The Harvest Is Ripe and Plentiful

On Monday, I mainly walked to Asumani to spend time with Antonio, a young man who gave his life to Jesus last week. But, I also witnessed the power of God beginning to transform the life of another young man. After preaching the gospel, several people received the Lord, but one young man wasn’t sure if he wanted to commit His life to the Lord. Through a translator, I told him in a very sincere way that if he didn’t love the Lord enough to want to give up his life to serve him, he shouldn’t accept Jesus as His Savior. The young man left, but about 5 minutes later, he returned trembling with watering eyes. He told us that he wanted to receive Jesus. Many people have prayed for years for this area, and now we are seeing numerous people of Asumani village live for the Lord. The holy fire of God has been falling in this village, and people are being convicted of their sin and their need for the Savior Jesus Christ. In the same village, a family recently gave their lives to Jesus. Sunday, this family entered our small village with singing and rejoicing to attend our church for the first time. They are a very lovely family and are a joy to spend time with. Although people are accepting Jesus as their Savior, our heart is for people to become full hearted worshippers of God, people of His presence who are willing to give up anything and everything to live their lives for the Lamb of God. The Lord has given us His passion to see this transformation occur in the hearts of men. We are looking forward to sharing the testimonies of all that Jesus will be doing.

My wife continues to do an awesome job homeschooling our children and being a true servant in many other capacities. She is a wonderful blessing. She also continues to informally minster to a few of our local woman who live in our village.

At the end of last month, we celebrated our 10th Anniversary again through a special lunch with our Lichinga family and lots of goodies (a few birthdays were also celebrated at the same time). Besides ministry, we take the time for important things like this.

To our CLG Family, congratulations on another church anniversary celebrating the goodness of Jesus Christ and the kindness of the Lord through the years!

We love you and may the Lord bless you. Continue to pray for Asumani that the people would have a burning passion to serve to the Lord and be true disciples of Jesus Christ. Continue to pray for us, that the Lord would continue to humble us, draw us into His righteousness and give us tremendous favor with the people and communities of this land.

We love you. The Haynes’