Malawi Mission Network | Day of Prayer and Fasting | Sept 20

The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) reports that Malawi continues to experience heavy rains (since January, 2015). The flooding, combined with heavy storms, has damaged crops, food items, household assets, livestock, road networks, houses, boreholes and toilets, and has destroyed many homes. More than 70,000 people have been affected, and at least 48 people have died. The Malawi Mission Network (a PCUSA partner) is organizing a day of prayer and fasting, and is coordinating donations for relief through PDA.

 

Barbara Nagy, the PCUSA Mission Doctor that GCPC helps support, said, "the food situation in Malawi this coming hunger season is going to be catastrophic. Without outside assistance, many

people will die of starvation or suffer irreversible problems due to sever malnutrition, particularly young children. Whereas I'm convinced of the appropriateness of the PCUSA directive to focus on underlying issues of poverty and food security, in this situation we will need direct food aid. Therefore, please do pray and fast, please join us in our efforts to mobilize resources, and above all, thank you for all you do to love, support and walk with the church in Malawi" 

 

For more information and how you can help, check out the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Malawi website.

Dr. Barbara Nagy Update

Read about Dr. Barbara Nagy, doctor at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi, and her ministry at http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/missionconnections/nagy-barbara/

As well as praying for Barbara and the ministry of the hospital, remember also oldest daughter Melia, member of the US Navy; middle daughter Anna, graduating from high school in June; and youngest daughter Happy.

Contributions for Barbara Nagy's Mission Work in Malawi

After hearing Dr. Barbara Nagy speak last week about the amazing progress being made in maternal/child health care in Malawi, people have asked how to make contributions to her work.  It's easy: Write a check to GCPC with "Barbara Nagy mission" on the note line, place it in the offering plate, or send it to the church bookkeeper. Thank you!

Meet Barbara Nagy, Our Malawi Mission Partner!

Who is Barbara Nagy?

 

--Physician trained in internal medicine and pediatrics

--PCUSA mission coworker for 14 years, the past ten at Nkhoma, Malawi, Nkhoma Hospital. --Medical school at Emory in Atlanta, and just recently finished a Masters in Public Health, also at Emory (Rollins School of Public Health).  

--Blessed to call the Presbytery of Western NC home!  Home congregation: First Presbyterian Morganton

--Family:  Melia, age 20, joining the US Navy in November 2014, Anna, almost 17, returning to Rift Valley Academy in Nairobi, Kenya to do her Senior year of High School, then returning to the US to enter college, and Happy, age 9, continuing primary school in Malawi with mom. 

 

After worship on July 20, Barbara will meet any interested congregation members and present information about her mission work in the Library. Be sure to join us and learn more!

June 22: Nickel-a-Meal Collection

On Sunday, June 22, our children be taking up the Nickel a Meal collection after worship.  This simple program provides us with a daily reminder of the blessing of food that we have and the opportunity to share a nickel at each meal so that others may also be blessed. The money is distributed through the Presbytery to places far and wide.  Recently, $16,764 to be sent to Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi for food for the Children’s Ward.

Profile: Mission in Malawi: Meet Dr. Barbara Nagy

The Nagy family

Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi

Dr. Barbara Nagy, of Morganton, NC, has been a mission specialist (internal medicine and pediatrics) of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi, Africa since 2004.  We at GCPC support her and the hospital along with ~40 other churches from the Presbytery of WNC (PWNC).  She writes fascinating newsletters about the mission at Nkhoma Hospital and life in general in the remote reaches of Malawi. Read this series of letters here.  Barbara’s family includes three adopted daughters: Melia (18) and Anna (16), both born in China, and Happiness (7),  born in Malawi.

 

Barbara and her family have just returned to The States and will be living at Mission Haven in Decatur GA for two years, while she gets a Master in Public Health at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.  This will equip her for even better ministry on her return to Malawi.  In the meantime, Melia begins Rhodes College, Anna will be a sophomore at Decatur High School, and Happy happily starts the second grade.

Contact Ginnie Stevens to learn more about Barbara and Malawi (253-0159; vestevens2@gmail.com).