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Western Wedding without Lobola
A wedding invitation from Canada to attend Maria and Roy Bartle’s wedding on January 4, 2023 in Ingwenya was my main reason for visiting Zimbabwe last December and January, the second I attended there in two weeks. Maria Kerkhoff has been employed as teacher at the...
Prayer Meetings in Mashonaland
On recent visits to our Mission location in Mashonaland, I had the privilege, while visiting New Canaan, Maware and Chiedza, in being able to attend prayer meetings held there by our minister, Rev Trycot Mwedzi (see picture 1). His sphere of labour extends out from...
A Turn of the Year in Zimbabwe, Everdien Schalk
From December 7, 2022 to January 4, 2023, we, Annemarie Visser and I, went to Mbuma. There is a lot to tell about our visit to Mbuma. About the bumpy roads, about the work in the hospital, the heavy showers, the dirt roads that suddenly turned into rivers, the...
Wedding With or Without Lobola
I was honoured to attend a wedding service on Thursday, December 22, 2022 in Bulawayo of Velani Moyo, a catechist at the Mbuma Mission and Gugulethu Nyoni of Bulawayo. During the four-hour trip back to Mbuma, we, Willy Geurtsen, Ronald, Nienke and I learned a lot...
Update from Mashonaland
Do you remember that Rev. Mwedzi was confirmed in the New Canaan congregation last May? He is the only minister besides Rev. Khumalo at the moment and is therefore very busy. Still, he found time to let us know how things are going now. How are you doing? Rev. Mwedzi:...
Obituary Catherine and Margaret Tallach – Rev. J.R. Tallach
Earlier this year two daughters of the late Rev John Tallach, missionary in Zimbabwe, passed away to be with their Lord. Margaret was born in Bulawayo on 19th July 1987. She was the youngest of five children and twin to Helen. Margaret spent her early years living at...