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 – (1 TIM 4, MAT 7:15 LUKE 13:22).
TO ILLUSTRATE, WE USED THE STORY OF THE MANY INSECTS WHO WERE TOGETHER. THEY WERE ALL GOING TO GET WINGS, BUT ALL BUT ONE WERE TOO BUSY TO GO AND COLLECT THEM. LATER THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS ASKED AGAIN TO COLLECT THEM, BUT WERE AGAIN TOO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS. THE NEXT DAY A FIRE CAME. ALL OF THE INSECTS WITH WINGS COULD FLY AWAY BUT THE ONE WITH NO WINGS WAS IN TROUBLE AND BURNT IN THE FIRE.
SATAN PULLS US DOWN, INTO THE FIRE, BUT GOD WILL TAKE AWAY ALL OUR SINS. SO WE BEGGED THEM TO FOLLOW JESUS FOR ETERNAL LIFE (REVELATION 19, JOHN 11:43). GOD IS NOT A CHEATER (LUKE 12:21), BUT BECAUSE OF CHEATERS, THE CONGREGATION IS NOT GROWING.
OTHER NEWS:
JANNIE IS ALSO HELPING BEN BEKKER, A BUSINESS MAN FROM TETE, TO DRILL FOR WATER IN SEVERAL LITTLE VILLAGES. PREVIOUSLY, THE PEOPLE HAD TO WALK TO THE RIVER TO GET WATER. THE MOZAMBIQUAN LEAVE TOBACCO COMPANY HELPS THE PEOPLE TO GET RUNNING WATER BY IDENTIFYING AND FINANCING THESE PROJECTS. WE DO THE DRILLING, AND PUT IN SOME HANDPUMPS. WHILE VISITING THE VILLAGES, WE THEN SHOW THEM SOME DVD’S – LIKE THE JESUS FILM – WHICH HELPS US TO SPREAD THE WORD AT PLACES WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE VISITED.
JANNIE IS ALSO VERY GOOD AT IDENTIFYING DRILLING POINTS. WHEN WE ARRIVE AT A PLACE, HE STARTS WALKING, PRAYING FOR HELP FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. EVERY TIME THE LORD HAS SHOWED HIM WHERE TO DRILL, AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS WATER – FROM 25 UP TO 73 METRES. WE JUST HAVE TO OBEY AND THEN BELIEVE GOD WILL GIVE WATER – SOMETIMES NOT QUICKLY! – BUT THAT WAS THE LORD’S WAY TO TEACH US TO LIVE CLOSER TO HIM, AND ALSO TO LEARN PATIENCE. HIS TIME IS NOT OUR TIME.
WITH THE MONEY WE EARN, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK AT CHANDAME. WHILE WE WERE AWAY, OUR WORKERS MADE A NEW FENCE AROUND OUR CAMPSITE AND ALSO FINISHED BAGGING THE CLINIC ON THE OUTSIDE. WE ALREADY BOUGHT THE SHEETING AND THE WOOD FOR THE ROOF, WHICH WILL BE FINISHED IN NOVEMBER BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON STARTS. IF THE ROOF IS FINISHED WE CAN WORK INSIDE THE CLINIC.
WHEN WE ARE AT CHANDAME, WE DO OUR USUAL CHORES. SUSAN HAS A PRE-SCHOOL EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, WHERE SHE TEACHES THE CHILDREN HAND EYE COORDINATION AND SEVERAL MUSCLE EXERCISES. THE CHILDREN IN TURN TEACH HER TO SPEAK CHEWA WHILE SHE TEACHES THEM. SUSAN ALSO RUNS THE CLINIC FROM 9 – 12 MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS.
JANNIE HELPS THE LOCALS TO TRANSPORT THEIR MAIZE, POTATOES, AND CABBAGE TO THE MARKET IN CHANDAME, AND ALSO RUNS A WORKSHOP. CHANDAME HAS DEFENITELY DEVELOPED A LOT DURING THE LAST 3 YEARS.
16 TO 19 AUGUST, WE HAD A BIG WOMENS MEETING AT CHANDAME. 800 WOMEN ARRIVED ON THURSDAY THE 16TH AND WENT HOME AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 15H00. THEIR THEME WAS UNITY. THEY PRAISE AND WORSHIPPED, AND SLEPT AND ATE AND ENJOYED THE MEETING. 26 GOATS WERE SLAUGHTERED, 400 CABBAGES AND LOTS OF MAIZE WERE EATEN, AND 3 LOADS OF WOOD FOR MAKING THE FOOD WERE FETCHED WITH THE TRACTOR AND WAGON. EVERY MORNING AT 06:00, JANNIE WENT TO FETCH SOME FRESHLY BAKED BREAD. WE ALSO SUPPLIED THEM WITH ELECTRICITY FOR THE VENUE WHERE THEY SLEPT AND ATE, WHICH WAS LUXURY FOR THEM. MOST OF THE WOMEN DID NOT HAVE ELETRICITY IN THERE VILLAGES.
SUNDAY THEY HAD A “WALK FOR JESUS” IN WHICH ALL 800 WOMEN PARTICIPATED. IT WAS AMAZING! A MIRACLE ALSO HAPPENED. WHEN JANNIE WANTED TO TAKE SOME OF THE WOMEN AWAY SUNDAY, HE HAD TO FILL UP THE TRACTOR WITH DIESEL. WHEN HE WANTED TO PUT IN DIESEL THE TRACTOR WAS ALLREADY FULL! THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT THE EVANGELISM WEEKEND IN OCTOBER – WE WANTED TO FILL UP THE TRACTOR WITH DIESEL BUT SUDDENLY IT WAS NOT NESCESSARY – GOD ALLREADY TOOK CARE OF IT! AMAZING.
WILHELM ELS, OUR FRIEND, ALSO VISITED US AGAIN FOR A FOLLOW UP ON THE FARMING GOD WAY TRAINING. IT WAS A SUCCESFUL DAY. A GROUP OF MEN FROM GOUDINI ALSO CAME TO VISIT, AND STAYED WITH US AT CHANDAME. WE ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH. ALSO, ON 5TH AND 6TH JULY, FOUR FAMILIES OF GOUDINI ALSO VISITED US. THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO VISIT US, AND WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH! FROM 26 JUNE TO 9 JULY 2012 WILL AND ELIZE VILJOEN ALSO VISITED US ON CHANDAME. THEY WERE THE FOUNDERS OF CHANDAME, AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME TOGETHER. THEY SPOILED US VERY MUCH – WE SPENT TIME TOGETHER WITH THE LORD AND THEY HELPED US WITH OUR DAILY CHORES. WE DEFENITELY LEARNED A LOT SPIRITUALLY. ON 9 JULY, WE ALL LEFT TOGETHER FOR RAWSONVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE WE HAD A PRECIOUS TWO WEEKS WITH OUR CHILDREN. WE WOULD AGAIN LIKE TO THANK EVERY ONE WHO HAS COME TO VISIT US!
ON OUR WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA, WE WERE KEPT FOR 5 DAYS AT THE ZIMBABWIAN BORDER (BEITBRUG) DUE TO A VERY INCOMPETENT CLEARING AGENT. WE WERE TRANSPORTING AN ENGINE ON OUR TRAILER THAT BELONGED TO NKHOMA HOSPITAL AND HAD TO BE FIXED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND BROUGHT BACK AGAIN. FOR 4 DAYS WE WENT BACK TO HIS OFFICE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR HIM TO FINISH OUR PAPERWORK. ON FRIDAY 12HOO WE TOOK BACK OUR PAPERS AND WENT TO ANOTHER CLEARING AGENT. SATURDAY MORNING WE WERE ON OUR WAY. IT WAS A TOUGH TIME BUT WE ALSO EXPERIENCED THAT THE LORD WAS ALWAYS THERE WITH US – EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. WHEN WE WENT BACK TO MOZAMBIQUE IT TOOK US 8 HOURS AT BEITBRUG. WHEN WE GO BACK THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR A VISIT WE ARE GOING THROUGH PLUMTREE BOARDERPOST –THROUGH BOTSWANA. IT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BUT DEFENITELY QUICKER AT THE BORDER!
PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS
JANNIE AND SUSAN