Dear brothers and Sisters, I greet you in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ. “The foundation of that which keeps people in health is the medical missionary work of good cooking.” –Medical Ministry, p. 269
We thank God very much for His lovingkindness. The year 2020 has been very difficult for all of us. No one had planned what has happened. Many lost their loved ones, jobs etc. But out of all these trials and troubles, the Lord has been gracious to us.
In this short experience, I would like to share with you how the work of cooking has reached people in many places.
We went to different places to conduct cooking and health seminars, which went well. Private classes were also given to individuals at their own homes and some came to our home. Many people who were struggling with healthful cooking now have an idea of what to cook and how to cook. Glory be to God.
Besides cooking we also reached out to the needy. We organised soup kitchens. In one of the villages we were especially asked to help with this work. Soups (which were mostly beans or lentils) were cooked and distributed to the members of the community, especially to the children.
My husband and I are self-supporting workers. We love to serve the Lord, and we enjoy reaching those in the villages. Sometimes we have had to travel to a village 60–70 km away.
In this new year we have not done much because of the restrictive Covid-19 regulations. All gatherings were banned. Just recently (in March) they have opened up. Now we have an opportunity to continue the same work. There are villages we have not reached and we would love to reach them and bless them also.
We are currently busy with virtual health and cooking lectures, using Facebook, and WhatsApp, but we also want to start on Zoom.
Many people look down on the work of cooking, but the Spirit of Prophecy says that it is one of the most important works that God looks upon with great interest. Many medical missionaries teach people about health and how to avoid harmful foods, but they do not teach them how to cook healthy and delicious food. Hence people end up spoiling good, healthy, food by unhealthy ways of cooking.
I believe whenever there is a health lesson, there should also be a cooking lesson, and this has been our work.
We ask for your prayers and your support financially, dear Brothers and Sisters, as we are pushing forward the work of God. We want to conduct more cooking and health lessons virtually and physically. We also wish to feed the needy; and to share food and clothes with them. We wish to conduct more vegan food expos, at the mall or churches, schools or universities. Combined with our health ministry is the preaching of the gospel, which my husband helps out with.
The Lord is coming soon; we have no time to waste. Let’s all get busy in the service of God. There’s not much time left for us. Let us not work so hard trying to secure worldly things more so than heavenly things.
Dorcas Luboya, Eswatini (former Swaziland)