The month of April this year has been a very trying moment for the Seventh Day Advestist church in Zambia.
This is the month when the church in Zambia and indeed the world over lost a man of God in the name of Dr Cornelius Matandiko. People from all walks of life across the world mourned this great orator who preached the word.
"The demise of Dr Matandiko is a great loss to the church in Zambia and the world at large, Said SDA southern Africa and Indian ocean region president Dr Paul Ratsara.
But just before tears could dry, the SAD church in Zambia suffered another major setback when a team of pathfinders was involved in a fatal road traffic accident. Five of the church members died on the spot and 10 others were rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Three days later half of those victims died.
The other survivord are still admitted to the University Teaching Hospital in Zambia, Zambia's largest hospital.
However, the mourning and loss of Dr Matandiko and those pathfinders did not stop the SDA community in Zambia from hosting the second women's ministries conference in Lusaka.
This event drew participants from Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola and Zimbabwe.
First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa was the guest of Honour.
This event provided an opportunity for the SDA church in Zambia to get over the losses suffered during the month of April.
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