Send off lunch/BBQ with Family and Friends

On Sunday, 8/24/08 we had a great turn out of team members, family and friends for our team BBQ and prayer send off. We were challenged by our Team Leader, Jeff, to remember that we are first bringing the gospel and are using our medical skills as a vehicle to plant seeds for the salvation of these dear Malawian people. Our final meeting will be this Sunday, August 31, and then we are off in the wee hours of the morning (we meet at the church at 2:30 a.m.) on 9/5/08.

Team Prayer Card

On Sunday, August 17th, our team had a great time at a packing party as we packed 20+ plastic crates with medical supplies for our trip. We hope to see as many as 1800 patients while ministering in Malawi. Please pray for the health and strength of our team. Also pray that many lives will be touched spiritually as we are able to meet some of the Malawians' physical needs. Also pray for the Lord to oversee getting all those medical supplies to Malawi without any glitches as we will certainly need them when we get there! Please also pray with us that we will be an encouragement to the Biedebach family as we minister to these faithful servants. Thanks everyone for all your prayers.

The Biedebach Family, Malawi

Brian & Anita and children Church Strengthening and
Leadership Development
Serving since 1999

Most Recent Prayer/Praise
• As the church plant continues to grow,
pray that God will provide qualified
men to be discipled by Brian to become
elders in the church.
• Pray for a potential seminary or
preachers’ institute to begin in Malawi by September 2009

Chichewa Language 101

5 vowels A, E, I, O and U – If 2 vowels follow each other each retain their own pure sound.

Consonants generally have a similar sound as English with the following exceptions:
‘j’ is pronounced as ‘dj’
‘ch’ is softer than in English
‘ph’ is a breathy ‘p rather than ‘f” as in English
‘r’ is often interchangeable with ‘l’

Phrases and helpful words:
Hello - Moni
How are you? - Muli bwanji?
Fine (and you?) - Ndiri bwino (kaya inu?)
I don’t understand - Sindikumva
Thank you - Zikomo – or ziko
What’s your name? - Dzina lanu ndani?
I want…/I don’t want - Ndikufuna…/Sindikufuna
Goodbye - Khalani Bwino

animal - nyama       ·       meat - nyama
arrive - fika       ·       milk - mkaka
chicken - nkhuku       ·       mosquito - udzudzu
elephant - njobvu       ·       name - dzina
English - Chizungu       ·       near - pafupi
far - kutali       ·       no - ai
fish - nsomba       ·       person - munthu
food - kudya       ·       rain - mvula
friend - bwenzi       ·       salt - mchere
egg - dzira       ·       tent - hema
enough - basi       ·       today - lero
god - mulungu       ·       tomorrow - m’mawa
government - boma       ·       water - madzi
house - nyumba       ·       yes - inde
large - kula       ·       yesterday - dzulo
hospital/health center - chipatala