In 2012 Kenneth and Christine Nsona, seeing a great need to support the children of their hometown of Blantyre, Malawi, founded a daycare program that today supports 100-150 children ages 2 to 4, with an energetic curriculum that includes engaging them in needed preschool lessons, singing, socializing, and just having fun. Many of these children have been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Malawi. They are fed a nutritious vitamin fortified lunch before they are dismissed for the day at noon.

Kenneth and Christine financially support this program that includes four teachers, four helpers, two cooks, a guard, books, school supplies, food, and the rental of the classroom. Funds come from the couple’s farming and the raising and selling of pigs and chickens to the local markets. Over the years, the couple have enhanced their ability to farm year-round by using modern irrigation techniques supported by sound water management utilizing well water that is pumped, using solar power, into enclosed cisterns.

This whole enterprise is constantly challenged by the unpredictability of nature and the local selling markets for their livestock. Add to this the fact that Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa with one of the most under-supported and ill-equipped national healthcare systems in the world. The international pandemic has caused many disruptions to the lives and livelihoods of Malawi. Schools, including this program, have been interrupted at various times over this last year. Throughout the years and despite many challenges, Kenneth and Christine have persistently cared for and supported these children through love and dedication, acting on their faith that God calls us to help all those in need.

Additional financial support of this ministry has come from generous donations by Westminster members and, more recently, funding from the annual Westminster Outreach budget. In 2019, through this generous giving, Kenneth was able to purchase and install an additional water cistern to support irrigating more acreage of his crops, thus increasing the sustainability of his farming enterprise as well as the school. Funding of this kind has allowed his and Christine’s ministry to flourish and grow.

This and many other Westminster outreach mission partners that are supported both financially and through helping hands, here and abroad, receive and utilize Westminster’s gifts with grateful hearts. As we all look forward to the years to come, may we keep in our prayers Kenneth and Christine’s childcare program and the many other extended ministries of Westminster that serve to enlarge God’s kingdom here and around the world. Our church is truly blessed to be a blessing to others.

– Paul Conley