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 A PART OF IT. WE WERE AWARE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WOKING DURING THE MEETING IN WONDERFUL WAYS AND, AS ALWAYS, IT WAS GREAT FOR US TO BE AN INSTRUMENT IN GOD’S HAND, AND TO BE REMINDED OF HIS LOVE FOR US!
ON SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST WE READ FROM MATTHEW 28:19-20. THE WOMEN WERE REMINDED THAT THEY CAN ALSO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD, AND THAT WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER. THE WOMEN ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THEIR FAMILIES AND HOME, AND MUST NOT TAKE PART IN TRADITIONAL RITUALS. AT THE AFTERNOON THERE WAS AN ALTERCALL, FOLLOWED BY PRAYER FOR WOMEN THAT WERE NOT WELL IN BODY AND MIND.
ON THE LAST DAY (SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST), WE FINISHED THE WEEKEND WITH 2 CORINTHIANS 4 :16-18 – PEOPLE THESE DAYS ARE SO BUSY WITH THINGS OF THE WORLD, THAT THEY FORGET WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ARE ONLY ON EARTH FOR A SHORT TIME. WE MUST BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND OUR FAITH MUST BE IN GOD. WE MUSTN’T FORGET THAT WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS!!
AS ALWAYS, THE BODY ALSO NEEDED TO BE FED, SO THE MENU FOR THE WEEKEND WAS THE FOLLOWING:
14 X 50KG OF MAIZE FLOUR
3 COWS
2 X 25KG RICE
CABBAGES
EACH CONGREGATION ALSO CONTRIBUTED 9 X 50 KG OF MAIZE FLOUR AND 2,200 METTICA TO SUPPORT THE BENGA CONGRAGATION.
EVERYBODY ATE VERY WELL, AND THE MEETING WAS A BIG SUCCESS!
FROM 31 AUGUST TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2013, CHANDAME HAD AN EVANGELISM WEEKEND AT AGUA TERIAH. WE TOOK THE YOUTH OF CHANDAME AND SOME OF THE CONGREGATION WITH THE TRACTOR AND TRAILOR TO AGUA TERIAH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THEY STARTED THE WEEKEND AT 14H00 SHOWING DVDS, PLAYING CDS AND PRAISE AND WORSHIPPING RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
SUNDAY MORNING THE SERVICE STARTED EARLY, AND WAS LED BY SEVERAL PREACHERS. THE MESSAGE DURING THE WHOLE DAY WAS THAT MY FAMILY AND I MUST WORSHIP GOD, AND NOT ALLOW SATAN TO DECIDE FOR US. MANY PEOPLE ARE MISLED BY SATAN, AND WE MUST BE STRONG! WE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, AND MUST BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS. WHEN WE ARE TIRED, GOD WILL BE OUR STRENGTH. HE WILL ALSO FIGHT FOR US!
THE SCRIPTURES FOR THE DAY WERE THE FOLLOWING:
- JOSHUA 24:14
- 1 JOHN 2:3,4
- DANIEL 3:13
- MATTHEW 7:13
- MATTHEW 5:13
- MATTHEW 11:25
- JOSHUA 6 :1
- 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17
- 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18.
WE ENJOYED THE DAY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! ALL THE PREACHING WAS DONE VERY VISUALLY, AND THEY CLOSED THE DAY WITH A DRAMA. ONE WOMAN WAS JANNIE DRIVING THE TRACTOR AND PICKING UP PEOPLE TO BRING TO THE SERVICES EVERY SUNDAY AND ALSO TO THE EVANGELISM WEEKENDS. THE LESSON WAS THAT EVERY ONE CAN WORK FOR GOD!
AFTER A FEW VERY BUSY DAYS, WE STAYED AT CHANDAME DURING THE WEEKEND OF 6 – 8 SEPTEMBER 2013. IT WAS VERY PEACEFUL AND QUIET.
ON SATURDAY JANNIE FETCHED A LOAD OF SAND FOR BUILDING AND PLASTERING THE CLINIC, AND A LOAD OF FIREWOOD FOR OUR “DONKEY” TO MAKE HOT WATER FOR OUR SHOWERS AT CAMP. HE ALSO TOOK SOME WOOD FOR AIDA (PASTOR ISAIAH’S WIFE) FOR COOKING.
ON SUNDAY WE WENT TO SINBEDZI, A PRAYERHOUSE WHERE JANNIE HAD TO PREACH. HIS MESSAGE WAS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE WITH US, AND THAT EVERYONE HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THEIR LIVES. WE KNOW WHAT DECISIONS TO MAKE FROM THE BIBLE AND FROM GOD AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE READ FROM ISAIAH 54:3, PSALMS 32:8, EXODUS 9:1 AND EXODUS 33:14.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT PSALMS 32:8 – “I WILL INSTRUCT THEE AND TEACH THEE IN THE WAY WHICH THOU SHALT GO: I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE!”
AFTER JANNIE FINISHED, PASTOR ISAIAH SERVED THE CONGREGATION HOLY COMMUNION!
WE WOULD ONCE AGAIN LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE PRAYING FOR OUR WORK HERE IN MOZAMBIQUE, AS WELL AS ANYONE HELPING US FINANCIALLY. THE WORK WE DO IN MOZAMBIQUE ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, AND THEREFOR WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT WE GET.
YOURS IN CHRIST
JANNIE AND SUSAN