This is the word of the Lord

Marcel is a young man with little education and he makes his living riding a bike-taxi around Kamembe. Until recently, he was living behind someone’s uninhabited house, in accommodation resembling a stable. This was rent-free(!) in exchange for him providing a basic security service by being there at night.
Thanks to the generosity of Milford Church in the UK, we were able to buy a simple house for Marcel and a few others in his community - these cost less than £500 each. We visited the church last week and they had a surprise party for us afterwards to say “thank you”. In the speeches which always follow food on such occasions, Marcel spoke very simply but powerfully. “Thank you for being the hands God used to help me and others”, he said.
This encapsulates what we hope to be the spirit of our work here and indeed the calling of Christians everywhere – we are simply to be God’s hands in the communities where we live. Too often here we are regarded simply as a source of money : last Sunday, Marcel gave us a different view – this is indeed the word of the Lord.