Tshitereke- Venda-South Africa outreach in 17 - 30 June 2012

We departed Friday (22 June) after the team departed on the Monday (18 June) because Louis' medicine has changed and wanted to see how it works. The Lord has blessed us wonderfully and it is going well with him. Leoni and CJ (our grandson) have also been at the outreach and he enjoyed the space and everyone’s attention and to drive around with his grandfather.
The place where we reached out was Tshitereke. It is a suburb of Thohoyandou in Venda.
On Sunday, Louis held the service at church like never before. The Lord controlled it wonderfully and blessed the service.

To God be all the glory.

Monday (25 June), the youth arrived safely. The program remained full for Tuesday and after the devotion and communion, we had 2 lessons of Children Ministry presented, and the evening they had to apply it.  Wednesday the group went to Donnald Frazer Hospital where they helped to sort files and were also on a tour through the hospital. The youth mostly mentioned the mortuary, but Leoni said it was so sad for her to saw the boys who waited to be circumcised. They look so scared and helpless. Louis explained to her that it is better to be in the hospital when it’s done rather than with a witchdoctor.

The evening's event was blessed. Where we had a woman brought chairs for all guests. A man of the ZCC church run past the outreach area - it was so funny. He walked up to us start running past us and walked normally. Seems he has a fear of the Lord.

Thursday the team visited a "Drop In" center and while we wait for the children to come we practiced the youth games and involved the other people standing around. It was very enjoyable. A few injuries, but nothing serious. The team teaches them good Bible lessons and spent the afternoon playing good football.

We had the more intense Youth learned how to Evangelize with the five colors of the wordless book so that the child will understand the Gospel and accept Jesus as their Savior. They also learned how to use memory verses for a child to remember them by using creative modes.

We went to school where we had arranged for the learners to talk to and get everyone together before the assembly block. Christoff got the opportunity to speak to the learners, and it was a very good talk. Learners clearly understood what he said because they had a good response. He gave every young person of the youth also an opportunity for a short testimony for the time unfortunately ran out.

For the youth returned home Friday, the team only once a school visit and a message to the children brought. Saturday we returned home.

Armand says: It was so nice to see how the Holy Spirit worked with the youth and changed their own lives as they bring a change in other people's lives. Every evening the youth had to give their testimony or message. Every night they improved and spoke stronger. Many of the town's young people were encouraged by these young people because they see these people came from far away just to be with them and show their love of Jesus to them. I have once again learned that you really cannot judge someone just by looking at them. People changed within a week and their stories were told to me and I just think about how the Holy Spirit works. The youth have in so short time learned how to serve children completely on their own. The pastor of the church was so grateful that we were there and want us back. We will go again because there are many areas that we could not touch.

The Lord blessed us with wonderful fruit. The congregation just kept carrying: Advokados, oranges, tangerines, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes. The Lord is so good to us and we give Him all the glory.

Pastor Colbert and his wife Gladyce gave their church to us to live in and also invited us in the future to come and stay there again if we want to work.   

Testimonies

• A daughter testified that she did not want to sin because you have to pay for your sins in hell.
• A husband and wife testified on several occasions that they had severe headaches and after they prayed, he is completely healed and a son testified that he was healed of stomach ache.
• A wife and five daughters testify of salvation and another woman said that she accepted Jesus after she saw everything that He went through for her.
• An old lady was so grateful that she could attend the service and asked that a church in her area must be opened and the team must reach out more.
• A woman said she did not come to the meeting, but her children with her insisted. She was a churchgoer but now she accepted Jesus.
• Another woman said people should not be surprised to have her seen. She gave her life to Jesus and will now go to church.
• An old woman said that she wanted to go to church and would not. After she saw the film, her life changed and she now wants a church and a Bible to learn more of the Lord.
• A girl told the Lord changed her life after she accepted Him and because He had convinced her of her sins to her all that she sinned against to ask forgiveness.
• A woman thanks God that he protected her by His knowledge of the film could suffer, she realized that if she does not give her life to Jesus she will be going to hell. She accepted Jesus.

A heart in tune with God can’t help but sing His praise

Statistics

People reached:  2295        Commintments: 2136
Kids: 244.                            Commintments: 228
School: Manny               

Zimbabwe:

Please Pray for us, we are in this village and we have a major breakdown. I have to come back to town to look for spare part of the vehicle. Lets keep on praying for God to provide reliable vehicles.
Love, Reuben: Zimbabwe

When we serve in Jesus’ name. He gets the glory

Mozambique:

OUTREACH REPORT OF JUNE 2012 - TEAM ONE

14 DAYS ATTENDANCE    : 6500.
CONVERTS    : 1200

This report is very much different from normal report because of the place and seasons. People in June do not attend outdoors meetings as it is cold.
But to my surprise people attended as if it was summer. Another thing is in places with electricity. People do not come in a big number because they sit at their TVs.

To this outreach people did came in a number and accept the message preached to them. We also noticed the way God saved people and healed people in a big number.
Church people did support at this outreach and invited us to turn in the near future. It is my first time to see church leaders and members to attend Jesus film.
Keep on praying for us, we are looking forward to continue to preach Christ Jesus the Lord.    
By Robert.

Look at these wounds. This showed us how people suffer and this is the things we usually came across. (Foto)
Look at how thin is this man. It is death and life to him. We need to pray for him.
The man lying here is the same man seated on the wheelchair. Before he was prayed for he could not seat on his wheelchair. After 5 days being prayed for, he could manage to raise up and seat on his wheelchair. Nobody believed he could rise up and  5 seat. Today he drives his wheelchair around. We praise God for what he did in his life.

As Christ’s love grows in us, His love flows from us.

OUTREACH REPORT OF JUNE 2012 - TEAM TWO       

Mostly our host to every area is children, we don’t even mind to see children coming. We minister to them and on the long run elder people also join.    

10 DAYS ATTENDANCE    : 2600
CONVERTS    : 700

This crusade was very disturbed by winter rain along the sea coast. The outreach did not finish by date programmed because of rain and cold. Mozambique is not a cold area, but this time it was very cold. The attendance was much better because in the area there is no electricity, so many people was coming to see what is happening by seeing lights and the Jesus film. To them it was entertainment.
We thank God they leave the message we have for them in the hands of the Holy Spirit to continue to speak to them.
Pray much for this area, they seem to be not taking the word of God easy.
This is part of the crowd attended the Jesus film project. The school principal allowed the team to use school benches. The classes could not accommodate the crowed; otherwise we would have been given the class room. As I mentioned above this people live in a remote area, people use generator for family lights and solar panel. Glory is to God, the government authority opened doors for us so that we can keep on visiting. Keep on praying for us.
God bless     
Robert on behalf of Cersar Zukule

God is the Master of turning burdens into blessings.

When praying. It’s better to have a heart without words than words without heart.
 

Prayer Requests

• Thank God with us for blessed outreaches for the year so far.
• Thank the Lord for helping Louis so wonderfully with every sermon at the outreach.
• Pray for the youth that we reached out with that the Lord will finish the work he started in them.
• Pray for all who gave their lives to Jesus this year and for their spiritual growth.
• Zimbabwe and the problems their vehicle has.
• Mozambique. The parts where we are reaching people are extremely poor and need much prayer.
• Christians with marital problems
• Elve - brain tumor. Donnald - radiation for a brain tumor
• Louis - (A Prayer Request for our friends who sent it) suspected brain damage after an abscess on his brain was treated.
• Theo and Korrie - Lung Cancer, Christo - Bladder Cancer
• Kuano - hole in his lung and pneumonia
• Elna's mother - hip replacement
• Stacey that lost her baby.

Feedback on the planned outreach to Doa - Mozambique.

Greetings in Jesus name.

The outreach to Mozambique should have occurred on July 11, but due to a lack of finances, we were pressured to postpone the outreach until a later date.

Many thanks to those who contributed, we honor the Lord for the finances, it will be applied to an outreach to Mozambique on a later date. We still trust God for the necessary funds. I sent Robert (our representative from Mozambique) by bus to Doa to bring the matter to the people to go explain that they don’t see us we abandoned them, but we have to go as the Lord wants. We will hold some of the funds until we have sufficient funds to get there. At this stage we have only a third of what we need. We plan to go the first three weeks of September because the rainy season has not yet started. The planned outreach will then be done. With the closing of this letter, I again invite you to be part of the outreach. If you cannot go, send us in your place. May God bless you.
Louis Moore 

PS: Friends, just a last word, oh I hope you see it in the right light.
We as a team is prepared for three weeks on the ground to sleep through mosquitoes, fleas and lice bite, and then we talk not only about the perils of scorpions and snakes. We do not even know what food we have to eat etc.. We go on outreach not for our own benefit, but only for the kingdom of God.

Finally, what were the last words of Jesus before He ascended to heaven?
“Go therefore and make as much money as possible and enjoy your life and build your barns bigger and stock in as many as possible. Just do not invest in God’s kingdom.”
You and I know that only what we do for the Lord here on earth, will stand through the fire of God. (1 Cor. 3:13 to 15) "Do not lay up your treasures on earth where thieves break etc. .... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven ..... "(Matthew 6: 19 ...) The words of Jesus say, and you know it: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations ..." Everybody cannot go, but make sure someone is in your place.
You and I will someday stand before God and there are not any excuses. What will God say about us?

The Lord blesses you and thank you for understanding how the heart of a missionary beat.

Greetings in Jesus Name
Louis, and Kobie
Living Word Ministries team