Greetings from Luanshya!
We have made mention in the past that October has been nicknamed "Suicide Month" because of the intense heat as well as end of school year pressure.
This past week there have been a number of suicides mentioned in the press.
One young man was a manager in one of the government newspapers. He climbed to the top of a four story building and simply jumped off leaving a wife and young baby behind. Another case was of a 17-year old grade 7 student who had impregnated his girl friend. When the parents of the girl showed up at his house to talk with his parents, he ran out the door and into the woods and hanged himself using a tree vine. There is so much waste in the loss of young people who take their own lives because of depression or guilt.
Perhaps one of our greatest challenges is to encourage our young people to have hope in the Lord and a purpose for living.
Sherry has just completed a two month series of lessons on End Times. As she completed the last lesson, the young people began to realize that there is a purpose, there is a hope and God has given us both. Sadly, we cannot reach them all and not all we reach will listen. Yet, we invest our time in the lives of these young people with the hope that many will come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour.
The library has been busy. Three young ladies who are taking Bible classes have been coming in to study on the Tabernacle. We have a number of excellent resource describing the structure and purpose. They have been utilizing all of them and taking copious notes. We trust that these studies will be more than just Old Testament history and that they will be able to make application in their lives as Jesus Christ is our Tabernacle.
Three local church leaders were in the library utilizing the various resources in preparation for messages this Sunday. Brother Kafula is preparing a message on Genesis 3. Brother Katongo is preparing a series of lessons on effective Bible study while Brother Muke is doing an in-depth study on Angels. We are pleased to see our resources being used. Every day there are people coming by to see what is happening in the Christian Resource Centre. We are blessed with the privilege of being able to offer these resources free of charge to those who want to spend time in the Word.
Exams! Students in grade seven will begin their final exams next Monday. The exams will take approximately two weeks to complete. Grades nine and twelve will begin taking their exams in late November. Please pray for our children from the Lighthouse who will be taking the grade seven exams.
The Fellowship Chapel sanctuary is up to the top of the door level. Today the contractor was pouring a ring of concrete along the top of the building which will serve as the lintels for windows and doors. By the end of the week, Lord willing, the walls will be completed and the next stage will begin-the trusses and roof. We are excited to see the progress and the community is surprised with how quickly the work is being completed. Please pray for Mr. Musonda and the students from Mobile Missionary Maintenance Training Centre.
As always, your prayers are deeply appreciated.
In His Service,
Patrick & Sherry
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This is a regular (almost) update of the multi-faceted ministry of Patrick and Sherry Coleman who serve the Lord in Zambia, Africa.
About Us
Patrick was born and raised in the Los Angeles area of California. He moved to Lubumbashi, Zaire, (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1985. In 1991 he was evacuated from Lubumbashi because of civil unrest. Patrick based his family in Luanshya, Zambia.
Sherry was born and raised in a Jewish home in New Jersey. She came to know the Lord as her Messiah and personal Saviour when she was 17. She came to Zambia in 1990 to administrate a correspondence Bible school. She also taught in area schools and in churches.
They met and were married on August 1, 1997.
Today both Patrick and Sherry Coleman serve the Lord together in Zambia. Their ministry responsibilities have grown. They own and operate the Lighthouse Children's Home with six AIDS orphans, they have opened their personal library to the public in Luanshya through the Christian Resource Centre, Sherry still has a correspondence Bible school and Patrick still works with local church leaders as well as serving in leadership at Fellowship Chapel in Luanshya.
Note from the Web Guy
Greetings from the Web presence of the Coleman Ministry. Please check the archives for any posts you may have missed.
This is the Colemans' oldest son, who is responsible for this website. My father refers to himself as "Technologically Reclined". Despite my best efforts to make posting to this site as easy and quick as possible, he insists on using the worst method available and occasionally forgetting to notify me for more than a year.As a result, sometimes posts get added in the background. They do not hit the front page, which only shows the latest update I have received, reformatted, and republished. As of this writing, I have a dozen posts to put up and back-date, and more coming in. I estimate that I will finish this effort by late July. Maybe not this year, but it will be a July.
So please, peruse the archives.