April 2024 Newsletter
WORD FROM RABBI ALEX
With all that is going on around the world and in particular with Israel, we may begin to think that evil, lies and violence may eventually win out.
But remember that the Lord is in total control of all that is going on out there. Nothing happens without His permission, and nothing takes Him by surprise.
Whatever is going on it is all furthering the divine will and Israel, you and I are part of that powerful will.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom 8:28
Set your eyes on the mountain mover and not on the mountains around you and you will quickly realize that with the Great God of Israel, we are on the winning team.
Have a wonderful day!
Important Announcement
Beginning May 1st 2024 all financial support for the Zambia Messianic Fellowship, The Jerome Fleischer School, Jerome Fleischer Orphanage and the Yalenga family support will now be sent to
Roeh Israel
PO Box 6147
Abilene, TX 79608-6147
We in Zambia would like to sincerely thank Congregation Roeh Israel Denver and Rabbi Burt Yellin and the elders for all the years the financial support went through Roeh Israel Denver.
We would also like to thank Rabbi Jay Ledbetter and his elders for taking up this important task.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact our USA administrator Maria Schmitt on zmforphanage@gmail.com
Thank you for all your support and prayers.
Alex Yalenga
ZMF NEWS
We are happy to announce three more small congregations being born among the Lemba Jews in Central Zambia.
With Rabbi Mendel of the Chabad office in Zambia.
We joined the local Jewish community in commemorating the Holocaust Memorial Day in Lusaka and the United Nations Zambia office also extended an invitation for us to attend another Holocaust Memorial hosted by the United Nations and attended by several ambassadors accredited to Zambia.
With some of the ambassadors and Zambian government officials at the United Nations commemoration of the Holocaust in Lusaka.
With the British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Whooley and below with the French ambassador to Zambia Francois Goldblat.
CONGREGATIONS.
Worship and passover at Beth Messiah in Lusaka and below our congregation in Malawi.
SCHOOL
Officially we now have 1st grade all the way to 12th grade. We thank our God and sponsors for making this possible.
Our children at the orphanage and Day school are doing well and we now have about 360 children under our care.
Some of the children are in tertiary education and one just graduated is now a mechanic.
Some of the students learning to perfect their cooking skills at the Jerome Fleischer day school.
We held a mass birthday for all of our children at the school and orphanage home. Many of the orphans dont know their actual birthday and every year we see to it that they enjoy a birthday. Many thanks to our sponsors who help to make this happen.
ORPHANAGE
The children at our orphanage continue to grow spiritually, physically and academically. Some of the children are now in the worship team, others play musical instruments in the worship team and some have joined the dance team.
THE YALENGA FAMILY
Thank you for your support and prayers we are all doing well.
PRAYER POINTS- Please join us in prayer for the following:
- Good health of all the children and staff
- Growth and wellbeing of all the congregations that make up ZMF.
- Protection, prosperity and salvation of the Zambian traditional Jewish community.
- Salvation of Zambia’s Muslim community and African tribal communities
- Open doors for the gospel especially among African Kings and queens.
- Pray for continued sponsorship for our Shalom Zambia radio outreach and that it will bear fruit among the 2.5 million listeners.
- Finances for ministry needs, including a sponsor for each child under our care, financial support for the Yalenga family and for the needs of the other congregations under the Zambia Messianic Fellowship covering.
NEEDS
- $80 a month will allow a child to stay at our orphanage giving them a safe place, warm bed, three meals a day and school. Children will be taken in after a sponsor is found.
- $30/Month will sponsor feed and educate one orphan for the whole month at our elementary day school.
- $45/month will sponsor, feed and educate one orphan for the whole month at our secondary school.We still have many children in need of sponsors.
- $90 will sponsor one radio outreach program to over 2.5 million people.
- $150 will help pay the monthly wage of one teacher at the orphanage day school.
- $6 will buy a bible for a new believer.
- Monthly support for the Yalenga family who are in full time ministry taking care of several congregations, an Orphanage, a school, outreach, discipleship and raising new leaders.
- $100 to help build a playground for our orphanage.
Thank you for being a blessing.
Shalom, Shalom.
For more information contact
zmforphanage@gmail.com
To Donate
Donations are tax deductible in the USA and are received with thanksgiving. For tax-deductible contributions in the United States, write checks (please designate Zambia) to:
Roeh Israel
PO Box 6147
Abilene, TX 79608-6147
Those in the UK (and Europe) can now support the work here in Zambia in £ or euros (cheque, money order). Cheques should be made to B’Nai Maccabim (http://www.bnaimac.co.uk) with Zambia on the back.
If you have questions or are looking for possibilities of supporting the ministry, sponsoring an orphan, being involved in our Graciousness Extended program or supporting the Yalenga family, please contact Maria Schmitt at zmforphanage@gmail.com or 719-487-9061.
When you donate to the Zambia Messianic Fellowship you can be sure that you are contributing to an organization that is witnessing to the lost, discipling believers, raising new leaders, taking care of orphans, planting congregations around Zambia, fighting anti-Semitism, teaching the church about their Hebrew roots and responsibility to Israel and to the Jewish people, lobbying government for biblical values and helping the poor masses with viable economic activities.
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Shalom.
