Good News - October 2026

Elizabeth's Library

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Over this last year, the friends of Elizabeth's Library have blessed our projects and programs in Zambia and Malawi in so many ways. Children attending the Early Education Program at Susu Library enjoy learning so many new skills and the opportunity to play on a beautiful playground - the first ever in their community. Children in Malawi eagerly await Mobile Library Day, and now a little library is beginning in a government school with over 3,000 students in attendance and no books! Thank you for being a friend of Elizabeth’s Library and blessing so many precious children.

Susu Community Library Early Education Program

Every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, Ms. Natasha and Mr. Kenneth welcome a growing number of children from ages 2-12. The library is stocked with wonderful books to read, and with creative and challenging activities. Mr. Kenneth reports that each child now has his favorite activity and their natural skills and talents are evolving.

A slice of watermelon is always welcome after a hard day of learning.

Chimutu Primary School

EL Malawi’s Mobile Library Program serves the village comunities of Dima, Mphonde and Chimutu. The children (more than 3,000) attend Chimutu Primary School. A few months ago, the school leadership asked Mr. Jacob if their school could receive books and educational resources to start a much-needed school library. As Mr. Jacob reports, the first donation has been an outstanding success, and ELI looks forward to growing this initiative.

Report by Mr. Jacob:

Elizabeth’s Library International continues to demonstrate its commitment to promoting literacy among students in Malawi.

As part of this commitment, we recently visited Chimutu Primary School to assess the progress made following our previous book donation and to deliver additional reading materials to support the school's growing library initiative.

During our previous visit, Elizabeth’s Library International donated 100 books together with storage boxes to help the school establish a reading space where students can access and enjoy these new books and resources.

This month, we donated an additional 250 books, bringing the total number of books donated to Chimutu Primary School by Elizabeth’s Library International to 350 books.

This second donation was not only about delivering books, but also assessing the impact of the previous donation and understanding how the school is using the resources provided.

During our recent visit, Deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Jane, gave us a very encouraging update on the progress of the school library initiative.

She explained that the school had organized a small library space within one of its classrooms, despite not having a dedicated library building. This arrangement has enabled students to access books, borrow them for reading, and return them after use.

According to Mrs Jane, the system is working very well, and the school is already witnessing positive changes in the students reading habits.

Along with the additional 250 books, other educational and recreational learning materials were included- even a chess game. We know that chess is becoming a favorite activity throughout the villages! We plan to donate additional chess sets and anticipate a chess club soon.

I was personally amazed and deeply touched to see the children receiving the books. Their joy and excitement was evident on their faces. You could see how much the books meant to them. Seeing their excitement and happiness made me more aware of the impact this simple act of giving will have on their lives.

Blessings,

Mr. Jacob

The new Chimutu Library space is only a room with just a couple of chairs and several plastic bins to store the books, but it is filled with hope and dreams. Will you please join with us to help create a very special place for all those children eager to read all those books and play chess? EL Malawi is looking for just the right bookcases, but the addition of two folding tables with chairs would be a BIG step forward.

Poultry Project

EL Malawi met Mafe more than a year ago, when delivering a Basic Needs package to her elderly neighbors. A 12 year old granddaughter lived with this couple and everyday walked throughout the neighborhood asking for small donations of food to feed her grandparents.

Mafe is a 38 year old mother of four, and she and her husband look for piecework to support their family. Though they have very little, they always shared with Zingalume and Nasapika (the elderly couple). As EL Malawi was able, Mafe's family also received assistance.

For several months, ELI has been praying for funds to provide a poultry project for Mafe and her family. This month, an ELI friend joined with us to answer this prayer. Mafe doesn't know yet, but the EL Malawi team will soon arrive with this incredible news. We're all excited too!

We pray that you will join with us to provide a poultry project to many Malawi village families. The Malawi team has already identified the next two recipients as funds become available.

Thank you for changing the lives of an entire family.

Friends of Elizabeth's Library

ELI is truly blessed by the generosity of God's people as they learn about the work of Elizabeth's Library, and their response to the many needs we share.

Faith Chapel in Kalamazoo Michigan is committed to "missions" and especially meeting the needs of children living in poverty without even a simple toy to call their own. The Men's Woodworking and Prayer group carves little cars on Saturday, and the Women's Mission group sew beautiful dolls. They recently donated 200 cars and 100 dolls, ready for shipment to Malawi in late November.

Mr. Jacob and the EL team are so excited about this incredible gift. For more than a year, they have been faithfully praying for this very blessing for the children they serve.

Ethan's Fundraiser

Ethan had a passion to help Elizabeth’s Library after learning about it at Cypress Church Vacation Bible School. He decided he wanted to hold a home run derby with some of the neighborhood kids to raise money to purchase athletic equipment for the Susu Playground. We made popsicles to sell, charged admission and had a great time! He came up with all the logistics and plans and ran it all on his own. He also bought trophies to hand out to all the players. With donations and generous givers he raised $77. We love his heart and compassion to help others and also hold a fun event for kids in the neighborhood.

Story by Emily (Ethan’s mother)

Ethan’s gift to Susu

It is always a joy to share the stories of how ELI friends bless so many with their special gifts, prayers and financial gifts. We are thankful.

This month, our special need is for two folding tables and chair sets for the new Chimutu School Library, cost is $500 per set. We also pray for many local language Bibles to be distributed at the next Jesus film outreach in a Malawi village. There will never be too many.

Designated gifts for any ELI project or program are always appreciated, and we also pray that you will become a regular monthly donor.

Thank you for blessing so many lives.