I greet you in the wonderful Name of Jesus Christ.
I hope and trust that you are doing well and flourishing in the Faith.
My recent mission to Malawi in March this year was such a rich, invigorating, and inspiring experience that I have endeavored to share with you some of the bliss, blessing, and bounty that I have enjoyed through my missionary adventures.
Without wanting to bore you (if that were possible) with information you may have no interest in or clutter your inbox with bulky mail, in this email I have just included short samples of the available picture-rich, exciting, and interesting reports that I have written for your edification.
Please find here below 4 excerpts from the respective reports that I have published on my website. Just click “read more…” to read the whole article.
I hope and trust that these reports will be a blessing to you.
Shockingly, only about 5-10% of these rural believers have a Bible of their own; in many homes there isn’t even one Bible. These folk are poor and struggle to afford the vital food for their physical survival. To put it into context, for the price of 1 bag of corn (50kg – feeds a family of 4 for 1 month) you could buy 3 Bibles. So it is really not easy for them to be able to afford to buy a Bible.
Together we discussed the Bible, searching for answers and guidance on how to be righteous enough to enter God’s Kingdom. The only answer we could find to this pressing and pertinent question was: Righteousness comes as a gift from God through faith in Christ Jesus.
When we found this answer, there were great smiles and grins of excitement (almost ecstasy) on the glistening faces of these hearts now gripped in the clutches of God’s wonderful Message of Grace – “This is Good News! We’ve got to tell somebody!”.
God has used various individuals to provide the funds needed for this Mission and for this I am immensely grateful. This report serves as an accountability structure, not only for me to be transparent, but also so that you may be informed as to the various expenses that a mission outreach of this nature involves.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my Malawi Mission reports.
Thank you again for your interest and your support.
May God richly bless you and fill you with His peace.
I was able to keep my Facebook Page: Watsons Missions updated whilst in the field. If you would like to see some of the pictures and videos I posted you could find them there.
I hope you are well. I also hope that you are ‘hanging on to your seats’ because you are about to be exhilarated by God’s awesome goodness!
Just 2 days ago I presented to you the needs that I am trusting God for in the post, Mission to Malawi – God’s Provision.
In that post I was praising God for the R6000 that I already had to cover the R20,000 expenses of the mission, but I was at the same time trusting God for at least R14,ooo more.
Please look at this update and be blessed!
Thank you for your prayers. God has proven Himself faithful over and over again. I’m glad you could experience this with me. I trust that you have been as blessed as I have in seeing God’s faithful provision.
Thank you very much to those of you who generously contributed towards this Mission to Malawi. May our Lord Jesus Who said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”, bless you abundantly and reward you for your generosity.
I greet you in the mighty and awesome Name of Jesus Christ!
I hope you are well and that you are coping with the intense speed of 2016 – where has the time gone?!
As you may know, I am preparing for a Mission to Malawi. I plan to be on the road towards the end of February and hope to be back within 4 weeks.
I am so very grateful to God for the way that He provides for missions like these. Looking back, I am overwhelmed at how faithful God is! I would like to share with you this journey of trusting God and experiencing His faithfulness. So in the run-up to the departure date, I will be posting updates on how God has been providing.
As of this moment, I already have R6000 of the total of R10680 that is needed for transportation and sustenance! This is already incredible evidence of how God has provided. However, I am still trusting God for R4680 to get me there and back. But still this is not the final amount that I am trusting God for.
I am also trusting God for R6240 to purchase 2 boxes of Chichewa Bibles. I would like to be able to buy some Chichewa Bibles from the Bible Society in Blantyre – they cost just short of R130 each and come in a box of 24. Please help me to pray and trust God for funds to purchase Bibles for needy believers in Malawi. At R3120 per box, I am trusting God for 2 boxes – R6240.
Although I have a long term plan to help Malawians overcome this hunger problem through the Bright Water Solar Irrigation Project, the people are in immediate need of food. Currently a 50kg bag of corn costs around R400. I am trusting God for enough funds to buy 10 bags – that is R4000.
I would certainly like to get the Bright Water Solar Irrigation Project up and running, but it seems I am running out of time to be able to do it on this mission. Please visit my website at www.HighLightAfrica.com to find more details about this Project.
I would earnestly request your prayers during this time of trusting God for provision. Pray also that God would go ahead of me to prepare the hearts of those I will encounter along the way and those I will be ministering to. And also pray for the people of Malawi who are suffering through this hunger season – pray that God will provide food for them to eat.
I am extremely grateful to those of you who have already given sacrificially and generously of your finances to help with the expenses of this Mission to Malawi. God uses people like you to prove Himself faithful in providing all that is needed. May God richly reward you for your generosity!
I greet you in the powerful and precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I hope and trust that you have had a great start to this new year that God has blessed us with.
I am excited to inform you about my upcoming Mission to Malawi and to update you on a pretty significant change that has come about.
Be prepared and trained to effectively share Christ’s love with their Muslim neighbours.
Some of you may know by now, but for those who don’t, I am no longer working under Frontline Fellowship. I praise God for the time that I was able to serve with Frontline and for all the lessons I have learned and the Missions trips that I was able to participate in. However, it has become clear that in order for me to pursue the calling and vision that God has placed in my heart for Malawi, it is necessary to work with an organization that shares and supports this vision.
Currently I am working on setting up a Ministry called High Light Africa (www.HighLightAfrica.com). Through this organization I hope to see the Light of the Gospel Unleashed in Malawi and in Africa – that souls may be saved, the poor and needy helped, and captives of Satan freed by the Power of Christ.
Watson’s Missions and this blog (Mike-on-a-Mission) serves its purpose by providing information and updates to friends and family who support our missionary work. This worked very well while I was working under Frontline. However, I am not comfortable to use Watson’s Missions as a name for the Mission organization that I plan to set up for the glory of the Lord. High Light Africa is a name that came to me as I sought the Lord in prayer during my recent Mission to Congo.
This Mission to Malawi will be the first mission conducted by High Light Africa. I am very grateful to those of you who financially support me as a missionary and also those who support me through prayer and encouragement. I greatly appreciate your partnership in the Gospel with me in this way. It is you who make it financially possible to conduct these mission trips.
Please pray with me that God will provide all the resources needed for this Mission to Malawi to be a success. I will soon send an update on the specific prayer requests.
Thank you for your love, your support, and prayers.
May God’s richest blessings surround you daily!