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THE WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA
carries on and on--and it just blows my mind. Here is
an email I received from pastor Martin regarding the
house-building project, "Sister Sharon's" outreach visit
("Bravo, Sharon--well done!") where she is ministering
to scores of children and grannies, and training
children's leaders. Also, Pastor Martin was the victim
of a drunk-driving incident, and he reports on God's
goodness in the middle of that. There's a couple of
mind-blowing testimonies in there, too, so... enjoy!
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Thank you my
dear brother for the text message you sent me
yesterday. It's so beautiful to see the message that
comes from you on a Sunday evening after a hectic day of
preaching from church to church. My dear brother
everything is continuing so well and patiently we are
seeing all pieces coming together for the glory of His
name. The September Crusade is around the corner, we
cannot wait to see the glory He brings again.
With Sister
Sharon we had one of the most beautiful meeting for the
gogo's (grannies). We thank God about this ministry and
I see a build-up where the aged will come and experience
the Love of Jesus and depart this world to be in his
beautiful arms. Oh I loved the gogo's, they blessed me
so much. The ministry went so well and one of the gogo's
who was blind received sight. My dear brother the sight
was just presented to her and you could see her eyes
change, and the other people were amazed. We praise God
for beautiful things like this when they happen before
the Crusade. As word spreads through the villages about
this, the Oukasie Hall will be overflowing in September.
Oh brother God is so faithful. We really see His plan
in this and praise God about with this beautiful Gogo's
fellowship which was anointing and refreshing.
This is
precious brother, yesterday after the message my
tiny little daughter responded to the altar call. It
had so many people giggling, and I asked her if she
understood what she was doing, she says "yes." Oh, my
brother my precious baby daughter is now born again as
we have so prayed, brother praise God.
The
Brick-Making projects, I took Sister Sharon to the site
where we are soon to be making the first bricks. The
ground has been cleared and preparations have been made
that by Saturday we will see the first brick coming from
the Pr oject.
This is the commitment that I received from Pastor
Joshua and the other church members who are
leading. The commitment and the passion that I see from
the team is high and we will start building the houses
for the people, this will be a dream coming true to the
homeless. There is a new development which I would like
you to look at, the distance between where we get the
sand and the site is a kilometer and men are using wheel
barrels to draw sand to the site. My dear brother I
would like to submit this to you, we definitely need a
tractor and a wagon, presently it is heavily tiring to
the men who are bringing the sand by hand one at a
time. God has provided free water on the site we saw
water coming out of a spring we did not know was there,
coming from the dry ground. This is the miracle that
has just happened and the men jokingly now call that
place the well of Jacob. Regarding the cement, I
believe we need to kick-start the project with 400 bags,
I submit to you. I know very much that we are just
weeks away from the next crusade which requires a huge
budget, so this is a challenge. We are praying my
brother, surely the Lord will see us through this
challenge and provide for the tractor and the cement as
well.
My dear
precious brother, we thank God about His mercy and His
love towards us. Yesterday it was a true confirmation
that the enemy is trying to make us lose the focus from
ministering His love to Oukasie. It is amazing how God
can protect His children, it was round about ten past
two after I have picked up Sister Sharon and taken
her to our home, so I went to pick up my wife and we
were driving home, as I watched the mirror I saw a car
approaching fast. I would say it was like a movie, this
guy was battling to control his car and I quickly moved
out of the road. He was driving a BMW at a very fast
speed, he lost control of the vehicle and he sliced the
car on the side and went out of control, he hit a wall
and brought it down. The police arrived so quick and
they got the guy out of the car my brother the guy was
so drunk that he was unable to stand and they took him
to a hospital and do a blood test to ascertain the
alcohol content in his blood, he was locked up
immediately and we proceeded straight to our home
without injury, where we picked up Sister Sharon to take
her in to bless the children of Oukasie. My brother I'm
still in a bit of shock, and my wife was heavily
affected. No one was injured, and praise God that we
know that prayers have been offered for us.
I
love you my brother, the work in Oukasie is
continuing and I'm telling you Sharon has taken
over Oukasie, if I have to give you the total
count of all the kids Sharon spoke to in three
days the first school it was about 1300 the
second school was about 542, the third school
was about 1200 and there is more. The street
walking ministry every day, I can't tell you the
number but to say that kids are now waiting for
her on the corner before she arrives in
hundreds, but brother, now you and I need to
work harder so that we can match this woman, she
is now known and loved in Oukasie in each and
every house. Kids everywhere are talking about
Sister Sharon, she is taking over, come quickly
my brother so that we can get a little bit of
her glory, ha ha!
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MAY 05 CRUSADE REPORT FROM MARTIN.
I just received this email from Pastor Martin that got me
dancing on my desk--glory to Jesus! Thank you to you who
supported this effort in prayer and finances--the Lord has done
it, and it is awesome! I simply cannot wait until we do it
again this coming September. Glory to Jesus! Enjoy...
Hello my dear precious brother. As we discussed I will
begin to gather testimonies from people who were touched by
God in the Crusade. There are so many coming
forward brother and more and more testimonies will begin to
flow.
The Bibles for the people, as you stated previously that we
can get the Bibles to give to new converts. This is a
wonderful plan brother and I'm sure we can help many people
in that regard.
Let us continue to stand in prayer regarding all the people
that accepted Jesus at the Crusade, let us pray that the
enemy should not put his terrible hand on even a single soul
that came to the Lord. We are seeing wonders of more and
more young people from the Crusade coming to services on
Sunday. I have received a report yesterday that all the
churches were overflowing with teenagers, my eyes were full
of tears to see the Lord's hand upon teenagers.
I
Love you my dear and my precious brother.
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MAY 2005
CRUSADE REPORT. It would take many pages to even begin
to report on all that God did in the 6 days of this latest
Crusade, but if I may, I can sum it all up in one word:
Salvation. Yes, like never before we saw salvation,
salvation, and more salvation. Glory to Jesus!
The Crusade theme was "Call
the Name Jesus and Be Saved." In each service my message
centered on that simple, most life-changing reality, and the
response was staggering. As in past crusades, unexplainably our
audience was largely young people/teenagers (we are not
targeting them but they are the ones who are filling the seats)
and it has become clear that God is "doing a thing" among these
South African youth. They are turning away from aimlessness and
hopelessness, crime and addiction... and turning to Jesus in
droves, and it is truly a wonder to see.
Not so coincidentally these young
people are the future of the country, and in rare boldness for
me, may I humbly say that in my spirit I feel that what we are
seeing is God transforming a generation for purposes of leading
this country in righteousness and freedom and away from all the
evils of violence, corruption, starvation, and disease... that
now plague South Africa so heavily. Glory to Jesus!
By way of example, this African
"township" in which we hold our crusade services is infamously
one of South Africa's most dangerous townships. Even one of the
workers at the B&B we stayed in, when she was told we were
working in Oukasie, replied, "Oukasie! No, no... Bad people in
Oukasie." In the past, as we drove in and out the streets were
literally crawling with wandering drunkenness, street gangs
moving up/down the streets like packs of wolves... Truly, it
was so intimidating. But on this trip--and really, it was night
after night and I wasn't the only one who noticed it--the
streets seemed strangely calm. When the meetings were over and
we drove out, there was hardly a person to be seen. It was not
the Oukasie we've grown accustomed to, and again, may I be bold
as to suggest that as the name of Jesus is lifted higher and
higher in this place where there wasn't even one Christian
church until we pitched a tent on its outskirts last year, God
is changing it before our eyes, literally one soul at a time.
Glory to Jesus!
And again--it's the young
people. Pastor Martin and I, sensing what God is doing, have
partnered in establishing ongoing follow-up/discipling programs
for the teens that include sports programs and, coming in
the future as finances allow, skills training that will open the
doors for them to rise above the cycles of hopelessness that
have ensnared generations. Then there's Sharon with her
"Kiddies Crusade" outreach to the small children and training of
men/women to continue leading them. These kiddies are gaining
hope and new life as they grow in understanding Jesus, their
new-found salvation in Him, the future He desires for
them... more and more through the programs Sharon has
established and trained the leaders to continue through the
weeks/months that follow these crusades. Truly, it is a
marvelous wonder to see--kiddies coming to Jesus "en masse," and
we can only fall on our faces before God in thanksgiving.
There are so many individual
stories to tell, and each one a wonder in its own right. There
are stories of salvation in the multiplied hundreds of adults,
teens, and kiddies. There are stories of people snatched from
suicide, witchcraft, drug addiction, wheelchairs... you name it,
God did it. Truly, I could go on and on.
But maybe one short story that
kind of "says it all" for me... One night a middle-aged woman
gave her life to Jesus and just by chance I happened to hear her
story. She was involved in one of the African
"pseudo-Christian" cults that enslave the majority of the South
African population. By saying pseudo-Christian, what I mean is
that outwardly they appear Christian--the people carry Bibles
and worship God... But what's really going on is a strange mix
of God, witchcraft, the Bible, ancestral worship, blood
sacrifice... Though they don't talk of it openly, there is even
trafficking in human body parts, as terrible as that is to say
so blatantly.
Well, we've seen scores of these
people come to Jesus, but with this one woman, she was not
interested at all in going to any of the Crusades. At the same
time she had a child who would wander down to the Kiddies
Crusade every night--and this goes back to the December Crusade,
from what I gather. This woman apparently saw her child
"change," and she was blown away. I don't know in what ways her
child changed--I can only guess that the child received Jesus
and the Holy Spirit began to massage peace and goodness, hope
and confidence into that child's heart and it shined like, well,
"a city on a hill," and Jesus phrased it in Matthew.
Well, along came the May Crusade
and the child began attending again. Mom saw her child change
even more and just couldn't stay away any longer--she decided
she was going to go down the the Crusade herself and find out
what was going on first hand. The rest is history--she heard
the message of Jesus, received Him as Savior, and now the entire
family is united in His love and the hope of eternal salvation.
Glory to Jesus!
And therein is your May Crusade
report--people's lives changing, God doing the
unimaginable, multiplying and reaching beyond the mere services,
reaching children, adults, teens, criminals, the rejected and
destitute, the hungry... Wow, wow, double wow...
I will never forget, in concluding
our final Sunday "Celebration Service" we always feed the people
a meal that most of them never imagined enjoying in their entire
lives. In fact, when you look at the photos of the "Celebration
Meal" specifically notice the huge piles of food on every
plate--most of these people have never seen food like this, so
they really "go for it."
But I was sitting off by myself,
looking out over the auditorium. There were people sitting in
little groups, eating away. There were little old ladies
stuffing themselves happily. I remember there were a couple
teenage girls just standing in the aisle dancing to the worship
music we had playing. There were other groups of teenagers
eating together, joking with each other in complete security and
calm...
Then there were the kiddies,
strewn all about the floor with their plates heaped high with
more food than they could even begin to eat (but ate anyway)
plopped between their legs. There was rice and stew all over
their little faces and shirts. Some of them had eaten so much
it was like they could barely hold their heads up. It was so
funny to see.
But I was sitting there
anonymously looking over this whole scene, and it all just hit
me--the peace, the joy, the security and safety that was so much
the opposite to what they face in their communities on a daily
basis. There was just "health" everywhere--the "evidence" of
God, the "fruit of the Holy Spirit," on every face and in every
corner. There was even a woman sitting near me, stuffing
herself like crazy and just laughing with the other women around
her--this woman who had come to the Crusade in a wheelchair just
two days earlier.
I tell you, it was as beautiful a
scene as anyone could imagine, and my heart was just filled with
it. It was one of those moments you "hold in your heart"
and silently just "take in." It was one of those times when you
know, know, know why you do what you do, and you thank God for
the privilege and thank God for the privilege. Glory to the
Name of Jesus...
So... we're doing it again
the last week of September. My head is spinning with
zeal for this work and passion for these precious people.
You'll be hearing more as September gets nearer, but please join
me in this, will you? Thank you so much to all of you
who cared enough to support the May Crusade--if you
could only see the faces of these new brothers and sisters who
found Jesus because of you. But thank you, and please,
let's look forward to September.
Join me in support, will
you? Just mark your donation "South
African Crusades," and we promise you, literally 100% of
every penny goes directly to Crusade expenses--directly to
saving souls. Glory to Jesus!
Thanks, thanks, double thanks! Moving and looking forward!
Enjoy the photo gallery! Glory to Jesus!
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Email from Pastor Martin Tivane
As
the May Crusade gets nearer and nearer, and as God just does
miracles to bring it all together, the excitement mounts both
here and in South Africa. I just received this email from
Pastor Martin. Keep us in prayer, please--thanks!
My
dear brother, we are working around the clock to finalize the
preparation for the crusade. Precious brother may the Lord give
you strength after such a challenging schedule that you recently
had. The Lord is gracious and He will do it. We are counting
days until salvation for the nation of God in South Africa.
Brother, it goes without saying that the Lord is in total
leadership and control for this crusade. The response in the
communities is so great and all the churches are awaken
spiritually. Christians are fasting and praying for the Crusade
and souls. A beautiful atmosphere is flowing. What a
breakthrough.
My
brother I am counting the days and soon we will be declaring the
message of hope and love in Jesus. I am so excited, full of
joy, and I told my wife to get your POWER TIE ready for use, can
you still remember the red tie brother? Oh, how I laugh.
I
love you brother
Martin
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God Does a Miracle Providing for the
May Crusade
It is with
utter awe that I write this update regarding the May
Crusade in South Africa. Only last week did we announce
the financial need and publicize the budget for the
Crusade of 86,240 Rand. It was our biggest budget yet
as the work continues to grow and the dollar weakens
against the Rand, so with less than a month to raise it,
I tell you, we were all on our knees.
Well... God
has done it! I am blown away to announce that the
entire 86,240 is in. There are still day-to-day
expenses such as air fare, lodging, food... that are
outstanding, but man, has God revealed His arms and
"bigness," or what? If He did that so "suddenly," those
other expenses will be a breeze! Glory to the Name of
Jesus!
I write this
announcement to encourage you. I don't know what it is
that you've been on your knees for but just stay on
those knees and continue to cry out, because God is big,
big, bigger than big! Here comes Pastor Martin's
reaction in email. Glory to the Name of Jesus!
My precious brother, It is now 10:23 in South
Africa. I am reading your e mail that you just
sent, my brother I just battle to hold back the
tears in my eyes, I cannot quite believe that
such a thing has happened.
In my tears brother I began to see again the
first meeting we had at the Macdonald's in
Pretoria, your obedience to the call of GOD
about South Africa. what a miracle that was and
we can see that the miracles continue. Let us
praise HIM and give GOD the glory about
this. I have never in my life heard of or saw a
miracle like this.
My dear and precious brother I am giving you a
150 percent commitment that I will remain
faithful with the finances that the Lord has
given us. As always each and every cent will go
direct into the kingdom of GOD. And surely on
your arrival you will receive an updated
records for all the finances starting with the
brick-making equipment finances and now this
miraculous provision. I love you my brother and
long to see you, your obedience to the call of
GOD HAS LED TO THE
TRANSFORMATION AND BREAKTHROUGH OF VILLAGES OF
BRITS AND EVEN IN BRITS (I will share Brits
testimonies when I see you).
I am so excited and soon I will hear your voice
and we are going to have wonderful time as our
Savior touches lives.
I love you my dear brother and be blessed.
Martin
So there
you have it--the goodness of God in miracle
dimension. Thank you so much. Whatever finances
remain after "the dust has settled" on the May
Crusade roll directly over into a fund for the
September Crusade, and then December. Glory to the
living God! Be strengthened! Be encouraged! God
was a part-er of the Red Sea 3000 years ago and He's
still that same God today! Cry out to Him, folks!
Glory to the Name of Jesus!
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MAY
CRUSADE ONLY WEEKS AWAY!
The next South African Crusade opens May 3 and it's just hit
me how close that is--yikes! I'm so excited I wish it was
today. At the same time I'm so glad it isn't--too much to
prepare and too little time to do it in! Here's Pastor
Martin's latest email...
My precious dear brother.
It is so wonderful to sit down
once more and begin to count days till we minister the love
of God in Oukasie again. It has been a wonderful weekend in
South Africa of rains pouring down all over the country. I
will view it as God showing us what will happen in
May. Praise God about the Crusade. All the churches are
interceding and preparing themselves. On the Easter Sunday
people were praying and crying out to God that Salvation
would come once again. "Call upon the name of the Lord and
you will be saved," was the word. Hallelujah to the Lamb.
My dear brother it is back to work and soon we will be
standing together declaring that salvation has come in the
name of the Lord, what a joy, breakthrough in the villages,
people coming to Jesus.
Due to the growth in Kiddies
Ministry you will realize that we need to arrange for a
second hall to accommodate the number of the kids, their
safety and that we should feed them properly. I am sure the
number of kids this time will be double the usual number.
TEENS MINISTRY
How can I describe the hunger
and the thirst, our young people are pressing me for two
days of teaching instead of one like last time. Is that
remarkable brother? They are coming to me and begging. Are
you ready? We will need a basin full of prayers to survive
and follow up properly as young people are coming to
Jesus. Most of our churches are now flooded with young
people. It is something I never imagined and I am now
believing that the mighty hand of the Lord is upon this
generation. Teenagers are separating from their unruly
behavior and criminal activities and they are coming to
Jesus.
BUDGET FOR MAY 2005
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Main Crusade
(Oukasie Community
Hall) |
R4620 |
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Kiddies Crusade
(Primindia Community
Hall) |
R4620 |
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Security |
R6000 |
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Transport |
R60 000 |
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Teen Crusade |
R5000 |
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Chairs |
Free |
|
Tents and Counseling |
Free |
|
Printing Pamphlets |
R6000 |
TOTAL AMOUNT
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R86,240. 00
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We
are experiencing a wonderful touch of the Lord’s hand
every time we come to prayer
meetings for the Crusade. The words "Come to the Lord
and be saved by His grace" keep
on and on in my heart. What an answer to the people of
Oukasie, and Brits and all the villages. "Come to the Lord
and be saved." Hallelujah. Waiting to hear from you, my
precious Brother.
I love you
Martin
What can I possibly add to
Martin's words except to once again be reminded of how
deeply, deeply precious these precious souls are. God has
certainly exploded on us with growth and surprises
especially with the response of the teens--something we
never anticipated in our wildest dreams--and all I can say
is, "Glory to Jesus!"
But obviously the budget is a
real challenge this go round, that figure rounding out to
about $16,000 with the current exchange
rate and the three weeks we have to bring it in. I can only
praise Jesus that as big a task as that seems to be He's a
whole lot bigger, and at the same time invite you to give us
a hand because that's how He's going to do it--through
people like you who truly understand the value of those
precious, precious souls. All the money in the world
couldn't even begin to be too much. Glory to the Name of
Jesus!.
Our mailing address is:
Marchiano Ministries
11333 Moorpark St. 171
North Hollywood, CA 91602.
Make sure you designate on
your donation "SA Crusade" and we promise, promise,
promise you that every cent literally will go straight
to direct Crusade expenses. There is nothing deducted for
admin or anything like that, and I'm so thankful that I can
say that. It's just souls, souls, souls! Thanks for your
help! Glory to the Name of Jesus!
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Upcoming Crusade May
3-8, 2005
We're excited to announce our
next South Africa Crusade in the area of Brits - May 3-8. Updates will
follow as our planning progress but for now please enjoy a series of emails Bruce
recently received from his partner Pastor Martin Tivane.
Hallelujah to the Lamb my dearest brother and partner. Thank
you for sending me the THANK YOU CD. I have watched it and we have enjoyed it so
much that during the Easter services we are going to show it to the churches and
leadership.
My dear brother once more again may the hand of the Lord be upon you as you
travel through Australia and Italy. We are standing in prayer to ask the Lord to
help you in everything.
We have received the amount of R21 566.39 from you for the brick-making
operation to begin. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We are out of words here.
Christians living in shacks who were identified for the building of houses were
in tears when I made the announcement. Tears of joy were flooding the churches
this week. I love you my precious brother.
I have started making preparations for the May crusade. The kiddies crusade. The
teens crusade. The golden go-go's fellowship (remember that name we called the
old woman's outreach in December that gave you such a good laugh?). We are
interceding that the mighty hand of the Lord should sweep thousand and thousands
into HIS kingdom. Buckets of power my brother!
I pray for you my brother. I love you my precious brother.
Martin
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Hello my dear brother, Hallelujah and praise be to the
name of the Lord. My dear brother and partner I am so thankful of the
grace of the Lord to be in partnership with you. Your heart is so much
attached to those who will one day say we thank the lord about your
coming to South Africa. You we will be delighted that when you come in
May two to even three houses should have been built for poor families by
then. It will be exciting to show them to you when you come and I can
only praise Jesus.
I
am ready and excited that a good report will come to heaven in May of
souls and houses, the beginning of great things. It is exciting and
encouraging and we praise the Lord about your vision for giving these
helpless people houses to live in. There will be great joy.
My beloved brother May is around the
corner and presently we are preparing for our Easter services. We pray
for the Lord's blessings during the Easter services that the Lord will
be glorified and it will be a Sunday of harvest and celebration as we
head toward the May Crusade. May the lord strengthened you, bless you
more and more as we serve the people of God.
I love you my dear brother.
PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO CALL I
WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
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It
has been quite some time but I truly miss you my brother.
The fellowship we shared in December has been so great and I
always think of the coming May when we will be together
again enjoying brotherhood and declaring the glorious Gospel
of Jesus Christ. It is just around the corner. We are
going to see great things once more again.
My brother it has been just hard work here in South Africa
following up the new souls from December and
strengthening the brethren. I have been moving around to
all the churches encouraging and building the unity. The
lord is bringing answers to all our prayers and the churches
are more excited and united than ever before. Churches are
growing both spiritually and also in numbers, I am so
thankful. My dear brother I would suggest that a week
before the May Crusade we drive around to all the churches
and experience what is happening. You will be greatly
touched, I can tell you.
Pastor Benjamin was hospitalized for the past 2 weeks. The
Lord healed him and we are now continuing in prayer that he
should be fully strong once more again. Join us in prayer
as we ask the Lord to do this work of restoring
him completely from the affects of the sickness. One can
also note how the enemy has now attacked both our children's
leaders so viciously following the last two Crusades. He is
trying to crush the work and keep the children from God's
kingdom. We will not allow it brother, Pastor Benjamin will
be fully strong to lead the children's programs again as our
Lord is faithful.
May
the lord strengthen you and bless you more and more. I love
you.
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Hello my dear and precious brother, how wonderful and
encouraging to sit down and write a few lines to you. We
are really missing you in South Africa, we are looking
forward to the May Crusade where souls will be coming to the
Lord in great numbers. I am very much delighted to bring
the following great kingdom news to you. I mean great.
Remember I told you that we were busy with the follow up
of souls from the December crusade. My brother Oukasie's
strongholds are coming down. We are seeing a great number
of souls coming from Oukasie to our Elandsrand church. We
even had to buy a 3rd tent to accommodate these new souls.
Amazing things are happening my dear brother. The church in Maboloka
is also now too small. My dear brother I praise the Lord
about you. I know it is not easy coming all the way from
the USA to give your heart to us in Africa. May the good
Lord strengthen and keep you.
The kiddies are flooding the churches and we are beginning
to experience mighty things in the area of kiddies
ministry. During Good Friday we are also planning to do
another outreach for the kiddies. Praise the Lord about
sister Sharon whom the Lord has used to break new ground in
the area of kiddies ministry.
We have finished with the preparation for the use of the
cameras and brethren have been trained in the business. We
are planning a slow start and anticipate some few "teething"
problems but surely by the end of May we will be having
a near matured group of photographers. I praise God for
this brother as the photographers will now have a practical
hope and learn these important business skills. I am still
overwhelmed at these cameras being given brother. Please
tell our brothers and sisters I am humbled really.
The bricking making project
I
have visited where they sell the machines and equipment and
we were advised that the best way of starting a project of
this kind is to begin as a learning curve where all
Christians who will be participating can have on the job
training, and I fully agree.
Brick making machine with accessories R10 000,00. Wheel
barrels and other accessories and buying of cements and
implementing the first stages of the project R10 000,00.
I
have been advised that with such a project in our minds
an amount of 20 000,00 is suitable to start a project.
Pastor Benjamin is recovering from his sickness and coming
on well. We praise the Lord about all the support and
prayers that were made for him.
I
love you my brother and we are looking forward to see you
very soon and may you be strengthened in the Lord. We stand
with you my brother.
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----- Original Message -----
It is good to hear from you in the year
2005. I am okay and quite involved with the work of following up the
December Crusade souls. It has been a busy year end. It is amazing to
see how the Lord has "kept" these precious souls after the December
Crusade. You will be happy to hear that most of the churches that have
been planted are experiencing great numbers of them in attendance. The
church in Elandsrand especially is experiencing a great move of the
power of God. As you know between the September and December Crusades
we needed to purchase and attach a second tent. Now since the December
Crusade that is already too small. I am busy negotiating with the tent
company to buy a 3rd tent to attach. Brother, do you remember how we
stood on that ground long ago when there was nothing and prayed together
according to the leading God had given us to purchase the land and
begin a church there? We have been answered, brother because that place
is holy ground. I am telling you, from everywhere the people are just
coming. I thank the lord about you commitment to the work in Africa,
brother. May the good Lord strengthen you and keep your heart flowing
with African love. I love you my dear brother.
Regarding upcoming Crusades my heart is
always open to see lost souls coming to the light of God. I have
realized one thing that in all crusades the we had together the hand of
the Lord gathered many souls to the kingdom. If it is okay with you my
dear brother I don't have problem we can organize crusades both in
September and December following our plans for May. My dear brother if
it is God's will that we should stand together and spread the good news
on those dates, lets do it. I submit this to you.
I have also just finalized the quotation on
the brick making project. I will email them to you in a very short
space of time. This is so exciting to the people my brother. Word is
spreading quickly that we will begin this and many are coming forward to
assist. This will be a glorious outreach to our poor people brother.
The young man
Joshua that you took special interest in, I report that he is attending
the church in Erasmus regularly. As you asked I will email you updates
about his needs and costs for his studies. I am humbled brother,
really.
My dear brother I am giving you my
commitment that we are praying that the Lord cares for you in all ways.
Sometimes I just close my eyes and see the battle that we are always
facing and all challenges that comes about when you step into God's work
and preaching the Gospel and the enemy wanting to destroy and hold that
back. There is scripture that always reminds me that the more we
experience these things it is the more we see great things in our walk
with God. Acts 9 verse 15 and 16 does happen in our lives suffering
great things for his name's sake. We stand together in every way my
brother.
I have seen the updates of the December
crusade photos on the web site. I am blessed brother. They are great
photos that tell the story exactly. What a time of glory we had
brother. We are all enjoying the photos.
My dear brother I
love you and we unite in the strength of confidence that the Lord will
stand in defense for us as we preach the Gospel. I love you.
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