia Synod, a...

Here’s a brief update on the Osborne mission team activities this week: Yesterday, team A received sewing lessons at Katawa CCAP; it was a wonderful moment. The team donated a sewing machine and the women were very excited. Threads, fabric, elastic, and school materials were donated to the church at Katawa, which offers Day Care, pre-primary, primary and secondary schools? Today we are winding up the activities in Mzuzu by spreading the Good News of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the streets of Mzuzu. Tomorrow we will be heading for Rumphi Kasasa Community Based Care Center and Rumphi District Hospital to cheer up the sick. Team B started painting the Cook Guest House, and Team A was at Kanjika Club for people living with disabilities and at Viyele CCAP visiting the elders feeding program. This is just a glimpse of what the teams are doing in Malawi. I should say that is it a blessing to have the entire OBC Team here with us. As you know that it becomes difficult for us to have t...