As we approach the Passover service, I pray that all of us in God's Church can seriously understand the need to truly put on Jesus Christ, whose suffering and death we will be commemorating. This is a time when we not only recommit our obedience and loyalty to our Savior through the symbols of His suffering and death but also how we relate one to another in humility and service through the foot washing service. May God grant us a deeper understanding and a more active application of the symbolism of the Passover service.

Friday evening is the "Night to Be Much Observed." The spirit of the evening is quite different as we celebrate a time of deliverance from sin and its consequences (death) with rejoicing. We are victorious over sin. As the Israelites departed Egypt, which pictured sin, we, too, depart from a life of sin on our journey to the Promised Land. They left celebrating with a "high hand" as we also should. While we do not conduct a service on this evening, let's not neglect to make remarks about the meaning of this evening to those gathered. Along with prayer over the meal we should take a few moments to highlight the event of the Exodus.

We are in Lilongwe, Malawi, as I write. Our trip to Africa has been gratifying as we see the growth of the churches in this part of the world.

Our first stop was in the Johannesburg, South Africa, congregation which continually has new people coming to fellowship with us. Last Sabbath 59 were gathered. The new Gauteng choir made their debut performance this day.

I'm thankful for the leadership that I see in the Church. Three fine deacons Jason Webster, Arthur Fisher and Flip Roos serve the brethren and area. A new congregation has formed in Bloemfontein.

I became acquainted with Jason and Monique Webster in January 2011 when we started rebuilding the Johannesburg church. They have ably cared for this congregation and have given of themselves beyond measure to the people.

We now have the Beyond Today television program airing each Sunday at 8:30 am on Cape Town television channel 6. It is also on DSTV 263 and seen on satellite throughout the country as well as other neighboring countries where subscribers can pick up this DSTV channel. Jason Webster edits each Beyond Today episode by inserting local contact information. It takes him one to four hours to do each episode. So far 82 episodes have been aired in the past year and a half. Each week he downloads the BT program from the home office, edits it and sends it on to Cape Town TV. The program that airs in South Africa is exactly the same episode that airs in the United States for that week. Jason and I recorded a podcast about the process of producing Beyond Today for African viewers.

We were also able to spend time with Isella Wallis who ably manages the affairs of the South African Office. She performs many tasks that include maintaining our subscriber database, bookkeeping, subscriber development and fulfillment. She answers e-mails and calls from readers. She also arranges needed travel for our ministry. Isella works closely with us at the home office for technical support.

At the moment we are in Lilongwe and will be here for the Passover, Night to be Much Observed and the First Day of Unleavened Bread. Several years ago we purchased a property here that we use for church. We are renovating it as part of a joint Good Works/LifeNets project. We have built a series of shops along the frontage of the very busy road. Aaron and Michelle Dean were here in January for the opening of the Internet café. The grocery store is now working and the revenue stream is very positive. The profits of our little "strip mall" will generate revenue for church functions in Lilongwe.

Follow our journey on our TravelPod blog at http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/victorkubik/17/tpod.html

Pray for our brethren in these faraway areas with whom we share a kindred spirit. Let's not forget them.

At this same time Jorge de Campos is on a mission traveling through Brazil and Angola, Africa. He left early Monday morning. He plans to visit the printing company located in Manaus which prints our magazine in Brazil. He will then visit brethren in Maloca de Moscou (Northern Brazil) and fulfill new visit requests and keep the Passover with them as well as the First Day of Unleavened Bread. After that he will do a new visit request in Southern Brazil from where he will fly to Luanda, Angola, to visit Sabbath-keepers in that area, address whatever questions they have and conduct a number of training sessions. Upon his return to Brazil he will do some more visiting of prospects and new visit requests, with Giovane Macedo, a member in Brazil. You can read about his ongoing journey at http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/jorgedecampos/3/tpod.html

Another TravelPod blog is that of Scott and Gayle Hoefker's travels for the Holy Days to Colombia. They are making another pastoral visit to Montería, Medellín, Santa Rosa del Sur, and Bogotá where they will visit brethren, observe the Passover, Night to Be Much Observed and Feast of Unleavened Bread: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/gayle_hoefker/18/tpod.html

I wish you all a profitable and most meaningful Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.