Month: September 2013

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 […]