Twenty-one-year-old Yamikani Mose will never forget the night his family’s house collapsed. He was sleeping in the kitchen – a small, dilapidated, and grass-thatched room – when the termite-damaged walls fell in, leaving him with an injury to his left eye and a fractured hip bone.

It was not easy for Yamikani’s elderly parents to take him to the hospital 40 kilometers from their home or provide for his needs as he recovered. They had already been struggling financially and so they were grateful when through World Renew’s local partner Word Alive Ministry, church and community members worked to support their family. The church helped Yamikani to receive the medical care that he needed. They helped to cover the costs of food, crutches, and groceries. After Yamikani was discharged from the hospital, the church continued to support his family with food and other basic necessities. And, the community came together to repair the family’s house.

Then, to help strengthen this family for the long-term, World Renew partnered with church leaders to provide Yamikani with startup capital and a bicycle to use for a small-scale cassava and fresh maize business.

Today, Yamikani has fully recovered. Through the income from his business, he is able to provide not only for himself but also for his parents.

“I am thankful to the church and all members of the community for the support they provided during the time I was in hospital and after being discharged,” he said. “I will be supporting other people who are in need using some of the profits I get from my business.”

By Steve Sywulka

• Praise God for the rains that have fallen this year in Zambia and that farmers are looking forward to a good harvest this May.

• Pray for God’s comfort and provision for the people of Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi who lost loved ones, their homes and possessions, and their livelihoods when Cyclone Freddy swept across the region in early March.
• Pray for calming of weather systems that bring cyclones and droughts to the region. Pray too for perseverance for farming families who face the loss of their crops to extreme weather.