Mumena Missions

Don & Rita Boyd Rick & Karen Love

Mumena, Zambia Brian & Sondra Davis

Kandemba House Church –

Leonard Mujala
Prayer Requests Harvest time
This little congregation is located just
is a joyful time of year
near the airport in Solwezi and meets in
in Zambia. The farmers finally
the home of Mr. & Mrs. Nyevuka. The
Maturing Leaders have enough food to sell their surplus
Nyevukas used to walk a long distance to
Pray for the leaders in and buy some extras which they often do
the Messenger congregation and finally
each congregation that without (like soap and sugar). Living
thought of starting a congregation in their
they will faithfully serve close to creation constantly reminds us
home with two other families. They live
God as they lead who is truly in control.
in a large compound and will have many
people nearby with which to share the
April Servant-Hood Seminar –
New Church Rick Love
gospel. The Messenger congregation
where John Maseka preaches is fully
Plants supporting this new church plant within
Pray for the young Solwezi.
congregations that
On its first Sunday meeting, two people
they will stand
came forward to be baptized and one
restored! Twenty two people assembled
Our Team together on their first Sunday which has
Pray for the new team caused them to begin looking around for
members that are a possible room for rent or perhaps a plot
planning to come next Stephen Kawisha – One of the Students for the of land on which to build. I visited the
April Seminar
year: other congregations in town to encourage
Sam & Ellie Rodriguez In April, we invited 20 men to come and them to be visiting this new congregation.
Jeremy & Whitney Davis continue learning the Word of God. We Solwezi is a mining town that is growing in
Jason & Erin Davis had three classes for one month. First, population. English is well spoken there.
Garry Montgomery came from America We hope to have a major distribution of
to teach about servant leadership. World Bible School material in Solwezi
Community Second, Brian and Rick taught the book later this year. I know that you will join
Relationship of Acts. Finally, each student took his me in prayer that God will give a great
Pray that we will grow turn to practice teaching a section from harvest!
Acts.
closer to the people as a
part of the community Each of the leaders continues to grow in
his commitment to God and serving
others in his community.

Matthew and Emily in a tree
Emily’s First Birthday Cake
(Bryson Davis in back)
Lydia with Her Stuffed Animals
The Road-Work Crew
Contact us:
Boyds: dboyd@coppernet.zm
Loves: rickandkarenlove@hotmail.com
Davises: brsdavis@coppernet.zm
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that they can help themselves with the
Matenda! – Brian Davis
help of God is a big step in the process of
overcoming “a poverty of being” that is
well entrenched in our people group. As
Chief Mumena recently shared with me,
“The Kaonde are a noble people with
many talents. They just need to re-find
themselves again.” The word matenda
may be a language key that helps them to
do just that!
Community Volunteers Working on Their Road
Brian, Sondra, Noah, &
Each year the rains threaten to wash
away our 2 mile dirt road from the paved
Bryson
highway to our village where we live.
Three years ago, Leonard Mujala
mentioned a word in KiiKaonde that
might help in the road’s annual repair:
matenda. The meaning of this word
exists in numerous cultures here in Africa
and most language groups have a single
word for this idea. I haven’t found a
single word for this concept in English.
Perhaps the closest phrase that we have
brsdavis@coppernet.zm
is “a barn raising”.
The idea is that the community pulls
together in a volunteer effort to We are on
accomplish a task that will bless the In trying to communicate with as many
whole community. During the last two people as possible, we have a team page
years, we have had from 10 to 15 on Facebook. Become a fan to keep
community volunteers come out to work updated with everything that is
together with us on the road. This year happening in Mumena:
we had around 30 volunteers! We are
prayerful that this indicates a willingness Mumena
of the community to perceive us as part Missions
of the community rather than as a
foreign aid agency. This has been a
perception problem that we have been
wrestling against since we began.
The acceptance of the road being a
community responsibility and believing
Mailing Supporting Congregation Overseeing Congregation
Address: (Boyd & Love): (Davis):
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Solwezi 535 S Clark Rd 650 E. Ambler
Zambia Cedar Hill, TX 75104 Abilene, TX 79601
(972) 291-4200 (325) 673-4565
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