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 MLT (MOZAMBIQUAN LEAF TABOCCO COMPANY) TO DISTRIBUTE TREES TO ALL THEIR FARMERS WHO ARE PLANTING TOBACCO IN AN INITIATIVE TO SAVE THE TREES.
SUSAN STARTED WITH THE CLINIC AGAIN, AND HAD TO ATTEND TO LOTS OF BABIES WITH COUGHING AND FEVER AND ALSO PATIENTS WITH MALARIA. EVERY MONTH WHEN WE HAD TO GO OVER THE BORDER TO RENEW OUR DOCUMENTS, WE BOUGHT NEW MEDICINE IN LILONGWE, MALAWI.
ON 20TH OF MARCH THE MOBILE CLINIC FROM VILLA WAS HERE AT CHANDAME. LOTS OF WOMEN WITH BABIES ATTENDED, AND THE NEXT DAY THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ARRIVED WITH THEIR CLINIC. THEY ALSO HELPED A LOT OF WOMEN AND THEIR BABIES, WEIGHING THE BABIES, GIVING THEM INJECTIONS AND ALSO GIVING BIRTHCONTROL INJECTIONS FOR THE MOTHERS.
24TH OF MARCH WE HAD A BIG SERMON HERE AT CHANDAME. WE HAD A CONFIRMATION, A BABTISM AND HOLY COMMUNION. JANNIE WENT AND FETCHED PEOPLE WITH HIS BAKKIE AS WELL AS WITH THE TRACTOR AND WAGON. PASTOR CECARIO WAS THE VISITING PASTOR WHO HELPED PASTOR ISAIS WITH THE PREACHING, CONFIRMATION, BABTISM AND HOLY COMMUNION. 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SERVICE AND THE MESSAGE WAS FROM 2 KINGS 6:1-7. WE NEED A LEADER TO SHOW US THE WAY, AND MUST ALLOW JESUS CHRIST TO BE OUR LEADER!
JANNIE AGAIN STARTED TO DRILL FOR WATER AT ZOBUE, NEAR THE MALAWI BORDER. HE DRILLED 2 HOLES FOR THE MENONITES AND THERE WAS AN ABUDANCE OF WATER. AGAIN THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED JANNIE WHERE TO DRILL AND THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER. PRAISE THE LORD!
ON 31ST OF MARCH PASTOR ISAIS AND JANNIE VISITED TCHITHI (A PRAYERHOUSE AT THEMBA). THEY LEFT CHANDAME AT 09:00 IN THE MORNING AND ARRIVED HOME AFTER 17H00. THERE WAS A BIG SERMON WITH CONFIRMATION, BABTISM AND HOLY COMMUNION AND AFTERWARDS THEY ALL ATE TOGETHER. EVERYTIME AFTER WE VISITED A PRAYERHOUSE, WE CAME BACK WITH GIFTS OF PATATOES, BEANS, TOMATOES AND SOMETIMES EVEN A LIVE CHICKEN!
MARCH WAS A VERY EVENTFUL MONTH AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH HEBREWS 10:39 “BUT WE ARE NOT OF THOSE WHO DRAW BACK TO PERDITION, BUT OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL”
JANNIE & SUSAN