Poidevin, Paul & Eunice

Paul and Eunice are active in:
• Gospel outreach in rural areas, supporting and encouraging Zambians who are reaching out into new areas, supplying tracts, calendars, gospel literature, and bicycles to help in gospel outreach, as well as working alongside them in this work.
• Bible teaching in the local assemblies and local and general conferences. They work alongside fellow missionaries and Zambian elders in consecutive Bible studies at conferences for Bible teaching, teaching Sunday school teachers how to better teach the children, and believers how to best reach out with the gospel of the Lord Jesus. They have developed together with fellow workers and Zambian elders the Kabompo River Bible Conference Centre, KRBCC, at Samafunda for more consistent teaching of assemblies in the area plus boys’ and girls’ camp and youth work for Secondary School students.
• Leading a team of Zambians to produce a retranslation of the Bible into the Luvale language. The New Testament has been completed and published, and nearly half of the Old Testament has been translated.
• Translation work, of small booklets and tracts, as well as publishing and supplying books, hymnbooks, and Bibles for the northwest of Zambia.
• Guiding and supporting the Kayombo Boarding Secondary School, together with a board of assembly believers. This school, built by the government, but managed by the assemblies as a mission Christian school, now has over 400 students in residence, and 29 teachers.

Commending Church

Chapman Valley Gospel Hall, Sundridge, Ontario (Valens Gospel Hall, Hamilton; Highbury Gospel Hall, London)

Country

Zambia

Province From

Ontario

PRAYER ITEMS

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May 2022

An urgent need

Kayombo Boarding Secondary School is bursting at the seams with students, who come for quality education and high standards. We are thankful for the Christian teachers at the school. We…

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Jan 2022

Audio New Testament

The audio New Testament will soon be ready. Please pray that when it is received here in Zambia, the Word of God will give light to understand the coming of…

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Aug 2021

Scripture memorizing

We have offered a Luvale New Testament to all who will memorize the 36 verses of John chapter 3. One of the translators shared with us how his eyes filled…

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May 2021

Luvale audio version

We have been praying for a Luvale audio version of the New Testament. These prayers are now being answered. Pray for all of the voice talent, as well as the…

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Mar 2021

Joshua and Judges

Please pray for the Luvale Bible retranslation work. We began another four-week session together by all getting tested for COVID-19 so we can work closely. We would like to print…

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Feb 2021

A second wave

Zambia is going through a second wave of COVID-19. Please pray for the believers’ spiritual health and that they will take opportunities to reach others who are not ready for…

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Aug 2020

Lockdown

The lockdown was difficult in our area as people had finished their maize from last year and had not yet harvested this year’s crop. We purchased mealie-meal, salt, oil, masks,…

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Dec 2019

Preparing the fields

Almost 90 believers gathered at the conference centre this past week, to prepare the fields and plant maize to eat at conferences and camps next year. We look to God…

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Oct 2019

Good progress

We have made good progress in this session of translating Scripture. Please pray that we will have fresh wisdom from the Lord, so that the translation would be faithful to…

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Sep 2019

A bush conference

We just returned from Mitete, after an encouraging bush conference. Five assemblies gathered, and many unbelievers came during the evenings. It was a tremendous opportunity to preach the Gospel, and…

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Aug 2019

Work with the youth

We have been encouraged with some blessing seen in the work with the youth recently. The last two boys’ camps saw the Lord at work in the hearts of the young…

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Jul 2019

Kayombo Boarding Secondary School

In the last set of national exams, Kayombo Boarding Secondary School had a 100% pass rate! The school’s high standards and consistent teaching of Scriptures is being recognized through the…

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Jun 2019

Fresh traslation

We thank the Lord that the launch of the Luvale New Testament went well. There were over 200 people in attendance, from government offices and churches. Please continue to pray…

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Feb 2019

Luvale New Testament arrived

Rejoice with us that we have in our hands the fresh translation of the Luvale New Testament! Many Zambians and mission workers who laboured on this work are now in…

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Nov 2018

‘School of Excellence’

Kayombo Boarding Secondary school has been recognized as a ‘School of Excellence’, one of only three in the whole NW province of Zambia. The number of students is increasing, as…

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Mar 2018

Luvale manuscripts

Along five elders we have completed a month of carefully reviewing the translation of the New Testament in Luvale. We submitted the corrected manuscripts to the Zambia Bible Society. The…

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Sep 2017

Final stage

One of the Luvale translators spoke at a recent conference and used the final draft of the New Testament translation to read from. It was encouraging to see how the…