Wathabu Simfukwe

I am pleased to call this man my friend – Wathabu Simfukwe is the Principal of Samfya Bible School. I would call him a bit of a philosopher, a deep thinker, but a thinker whose mind is on the gospel and seeing the local church flourish in Bemba speaking Zambia. He is not one to do things just because someone says you should – rather he will do what he sees is clearly in line with God’s Word. There is a common bond with this man – he thinks and sees life through the lens of scripture and his heart is with the rural church that has so many struggles. Wathabu’s leadership is needed to help the bible school continue to grow the spiritual depth of this ministry and accordingly the spiritual depth of the local churches. His desire is to see churches that are scripture based, not just repeating some tradition, but rather living out the Word of God. Wathabu is a humble man that God has raised up for this important ministry.

 

The picture of Wathabu has him sitting at his computer which is giving him significant problems. This is limiting his capacity to get everything done that is required of him. He really needs a new computer which would cost around 10,000 Kwacha (approx.. NZ$1600). This is an urgent need so please pray with us that this can be met.

I have just been told it is Wathabu's birthday tomorrow - what a way to make his day if we were able to fulfil this need!

We have travelled over 700kms to Lusaka today and managed to purchase another 120 Bemba Bibles. These will help with student sponsorships. Lusaka is a mad and busy city, with rich and poor, and huge needs of its own. There is currently a student studying at Samfya from here - he initially came for a one week block course, stayed an extra month and then the whole term. He will continue his studies next year and finish the one year programme. There are significant numbers of Bemba speakers here in Lusaka and so the ministry of the Bible School is also hitting the big cities! Please keep praying!