October 2022
Report
INTRODUCTION
We send our greetings to you all brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ! We give honor and glory to God who has given us this rare opportunity to work in His Kingdom. This is another good time to report what is happening at BVBI-Zambia during the month of October 2022.
GRADUATION CEREMONY (2022)
BVBI-Zambia organized the 3rd graduation day on October 22, 2022. The graduation ceremony was attended by many brethren around the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Just to make the graduation day more meaningful, women from Chiwempala church of Christ sang a Bemba song encouraging the graduates to go and fearlessly preach the word.
We were also grateful that our coordinator, Brother Donnie Estep, and Brother Paul Gidden from Woodland Oaks graced this momentous occasion. Being our guest of honor, Paul Gidden gave a keynote speech during the ceremony. Donnie also gave some encouraging words to all of us and especially to the graduates.
Eleven men completed two years studying with us at BVBI-Zambia and they were awarded Advanced Diplomas in Biblical Studies from Bear Valley Bible Institute International in Denver, Colorado, USA.
All the students performed extremely well. Four men graduated with distinctions and four others graduated with merits while the rest graduated with credits. We have seen an improvement in the passing rate of these students.
Lackson Muwindwa and Gershom Chansa will be working with Chiwempala Church of Christ. Leaders from Chiwempala attended the Graduation ceremony and they handpicked Lackson and Gershom to go and work with the church there.
Boyd Kalaba will remain in Luanshya and help the church in the district.
Jelly Siawaza goes back to Livingstone, Southern Province of Zambia where he will be working with a certain congregation.
Daniel Kapata goes back to teach at one of the Government schools in Zimba, Southern Province of Zambia. Daniel was one of the excellent students. He is not only excellent in academics, but he has also become a very good preacher.
The rest of the graduates have eagerly gone back to work with their respective congregations. We continue to solicit your prayers for these young men.
Added to the Lord’s Body
It was with much happiness that we saw five souls put on Christ in baptism in the month of October. It is always such a joy to see souls added to our family. Prayers are with these young men and two ladies.
Restorations
We saw nine souls restored in the sheepfold. We had seven restorations in Luanshya and two in Ndola. Though we had a very busy schedule due to our graduation ceremony, we never stopped evangelism and fruit came forth.
News from our alumni!
We continue to receive positive and very encouraging reports from our alumni. Hornbye Mupengu reports from Ndola that he has been quite busy with personal evangelism. He is also one of the workers involved with World Bible School. Apart from recruiting students for World Bible School, he has also set up a number of Bible studies in different homes of Christians and non-Christians in his hometown of Ndola.
As we mentioned in our previous communiqués that Hornbye is not the only graduate who is busy preaching the Gospel. Nelson Sikazindu, Austin Musonda, and Joseph Ilunga are also doing the same. Nelson and Austin preach for congregations in Mpongwe and Baluba districts respectively. Joseph Ilunga preaches for Sakania church of Christ. Sakania is a small town bordering the DRC.
Conclusion
Thank you to all our visitors for their presence at our graduation ceremony, and a big thank you to Donnie Estep who represented the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Denver, and Paul Gidden who represented our sponsoring congregation in Woodland Oaks. Indeed we are so privileged to be in the Kingdom and our prayer to God is that He strengthens this partnership we have in this work. Without your financial help, the work here would be insurmountable. We continue to pray for the success of every good work that you do.
Thank you once again!
Brotherly,
Cephas and Fred