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This is a letter recently sent by Laban Mwashekele. Please pray for the work of church planting in northern Namibia after the floods have forced a relocation of two churches. Pray the Lord will provide through His people the necessary resources:

Dear all, greetings in Jesus name.

I have just done with my sabbatical leave for three months from 1 January to 1 April. I had just begun my work with fresh mind and warm heart for the Lord whom I love very much, though still resettling; the first challenge faces us as a Mission Organisation is the flood which had affected the Northern part of the Country.

Here are some pictures of water flooding Oshakati, I haven’t include part of the Northern Towns and Villages:

“According to The Namibian (that is the national news paper) of Friday the 4th of April 2008, “The Oshakati Town Council has decided that all people living in the informal settlements of Oneshila, Evululuko, Oshoopala, Kandjengedi, Uupindi, Sky Location, Eemwandi, and Kalaula will have to be relocated to less flood-prone areas in the Northern part of Town. About 76 percent of the Town’s 42 000 inhabitants live in these informal settlements according to the 2001 national population census, Mayor Katrina Shilumbu told The Namibian…”

This means that all of our two churches in Oshakati have to be relocated, this will cost us great amount of money, time and energy. This year I have to spent most of my time to Oshakati and Ondangwa to minister to these affected and very needy people. Of course, I have established a group of people to start small businesses to assist us in this regard, since around about minimum of N$ 60, 000 is urgently needed to relocate our two churches, not mentioning many of our members who have left their homes, and are now relocated in new tents established by the government and private companies who sympathised with God’s people in general.

Walvis Bay Baptist Church seem to be interest to know more as to what is going on there, and I cannot report since I am badly affected by these, it is far better for you to come up North, and meet me their, than I will take you around to get a better picture as to how you should pray. Of course pray for us in our straggling and water situation

From Laban Mwashekele