“Owe no man anything.” I think this describes Wyson Sinatra very well. In a time when some Americans are dreaming of living off the grid, Wyson is living the dream.
Location, location, location
He, his wife, and two children live in a tiny, two-room house in dusty rural Area 24, Lilongwe, Malawi. His house doesn’t have power and water so with a little ingenuity and a lot of patience, he uses a small solar panel, along with a car battery and some other things that would remind you of scrap yard junk, to create enough electricity for a small light and a charging station for his radio and phone. Everyday he goes to a nearby well and pumps enough water for the day into a small, trash-can-looking bucket. “Done,” as he would say.
Resources
He is resourceful in other ways, too. As soon as the rainy season begins, he becomes a farmer, and he grows enough maize on his small plot of land to last the year. He also has a little garden for tomatoes, cucumbers, and some of the other small vegetables he and his family use in their modest daily meals. In addition to farming, he’s a landlord all year long, renting out part of his house for a little extra income. He is all set.
New Life
Wyson came to Greater Grace from the Catholic Church. If you talk to him, you will often find him shaking his head and marveling at the teaching he receives now. In the two years since Wyson met Pastor Chris Arman and started coming to church, his life has been transformed and his confidence in salvation and knowing who he is in Christ is growing daily. He proudly rides his antique, American-made, Hunter brand bicycle at least 45 minutes one way to church twice a week and to Bible College three times a week. You just don’t do that unless something real is taking place in your life.
Wyson’s story is not about overcoming poverty but about the way he lives in spite of it. Click To TweetRich Indeed
Wyson’s story is not about overcoming poverty, but about the way he lives in spite of it. Poverty can hold us back, cripple our thought process, and make us one-dimensional thinkers. It can be a brick wall surrounding us, limiting our vision and understanding of God’s heart. But for Wyson Sinatra, the walls are coming down, and as they do, God’s love is there to meet him, giving him a new mind for life, a new heart for people, and a greater vision for where God could take him. Wyson is a rich man.
Written by Matt Sliva, GG Missionary to Malawi, Africa
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