Author: Eddie

11 AUGUST 2013 – 11 SEPTEMBER 2013

WE STAYED IN TETE IN AUGUST, CAMPING AT A WATER FACTORY WHERE JANNIE WAS WORKING ON THE COMPRESSOR OF A DRILLING MACHINE (CALLED “THE ROCK GIANT”) AND DRILLED FOR WATER IN ORDER TO GET EXTRA INCOME FOR THE CLINIC. WE ARE QUITE USED TO CAMPING AND LIVING OUT OF A TENT BY NOW, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR US IN THE BEGINNING! FROM 15 – 18 AUGUST THERE WAS A VERY BIG WOMENS MEETING AT BENGA. THE THEME OF THE MEETING WAS “BE IN JESUS CHRIST IN THE LAST DAYS”. A FULL 1,500 WOMEN ATTENDED THE MEETING! WE STARTED THE WOMENS MEETING ON THE THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE SCRIPTURE FROM JOHN 15:1-10, WHERE JESUS TELLS US THAT HE IS THE TRUE GRAPEVINE. WE ARE THE BRANCHES FROM THAT GRAPEVINE, AND MUST REMAIN IN HIM TO BEAR FRUIT. OUR PASTOR FROM CHANDAME WAS THE SPEAKER FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND. ON FRIDAY (16TH AUGUST) WE READ FROM THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES: MATTHEW 22:3-14 – WE WILL SEE SIGNS IN THE LAST DAYS TO KNOW IT IS THERE. WE WERE REMINDED TO ALLOW JESUS CHRIST TO BE THE LEADER OF OUR LIVES! JOHN 14:1-6 – JESUS PROMISES US THAT HE IS GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE WITH HIM FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM. JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, AND WE MUST BE CAREFUL FOR FALSE PROPHETS! THE WOMEN WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MEETING, AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE […]

1 AUGUST – 10 AUGUST 2013

AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST WE TRAVELLED TO THE SITE WERE JANNIE HAD TO DRILL BOREHOLES FOR A COMPANY. WE DO THIS EXTRA WORK FOR EXTRA FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE TO FINISH THE CLINIC WE ARE BUSY BULDING AT CHANDAME. THE CLINIC IS 274 SQUARE METRE AND THERE ARE 10 ROOMS. VASCO OUR BUILDER AND 2 HELPERS FINISHED PLASTERING THE CLINIC AND ARE NOW BUSY PLASTERING AROUND THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. EVERY DAY WORKING AT THE CLINIC IS A STEP NEARER TO FINISHING THIS PROJECT!! WE ALSO HAD AN EVANGELISM WEEKEND IN CHANDAME FROM THE 3rd AUGUST – SONDAY 4TH AUGUST 2013. WE DROVE TO A NEW AREA WHERE WE WANTED TO START A NEW PRAYERHOUSE. JANNIE DROVE WITH THE TRACTOR AND TRAILOR AND I FOLLOWED WITH THE BAKKIE. IT WAS A HEAVY 4X4 ROAD AND I WAS NERVOUS WHEN WE STARTED TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD, BUT WITH THE PEOPLE SINGING AND PRAISING THE LORD I STARTED TO FEEL CALM AND MY FEAR VANISHED! THE DRIVING WAS AMAZING. FOR SURE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS WITH ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING! WE LEFT THE TRACTOR AND TRAILOR AT THE SITE. THE NEXT DAY WE ARRIVED AT THE NEW PRAYERHOUSE, EVERYONE WAS EXCITED AND YOU COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!! THEY PRAISED AND WORSHIPPED THROUGHOUT SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE LOCALS OF THAT AREA WAS SUPPORTING THEM! SUNDAY MORNING THE CHURCH STARTED AT 09:00. SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE GOT A CHANCE TO PREACH. ALL OF THE MESSAGES CAME […]

FRIENDS & FAMILY

ON 18 AND 19 MAY WE CAMPED AT MALAWI LAKE WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM SA – JOEL AND HANNELIE, AND MADE NEW FRIENDS WITH DIRK AND SOPHIA. THEY ARE ALL FROM WOLSELEY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM SINCERELY FOR THEIR VISIT! WE ALWAYS ENJOY FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTIANS AND WENT BACK TO CHANDAME WITH NEW COURAGE AND STRONGER FAITH!  AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE WE ATTENDED SERVICE AND READ LUKE 5 VERSE 1-10 AND GENESIS 3 VERSE 8-10. WE READ ABOUT JESUS WHO WENT TO FIND THE LOST SHEEP AND, WHEN HE FOUND IT, HE LIFTED IT UP ON HIS SHOULDERS (JOHN 3:16). WE ARE REMINDED THAT CHURCH LEADERS MUST GO AND ENCOURAGE THE LOST SHEEP (PEOPLE) IN CONGREGATIONS, AND, SOMETIMES, WE NEED TO CARRY ONE ANOTHER. ANOTHER MIRACLE HAPPENED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE! WHILE DRIVING, JANNIE’S BAKKIE’S WHEELBEARINGS SUDDENLY BROKE. WE WERE DRIVING FROM CATANDICA WHEN SUDDENLY THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF AT A SPEED OF 120KM PER HOUR! JANNIE KEPT THE BAKKIE IN CONTROL AND STOPPED NEXT TO THE ROAD. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE LORD FOR HIS PRESENCE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND FOR KEEPING US SAFE! THE NEXT MORNING NEW PARTS CAME FROM VILLA ULONGUE. THANK YOU DIRK EN PASTOR DZONZI FOR YOUR HELP! EVERY SECOND WEEK THERE IS A WOMENS MEETING HERE. THIS YEAR WE VISITED THE DIFFERENT PRAYERHOUSES SO THAT ALL THE WOMEN COULD TAKE PART IN THE MEETINGS (SOME OF THE PRAYERHOUSES ARE 40KM AWAY – […]

APRIL 2013

EVERY MORNING WE STARTED THE DAY WITH DEVOTIONS. WE WERE REMINDED TO BE GOOD TO OTHER PEOPLE EVERYDAY – TO PUT GOD IN CONTROL AND TO FIRST PRAY AND THEN PLAN! (2 CORINTHIANS 1- V 4-5).  WILHELM ELS AND HIS FRIEND GEORGE ARRIVED AT CHANDAME. WILHELM WAS TEACHING “FARMING GOD’S WAY” AND GEORGE CAME FOR AN INTERVIEW FOR A JOB IN TETE. WE DROVE GOERGE THERE AND JANNIE FETCHED SUPPLIES FOR DRILLING (WATER). GEORGE HELPED JANNE TO FINISH THE BOREHOLE AT NGADZI.  A MIRACLE HAPPENED, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. A BOY NAMED DIAGO, 11 YEARS OLD, CAME FOR MEDICINE ON A WEDNESDAY WITH STOMACH PROBLEMS. I GAVE HIM SOME TABLETS TO TREAT WORM INFECTIONS AS WELL AS PANADOS. THE NEXT DAY THE MOTHER CAME BACK WITH HIM STILL SICK. THIS TIME WE PUT HIM ON MALARIA MEDICATION, BUT AGAIN, JUST THE NEXT DAY, THE MOTHER CAME BACK. THE BOY NOW HAD BLOOD IN HIS URINE!! WE TOLD HER TO HAVE HIM FINISH HIS MALARIA MEDICATION AND STARTED PRAYING FOR THE BOY. WE ALSO GAVE HIS NAME TO FRIENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHO HELPED PRAYING. THURSDAY NIGHT I (SUSAN) STARTED TO READ MATHEW 8 ABOUT ALL THE MIRACLES JESUS HAD DONE. THE NEXT MORNING AT HALF PAST 8 I SENT THE PASTOR TO CHECK ON THE BOY – HE WAS BETTER WITHIN 5 DAYS! TRULY A MIRACLE – PRAISE THE LORD! THERE IS GREAT POWER IN PRAYER!!!  ON THE 6TH OF APRIL WE WENT THROUGH THE BORDER TO HAVE […]

MARCH 2013

ON 1st OF MARCH WE HAD A WOMENS MEETING ON CHANDAME. 14 WOMEN ATTENDED THE MEETING AND THE THEME WAS – WHO IS GOD? WE READ JOHN 14:7-15. JESUS CHRIST IS ALWAYS WITH YOU!  ON SUNDAY 3rd OF MARCH WE VISITED A PRAYERHOUSE AT IMPHALE AND WERE REMINDED TO THINK OF THE THINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND NOT THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND TO GO HOME WITH NEW POWER. AFTER CHURCH WE ALL ATE TOGETHER – MAIZE WITH CHICKEN AND RELISH.  MONDAY THE 4th OF MARCH WE WENT OVER THE BORDER TO MALAWI. SUSAN WAS GOING TO HAVE A HERNIA OPERATION THE NEXT DAY. AT HALF PAST SEVEN SHE WAS BOOKED INTO HOSPITAL AT NKHOMA MISSION HOSPITAL. THE OPERATION STARTED AND IT WAS DONE WITHOUT ANASTETHICS. THE DOCTOR DID IT WITH ONLY LOCAL ANASTETHICS! THE OPERATION LASTED FOR 2 1/2 HOURS AND ALL WENT WELL. A BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRAYERS, IT DEFINITELY HELPED!  WE THEN STAYED FOR ONE WEEK AT NKHOMA AND THEN WENT HOME TO CHANDAME. WHILE WE WERE IN NKHOMA, JANNIE HELPED HENNIE SMIT TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE AND HE ALSO WORKED ON THE FIELD AMBULANCE WHICH WE BROUGHT FOR THEM FROM POTCHEFSTROOM.  ON THE 10TH OF MARCH PASTOR ISAIS PREACHED AT CHANDAME. DURING THE WEEK JANNIE WORKED ON THE TRUCK. HE ASSEMBLED THE NEW ENGINE AND ALSO PUT THE BUILDING TEAM BACK ONTO THE CLINIC. THEY STARTED TO FINISH ALL THE STONEWORK NEAR THE ROOF. JANNIE ALSO HELPED […]

NOVEMBER 2012 – NOW

WE DECIDED THAT SUSAN WOULD LEAVE ON THE 21ST TO BE ON TIME FOR THE DEPARTURE OF OUR DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, WHO WERE LEAVING WITH THE LIBERTAS-CHOIR TO GERMANY. OUMA HAD TO LOOK AFTER THE 2 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, WHICH SHE THOROUHLY ENJOYED! I (JANNIE) STAYED AND FINISHED THE ROOF OF THE CLINIC (REALIZING I NEEDED 16 TRUSSES NOT 12!). I WAS ABLE TO DEPART FOR SA ON THE AFTERNOON OF 1 DECEMBER. IN THAT LAST WEEK, THE RAIN SEASON STARTED AND THE WORK THAT I THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE FINISHED IN 5 DAYS, THE LORD HELPED ME FINISH IN 3.5 DAYS! I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW ROUTE THROUGH BOTSWANA. I LEFT FROM TETE IN MOZAMBIQUE THE SUNDAY MORNING AT 04H00.THE ROUTE WOULD BE TETE, CATANDICA, BANDULA , MUTARE , MASVINGO, BULUWAYO, PLUMTREE INTO BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN, PALAPAYE AND THEN STOP FOR COFFEE WITH A FRIEND THE EVENING 11H30. PASSING GABERONE AND THROUGH LOBATSIE I REACHED RHAMATHLABANA, THE SOUTHERN BORDERPOST OF BOTSWANA AT 06H00 THE FOLLOWING MORNING. NEARING SA, I TRAVELLED QUICKLY. I HAD A WIMPY BREAKFAST AT VRYBURG AND TRAVELLED THROUGH WARRENTON, KIMBERLEY, AND THREE SISTERS. I REACHED HOME THE MONDAY EVENING AT 09H30. THE LORD PROTECTED AND KEPT ME 3,300KM AND VAALJAN MY FORD RANGER WITH 400,000KM ON THE CLOCK READY TO DO MORE. THIS WAS DEFENITELY THE ROUTE FOR THE FUTURE. COMPARED TO THE ROUTE THROUGH BEITEBRUG, IT WAS 210KM FUTHER, BUT SO MUCH FASTER AND THE BORDERPOSTS A PLEASURE. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD […]

UPDATE ON 2012

HERE IS AN UPDATE OUR ACTIVITIES FOR 2012! OUTREACH TO AQUA BOA (A PRAYERHOUSE NEAR CHANDAME) ON FRIDAY THE 5TH OF OCTOBER, PASTOR ISAIAH AND THE CHANDAME YOUTH WENT TO AQUA BOA, WHERE WE HAD AN EVANGELISM WEEKEEND. THEY STARTED THE WEEKEND WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP, CHOIR MUSIC, AND ALSO SHOWED DVD’S, INCLUDING THE JESUS FILM AND A FILM FROM GENESIS UP TO WHERE ABRAHAM SACRIFICES HIS SON ISAAC.  THEY WENT ON THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WELL AS THE WHOLE OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND ENDED THE WEEKEND OF EVANGELISM WITH SEVERAL SERMONS. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND! WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE SERMONS WITH YOU: BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS CHOOSE YOUR LIFE AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT DO WRONG. EVERYONE MUST WALK WITH JESUS –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…]

UPDATE: 3 APRIL 2012

WE HAD RAIN FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS AT A RATE OF 100mm PER WEEK. THE DRIZZLE IS TYPICALLY OF THE CAPE IN RSA AND IT MAKES WORK OUTSIDE VERY DIFFICULT. ROADS ARE VERY WET AND ON THE OUTREACH THE PAST WEEKEND TO BENGA, WHICH IS ABOUT 85KM FROM US, WE SUFFERED IN THE MUD . VAALJAN WAS AT ITS BEST TOWING OUT A TOYOTA WHICH IS ALSO 4X4.THE FORD TOYOTA CONFLICT AT ITS HEIGHT! THE PASTOR AT BENGA HAS MOVED TO SONGO AT THE COHORRA BASSA DAM AND WE TOOK PART IN HIS RELEASE FROM THIS CONGREGATION. THE LIGHTNING WAS SEVERE AND A FLASH STRUCK SO NEAR TO THE CHURCH THAT 3 PEOPLE FAINTED. THANK THE LORD THAT NOBODY WAS REALY HURT IN THE PROCESS.I REALLY WONDER WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRITUAL WORD – I BELIEVE THE CONFLICT WAS HIGH. GREAT THANKS GOES OUT TO THE CONGREGATION OF GOUDINI WHO DECIDED TO GIVE US SOME SUPPORT – WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOUR DEED OF COMMITMENT. THE PASSAGE FROM EZEKIEL 3:17-19 HAS BEEN ON OUR HEART THESE PAST WEEKS; WE HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE PEOPLE AROUND US BUT EVEN A GREATER ONE TO THE PEOPLE FAR FROM US LIVING IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GOSPEL. JESUS SENT HIS DISSIPLES OUT WITH THE GOSPEL  WHICH IS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST  COMMISSION OF THE CHURCH. PAUL  IS THE VERY EXAMPLE OF HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. IT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THE END WILL FINALLY COME ACCORDING […]

23 AUGUST 2011

23 AUGUST 2011 A MONTH HAS PASSED AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH OUR PROGRESS. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE SLOW SOME DAYS, WE LEARNED THAT THE LORD`S TIME IS NOT OUR TIME. AS ANGUS BUCHAN HAS MENTIONED MANY TIMES, WAIT ON THE LORD, MAKE TIME FOR HIM AND WAIT ON THE LORD!!! THIS DOESN`T MEAN WE MUST ONLY SIT BACK BUT INSTEAD THAT WE MUST ADVANCE AS HE LEADS. GET OUT OF THE BOAT AND KEEP YOUR EYE ONLY ON HIM!   WE INCLUDED A FEW PHOTOS THAT TELLS A STORY OF SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES.   THE WATER PROJECT NOW CONSIST OF 10 WATERPOINTS OVER A DISTANCE OF 2KM. THE FURTHEST THAT WE SUPPLY A POINT, IS 4,7KM FROM THE SOURCE. MAINTENANCE IS CONSTANTLY NEEDED, BUT THE LORD SUPPLIES THE RESOURCES. OUT OF NOWHERE I FOUND CONNECTORS AMOUNG MY FITTINGS  AND THEY WERE DEFENITLY NOT THERE THE PREVIOUS DAY!   Water project needs constant maintenance     Two additional taps added   VAALJAN OUR FORD HAS DONE 333,000KM AND ALSO NEEDED SOME ATTENTION. THANKS TO WILLEM DE VILLIERS, I RECEIVED THE NECESSARY PARTS VIA AIR COURIER, AND COULD FIT THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHES. BEING OUR ONLY  BAKKIE IT IS RATHER INPORTANT FOR HER TO RUN!   Vaaljans upper control arm bushes shot     THE PHOTO OF THE CHILD THAT BURNED IN A FIRE AGAIN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLINIC TO BE FINISHED. WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY ABLE TO DO FIRST AID, AND WE REALLY DON`T NOW […]

OUR FIRST NEWS FROM MOZAMBIQUE!

WE LEFT FOR MOZAMBIQUE ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, ACCOMPANIED BY CALLA AND HETTA BOTHA AS WELL AS WILLEM DE VILLIERS OF OUR CONGREGATION IN GOUDINI. GOD HAS BEEN WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AS WE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE TRAVELLING TO DO! WE FIRSTLY ARRIVED IN CAOXE, 8KM BEFORE LUABO, TO FETCH OUR TRACTOR AND TRAILER. ON ARRIVAL, WILLEM AND I (JANNIE) REPAIRED THEIR 5640`S 4×4 WITH THE CORRECT PARTS, SUPPLIED BY BOLAND AGRI OF WORCESTER (COURTESY OF INFO SUPPLIED BY JAN OF RCL TREKKERDIENSTE OF PATENSIE – THANKS JAN FOR THE MANUAL THAT YOU SENT ME!) WITH  500KM LEFT TO TRAVEL, WE LEFT IN HIGH SPIRITS, THE ROUTE BEING  MOPEIA ZERO FIRST, THEN MORRUMBALA, MUTARARA AND DOA ON TO THE 103 LEADING EAST TO MALAWI, AFTER WHICH TURNING OFF 10KM BEFORE ZOBUE ON THE 223 FOR 62KM TO OUR DESTINATION, CHANDAME [S15,8952 DEGREES, E34,3118753 DEGREES]. WE HAD TO SLEEP OVER WHEREVER WE CAME, ASKING THE LORD FOR GUIDANCE. HE SUPPLIED SAFE POSITIONS EVERY NIGHT. SLEEPING OVER FOR THREE NIGHTS AND DOING 130 – 150 KM PER DAY, WE COMPLETED THE JOURNEY WITH NOT EVEN A FLAT TYRE, EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD WAS VERY BAD, ESPECIALLY FROM DOA TO THE 103. A SPECIAL THANKS TO HETTA AND SUSAN, THE ONLY 2 WOMEN ON THE TRIP, FOR THEIR ENDURANCE – BEING IN THE BUSH FOR 4 DAYS ON DUSTY ROADS, RAIN DURING THE END OF THE TRIP AND ABLUTION IN THE BUSH TAKES SOME DOING! BACK AT CHANDAME, WE […]