{"id":1939,"date":"2013-10-29T22:39:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T22:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/au\/2013\/10\/29\/scholarship-recipient-alfa-mandava\/"},"modified":"2013-10-29T22:39:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T22:39:38","slug":"scholarship-recipient-alfa-mandava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/ap\/2013\/10\/29\/scholarship-recipient-alfa-mandava\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Recipient Alfa Mandava"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Alfa Mandava, Mozambique<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sofala Bible Institute, Beira, Mozambique Bachelor\u2019s in Theology<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cPeace of the Lord to all servants of God. My prayer is that every-one who has served the Lord with their goods and their money, to be blessed by the Almighty God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is a great blessing to be a student of IBS. I do not regret having decided to take the theology course years ago. Thank God, that He has touched your institution to help me with financial support to complete my studies. Thank you for this helping hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I feel like before I was a blind person, and now, through my studies I have a clearer understanding. I can already tell when something is wrong or right. Even in my church, I can discern some doctrinal mistakes, which I did not realize before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1938\" src=\"https:\/\/aimint.org\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/10\/alfa-mandava.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alfa Mandava\" title=\"Alfa Mandava\" width=\"308\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimint.org\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/10\/alfa-mandava.png 308w, https:\/\/aimint.org\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/10\/alfa-mandava-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If I was not studying the Bible, I would not be able to positively influence the members of my church.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I would like to continue my studies in IBS and if possible one day, who knows, studying at the higher levels. I count on the help of the Holy Spirit and with your goodness to renew my scholarship for 2013.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(Alfa is one of sixteen students receiving scholarship awards at the Sofala Bible Institute. This school was started by AIM missionaries 25 years ago. It is being used by God to place its graduates in a variety of settings to build and strengthen the Church in Mozambique.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Also, Alfa is one of the sixteen women who have received ATF Scholarships for this coming school year. Women are serving in a variety of ministries in the churches AIM has partnerships. They are leading congregations in children and women\u2019s work. They are being used in counselling youth. Some are teaching in colleges and universities. Others are receiving training in social work so they can be used in showing Christ\u2019s compassion to abused and neglected children.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pray that there would be a continued and growing interest in the churches of Africa to utilize and train women, as well as men, in the work of the Lord.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Author: David Rondeau<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Gifts to the Advanced Training Fund<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Gifts can be given towards this fund to support students training for leadership.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Contact Robbyn Lesleighter, adminfinance.aus@aimint.net, 02 4322 4777, to arrange direct debit, internet banking, or credit card payments. Cheques can be made out to Africa Inland Mission International (Aust.) Inc. and posted to PO Box 328 Gosford NSW 2250. You can also use the &#8220;<a href=\"give.html\">Give<\/a>&#8221; tab on this website to donate online.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Please quote Project Number IO-135<\/strong> to indicate it is a gift to the Advanced training fund.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">November 2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfa Mandava, MozambiqueSofala Bible Institute, Beira, Mozambique Bachelor\u2019s in Theology \u201cPeace of the Lord to all servants of God. My prayer is that every-one who has served the Lord with their goods and their money, to be blessed by the Almighty God. It is a great blessing to be a student of IBS. 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