Tragedy at Kalulu

Our Sunday School work has suffered the loss of two children from the same church. Last year it was the Pastors son who was drowned, (see letter reprinted right). This year I had the task of delivering the body of a 16 year old girl to her final resting place, who had succumbed to malaria in the local hospital. This double tragedy serves to underscore the need for child-evangelism for death is no respecter of persons.

Do please remember in prayer our work in all it.s parts. Do remember the plight of those for whom we serve. This is the third child this mother has lost.

Pastor Joseph M. Mueke Kalulu I.F.B.C. P.O. Box 31 Nguni 7/12/2004

... to come to the theme, let me first say sorry for being late. I planned to have been there yesterday for the study but I could not make it.

On Saturday at around 4.30 pm 4-12-04 my child of 14 years old fell into a water hole and unfortunately died. The burial has been taking place over Sunday and Monday and I had to bear with the situation.

That is my reason as to why me and my students never attended the study...

(EDITORS NOTE)
I was amazed to receive this letter. How that in the midst of such a tragedy this Pastor could even be thinking of the Seminar. And yet the letter only crystallises the acceptance of death and the courage in the midst of life's trials African people exhibit. In very many things we could learn from them in things Spiritual and things temporal.