VISITING THE U.S.

We’re In Connecticut
We arrived Nov. 8, and we’ll be in the U.S. until January 17, 2009. Until then, we’ll be visiting family and friends, and enjoying the time the Lord is giving us here resting and relaxing in His presence. And as a family, we are continuing to spend time in the presence of the Lord and His word, crying out for a greater experience of God’s glory and kingdom in our lives, and praying for the Lord’s work that is continuing in Lichinga.

Provision Of Peace In His Presence
When we left Lichinga, we didn’t have enough money to pay for the total fare back to the U.S. (not without using money needed for other things), but the word of the Lord is a promise of His provision. When you receive a ‘call of God’ provision is made as you go (it doesn’t always come at once). A few days before we left Lichinga we received an email with a $200 pledge. When we flew to Maputo, Mozambique we purchased bus tickets to travel to South Africa. In Maputo, a couple whom we did not know and that knew nothing about the needs of our journey, came to us saying the Lord told them to give $200 cash into our ministry. This helped pay for fare and food. Then, another person (whom we never met) blessed us with a one night hotel and breakfast in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the Johannesburg airport we had to wait about 11 hours for our flight. We got free dinners (because the plane was delayed) and someone gave each of our children free beverages. We also slept on the couches in one of the restaurants (free beds, hallelujah!!). When we arrived in the U.S. and checked our email, we found that we were blessed with news of more money. We thank God for His provision, but we believe it’s not just about our material needs being met. There’s a peace of God that causes an extraordinary increase in our daily relationship with Jesus. Although we pray for our needs, we are not consumed or distracted by them. Instead we know God is faithful, and the peace of God enables us to rest in His presence and go on experiencing the greatness of who He is (instead of focusing on how and when He will provide for us). So, we steadfastly pursue His call on our lives as we run forward in the joyful expectation of what He promised to supply as we do His work.

Another Muslim Comes To Christ
As you know from a previous blog, the coaches of the hockey (floorball) team have been helping us rebuild our fence after most of it was purposely burned down. The Sunday before we left Lichinga for the U.S., the coaches wanted to come to our church. One of the two Muslim coaches gave his life to Jesus. The other Muslim coach sat silently with his head down (one could see the Lord working on his heart). He didn’t surrender his life to Jesus, but he did agree for prayer to have an encounter with the living God that would leave no doubt in his heart to who Jesus really is.

Please continue to pray for us and for our beloved city of Lichinga, Mozambique while we are here. Join with us as we cry out for more of Jesus! Oh, how we are in need of more of you, Lord!

We love you,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

The Provision Of His Presence

Rebuilding The Fence

Then the head coach of the youth and young adult hockey teams (floorball teams) that I minister to found out what happened to our fence, he rallied the other coaches of the teams together to help us rebuild. In a few hours the 5 coaches rebuilt about one-third, 60 feet, of the total length of the fence that had been burned down. They only stopped because I had no more grass. It will take a lot more work and material to finish the fence, but the Lord put an amazing determination in our hearts to rebuild. We continually see that in the Lord’s presence amazing things happen, and can happen quickly. We are amazed at how quickly the Lord can restore things that are lost.

Trusting In His Presence

Tiffany and I have been overseeing the center property since 10/16 because everyone else is either on holiday or attending a conference in Beira. Everyone else that “leads” in church (worship team, translators, musicians, and pastors) is also gone. I talked to the base leaders, who are the Pastors, and they left it up to me to decide whether or not to have church. It seemed like good sense to cancel church for two weeks since I was the only one left to facilitate things, and Tiffany opted to stay at the land to “guard” it during church services. (Someone always has to be present to watch over the children’s center property which is up the hill from where the church is). But, the Lord told me not to “uproot” the church. I knew the Lord was telling me that the church, His people, is His work and it doesn’t originate in the efforts or abilities of any one individual. If I canceled church, I would have given people the wrong view of church and what their relationship with God is about. Salvation is of the Lord.

The services were wonderful. Truly, the most important thing was that the presence of the Lord was there. Jesus was pleased. And the Holy Spirit “led” worship. I encouraged everyone not to sing anything unless it was what the Holy Spirit gave them. Worship in song occurred as He chose and gave a person a song, and we all joined in singing. Then He’d give another person a song, and we’d all join in singing to the Lord. Then at once, He quieted all of us in His presence, and simultaneously we started telling God how wonderful He is. In the quietness, one person began singing “Let it Rain” in Portuguese. It was beautiful as we sensed the Holy Spirit was ministering to our hearts. As I taught each week, the Lord provided someone new to translate into the local languages of our church-Chichewa, Jao and Portuguese.

We are looking forward to traveling to the U.S. next week. We are excited knowing the Lord has great plans for us there. During this last week, we are finishing “rain-proofing” our house, putting up curtains and Tiffany is continuing to home school. We leave on Nov. 4, and will arrive in the U.S. on Nov 8.

With Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Seeing Jesus In the Midst of Discouragement

Seeing the Face of Jesus In the Midst of Discouragement.

Not too long ago, Gazani prayed for me and told me not to be discouraged. I now know what he meant. These past weeks have been the most challenging and would have left me very discouraged in the Lord’s work. But Jesus’ assuring love left nothing in me but a fight to rest in His presence, and un-natural strength to continue seeking and doing the will of God for my life. Discouragement is a principality in Lichinga and for some reason the Lord brought me to and through an encounter with it. This principality, which is not of God (Ephesians 6:12), made all the work I have yet to do on the house seem too much, too time consuming, and the fruit of ministering in the city and villages of little value. But the Lord encouraged me, until He became my sole delight, and I knew my life was at rest “in Him”. I pressed on in the work of the ministry being reassured by the word the Holy Spirit gave me in Isaiah 49. God’s pursuit of my life for an intimacy with Him sustains me in everything. I am so secure in His love for me.

The enemy tried to make our work appear to be in vain, and our ministering useless. But, on the very day I walked with Jesus out of this “valley of discouragement”, the Holy Spirit had me minister to a Christian brother who admitted he had turned back into a life of sin. This man re-committed his life to the Lord right then. It was the next day that my friend White, came to my house, and turned from Islam to commit his life to follow Jesus. A few days later, I entered a shop in the city and saw the beauty of the presence of the Lord on the woman who works there. I never met this woman before. After I told her what I saw upon her life, she told me that she believed in Jesus as her Savior. I then released the prophetic word the Lord gave me concerning the call of God for her life. Her face lit up with the joy of the Lord (it’s not every day that someone comes into a store to prophecy and pray for you). If she is faithful, she will carry the fire of the Lord and show others how to live that life of love in His presence. The Lord is answering our prayers. He’s spreading a passion for His presence in the hearts of the people of Lichinga. Jesus is harvesting hearts for His presence!

Sunday, 10/19, my whole family was at the house of a Muslim man for dinner (his wife is saved). My children were waiting to give thanks before eating. So, this Muslim man stopped eating and allowed me to pray to Jesus Christ the only Son of God, and give Jesus thanks for the food that everyone was eating at the dinner. So I blessed his family as well.

On 10/20, the Lord opened the doors for me to minister in the two prisons in Lichinga. Hallelujah! Thank you for praying!

On 10/21, while I was in the city, my wife was at home teaching the children. The Lord told Tiffany that there was going to be an attack on our land earlier that morning. Within 2 hours, someone purposely walked through our land and set two fires next to our beautiful ~7 ft. high custom grass and bamboo fence (this is the type the locals build around their houses). When Tiffany heard the fire she ran outside and saw that it was started a little bit below our fence. My wife called me on my cell phone crying out for help. Despite her valiant attempts to fight the blaze by herself, most of our fence burned to ash - over 180 feet of it! Our 4 banana trees and many other trees in our yard burned and shriveled up because of the intense heat. The Lord saved our small pineapple, lettuce, and strawberry plants. When I arrived, I brought the day guard from the white house down the hill where we used to live. Only Jesus allowed us to stop the fire from burning the base leaders’ grass fence next door about 100 feet from our house (yes the fire spread all around the center), literally saving one missionary’s truck that is parked along a grass fence from catching fire and blowing up. (We are the only ones currently at our center besides the night guard who comes in the evening and leaves in the morning. Everyone else is far away in Beira at a conference until around 10/28. The other missionaries, Jesse and Tanya, are in the U.S. for a few months). We later worshipped the Lord, openly forgave the person/people responsible for the fire, and prayed blessings for their lives. This is what we do when we see Jesus in the midst of attacks.

We stand firm and are not being shaken. Jesus is the victorious one who lives in us and He cannot be discouraged. His work is going quite well. We are steadfast in our pursuit of His glory, and our desire to know Him. His kingdom is advancing in Lichinga. Then I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; But, surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God. Indeed He says, … I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’’(parts of Isaiah 49:4,6)

In God we trust. We love you!

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

Email for Ministry only: heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

Blog: http://www.clgonline.net/blog/haynes

Update On Ministry Projects

At times people have inquired about how they can help, and also have encouraged us to let people know how they can be a blessing. In the beginning of the year, we sent a blog with a list of the main projects and other ministry opportunities to let people know the primary areas they can support us in. We are resending an updated list, which includes the praise report for the things the Lord allowed us to accomplish thus far.

The Lord has a lot of work for us to do in the city of Lichinga and its surrounding villages, and we believe we’ll be here for several years until the Lord says our work is done. Projects that we mentioned are the result of prayer, and are things that are specific to enable us to live here and be effective in fulfilling God’s call on our lives to pursue the harvest, and prepare and release harvesters here in Lichinga.

HOUSE FOR GOD’S PLEASURE
Some people thought it was impossible, but the Lord built our house in 4 months and we moved into it in September. We’re going to complete the remaining inside work (painting, inside doors, kitchen table, etc.) when we return from the U.S.

TRUCK FOR MINISTRY
We are praying for a twin cab 4x4 truck. Due to the rainy season, mud, and the poor condition of the dirt roads where we live, a 4x4 truck with room to carry several passengers inside is necessary. We need a truck to evangelize in the city and villages. It’s especially necessary as we’ve been desiring the freedom to go places and minister as a family. Quality used/new trucks (mainly Toyota/Nissan/Ford) can be purchased in Mozambique.

BORE-HOLE (Well)
This past year, the cheapest machine drilled wells (bore holes) were about $6000 U.S. which includes a manual hand pump. In Lichinga (which is in the mountains), the machine drilled wells must be about 40-50 meters to give clean water that’s available year round even in the dry season (when it doesn’t rain for about 4-6 months). Our current water supply, a hand dug well, frequently runs out and is dirty. We’d like a bore-hole for our house and gardening. Everyone at the center agrees that the only option is to have more than one bore-hole especially since our center will have to have enough water to support 24 orphans, flower and vegetable gardens, etc.

DREAMER’S VISION PROJECTS
(We can explain how the Lord gave us this name and song at some other time). As a part of preaching to the lost and drawing people back to their first-love, we encourage the people of God to enter into their God-given destinies. We spiritually prepare the way, and when possible practically equip believers to help them be to be released into the call of God for their lives. Some good examples of this are the bicycles that a few of you supplied to Gazani and Foster (local missionaries who are very active in evangelism), and the Bibles we continue to purchase in the local language for believers that are eager to learn about the Lord, micro-enterprise projects and other small projects.

Please continue to pray for us and the great work that the Lord has set before us. We thank God for all of your continued support and willingness to see His glory and kingdom transform lives in Lichinga, Mozambique. We are looking forward to coming to the U.S. next month; The Lord is faithful, and will always provide the way.

Servants in the field of Lichinga, Mozambique,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

Email for Ministry only: heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

Blog: http://www.clgonline.net/blog/haynes

For donations that can’t be sent through our church in the U.S., direct overseas donations (US dollars) can be transferred to our ministry account here in Lichinga (donations sent directly to this acct are not tax deductible). You will need the following information to complete the transfer. Please send us an email (or give us a call!) if you choose this option, so we can confirm the transaction. Thank you!Acct #: 00800001444320410180Swift Code: CGDIMZMA

Open Doors In The Hockey Team

HARVESTING THE CITY OF LICHINGA - FLOORBALL (HOCKEY) TEAM

After many months of communicating with the Christian organization in Switzerland that started the floor hockey team (and many months of waiting), they were finally able to send new floorball equipment. The whole team and the coach were really excited. This past Saturday, I visited the team to tell them about how the equipment was truly a work of Jesus Christ (and it was!). Fiel couldn’t go to translate, so I had to express my heart and give glory to God by myself in Portuguese. I think the Lord did it like this because it would impact the team more if I was speaking myself. When I began to speak, I almost started crying because I saw the glory of God over the team. Then instantly, the Lord gave me a love for them that I never had before. (It’s impossible to bring in the hearts for His harvest, if we don’t have the Father’s heart for people). At the same time I was seeing the glory of God on the team, I began to have an understanding of what the team meant to the Lord. I began to share the prophetic words the Lord gave me to encourage the team (they didn’t know I was prophesying). The glory of God is awesome! Then, do you know what the Holy Spirit told me to do? He told me to pray and give honor to our Savior Jesus Christ for the equipment and the team. I explained some things to the team (mainly for the benefit of the Muslims), and then prayed to Jesus. After I was done, both Muslims and Christians clapped and thanked me for all the words I shared with them. I was amazed. They were all so happy. I know the Lord gave them a different heart for me, too. The team was started with both Christians and Muslims, without laying the foundation of Jesus Christ. I know the Lord is going to use the coach, Celio, to change that.

PREACHING IN CHULUGU VILLAGE

A couple of WYWAM missionaries and some of us here at Iris Lichinga went to show the Jesus Film to help prepare the way in a village the Lord has told them (WYWAM missionaries) to minister in. They first got the permission from the village Chief. Victor preached before the film and I preached afterwards. Quite honestly, I did try to opt out by suggesting other people, but it didn’t work. I had no idea what I would say, but knew the Holy Spirit is the one who could preach, so I was confident that all would go well. This was new territory, and we knew we were plowing new ground. While the film was playing, 600-800 people or more gathered together, including children (who always push their way to the front of the crowd). There are Christians and many Muslim people in this village. More than half walked away as soon as the film was over. Several people and many children gave their lives to the Lord. Then more came for healing. When we began praying for people, others in the crowd came as close as possible to see. I was on the truck, and I don’t know how the time of prayer went. One man was acting angry and crazy, and literally pushed his way through the crowd, grabbed a woman receiving prayer (this is not culturally accepted) and pulled her away so she couldn’t receive prayer. Someone else cut the cord to the projector, but praise God, that was after the film was over. This was the first time I experienced something like this, but we all could see the Lord working on the hearts of the people. Over the speaker system, we prayed for the woman that was pulled away (she wanted prayer because of a headache), forgave the man that was causing much disturbance, thanked the Chief for inviting us, and thanked the people who stayed to learn more about Jesus. We believe that many more people will receive Christ during the follow-up and continued ministry of the WYMAN missionaries.

We are so excited about being able to visit the U.S. next month. (Continue to pray with us that we would soon receive the rest of the finances to travel from Lichinga to Johannesburg.) Please pray that the Lord would open doors for us to share about Lichinga, and that His glory and kingdom would be released through our lives while we are there. Continue to pray for us that we’ll be impacted by the Father’s love, and that His kingdom will explode out of our lives.

We love you!

Bringing in the hearts for His harvest,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

Email for Ministry only: heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

Blog: http://www.clgonline.net/blog/haynes

Continuing To Harvest The City Of Lichinga

OUR CHILDREN

I’m sure sometimes, people wonder about our children. We are so thankful to the Lord for what He’s been doing with our young, anointed missionaries. They have been overcoming so many challenges since being in Mozambique. Before they didn’t like being in the dirt, or being around all the bugs. Now, they play with dead bugs and collect the live ones as pets. They even play in the dirt without fear of matequenia (the little worms that crawl into your skin). Amerel and Isaiah usually play with 4 of the base leader’s children who are between the ages of 3 – 13. There aren’t any other children close by. It’s a blessing, especially for Amerel who really misses her friends from the U.S. It’s beautiful to see the Lord work in their lives and use them as they join with us in praying, fasting and interceding for the city and the villages.

HARVESTING THE CITY OF LICHING

A Floor Hockey TeamWe asked for the city of Lichinga, and the Lord is continuing to open doors for us there. The Lord has been moving greatly on the heart of Celio, the Christian coach of the only floorball (floor hockey) team in our province of Niassa. He’s a great coach, and the Lord is preparing his heart to carry His glory in this sport. We’ve been spending a lot more time together, and both Fiel and I have been teaching him the word of God so he can confidently share his faith, and impact the lives of many young people.

Guerra Village in the Sanjala district of the city

In Portuguese, Guerra means War. A way has been prepared for us to impact War Village which is known for its spiritual darkness. (We don’t yet know why it has this name). We do know that there is much past hurt and pain in the lives of the people in this village. Fiel and I prayed for a man named Abel de Cruz, who had a swollen leg for months, and now the man is healed, able to walk longer distances and is going to church. Hallelujah! Before the Lord healed his leg, this Christian man joined us in laying down our lives to see the purposes of God fulfilled in the city. We believe this miraculous healing was a prophetic act and a confirmation that the Lord wants to heal the hearts of people in this area, and strengthen His people to be able to “go the distance” with Him. We arranged a meeting to meet with Abel de Cruz this Sunday, after church, to talk more about the presence of the Lord and ministering in the city.

Pray with us that the Lord will also provide us access to minister in one of the two small prisons in the city. The Lord has put this on my heart months ago, and we are waiting for His timing.

VISITING THE U.S. - testimony

We’ve recently been blessed with ¼ of the fare to travel from here in Lichinga, Mozambique to Johannesburg. We know He will provide the rest. Isn’t God wonderful! We already have our tickets from Johannesburg to the U.S.

Jesus is allowing us to visit for His purposes. We are desiring and praying for opportunities to share in churches about the wonderful things the Lord is doing through our ministry in Lichinga, Mozambique. We are also in the process of preparing another video to exclaim the wonders of God that are going on in this poor and dry place.

If you would like us to come and share at your church or other gathering, please send us an email. After seeking the will of the Lord on all invitations, we’ll contact you. We’ll be in the U.S. from ~Nov. 9 – Jan 16. It is not too early to contact us now, to give us time to pray and begin to schedule our time while being in the U.S.

We love you!

Bringing in the hearts for His harvest,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

Email for Ministry only: heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

Blog: http://www.clgonline.net/blog/haynes

We Moved Into Our New House

HOUSE FOR GOD'S PLEASURE

We moved into our house on Thursday, September 11, just in time to celebrate our 11th Wedding Anniversary. Our children, Amerel and Isaiah, were beyond excited, and still are. They are running all over the place. Amerel prayed that God would give us joy moving into our new house. We all are full of the joy of the Lord. My wife and I are seeing and experiencing the gift that God was giving us in providing our own place. Now, we have more time to spend together as a family, just us. For the past 14 months (since June 2007), we lived out of one room, and have been living in a house with other people. For 3 months, I had to sleep with Isaiah, and Tiffany slept with Amerel. The rest of the time, the children's beds were about 3 feet away from our bed. Now, the children have their own rooms.

Since we moved into our house, we¡¦ve been very busy doing the Lord¡¦s work. Yesterday, we finished installing glass into all the wood window frames using silicone and very small nails. Much to Tiffany¡¦s excitement, we installed the bathroom sink. Oh, we also have a toilet bowl that actually flushes everything down without needing a whole bucket of water to flush it! We still don¡¦t have running water or a bore hole, so all of our water is still pulled from the neighboring well and we use buckets of water for flushing, bathing, cooking, etc. Continue to pray for the finances to have a bore hole dug. Tiffany¡¦s gas stove with the extra broiling (grilling) burner is working well also.

At separate times, both of us have looked around and just about cried. We left the U.S. with suitcases. We gave away many things and sold other things. We're pilgrims (sojourners) in a foreign land of promise. Here, the Lord gave us a house and land (for free). We have beds, an indoor bathroom, a book case, buckets to store well water, bicycles for our children, and a grass fence around our land, a motorbike, plastic dishes and cups. The Lord has truly been caring for us. We¡¦re looking beyond kingdom principles, giving and receiving, and looking beyond our needs (Matt 6:33) to simply see our great God for who He is and enjoy life with Him.

VISITING THE U.S.

That's right. We'll be visiting the U.S. in the beginning of November, and will stay until around mid-January 2009. Someone bought each of us round trip plane tickets for part of the journey from South Africa to the U.S. Hallelujah! We pray and believe the Lord will provide the rest to get from Lichinga to South Africa, so we¡¦ll be seeing you soon.

P.S. LOVE PACKAGES

Remember, packages only take about 2 weeks to reach Lichinga, Mozambique when shipped using the U.S. Post Office priority mail flat rate boxes (or other U.S. Post Office priority mail boxes). So, you still have enough time to send some :)

Resting in Christ's love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren's phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany's phone: 011-258-827-316-365

Email for Ministry only: heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

Blog entries: http://www.clgonline.net/blog/haynes

The Beginning Of New Things At Our Center

The spiritual inauguration of the children’s center, Village of Joy, was wonderful. Both Rolland and Heidi Baker came to anoint the first orphan girls house and dedicate it to the Lord (see photo). Pastor Mario, a local Pastor in Beira who is a spiritual covering for the center as well, also spent the weekend with us. We spent time worshipping the Lord, praying for one another, and being greatly encouraged and strengthened by the many prophetic words that were given this weekend. Many people were saved during the outreaches on Friday and Saturday nights in the city and in Sambula village. Follow-up is being done in the village. In Sambula, a crazy woman was delivered and her family said later that she was eating and acting normally.

The main work for on our house has been completed. We had a special lunch for the workers which included goat, sausage, juice and cookies. Some of them have never had sausage. We also spent time worshipping, and I encouraged them with a few words. I miss them, but know that it’s time to release them into greater things. Only one of the four workers, Enos, will be with us for a few more weeks as he builds a grass fence around our house. The fence will help protect the property, as well as give our children a safe and private place to play. We are also “taking the hill” next to our house. It’s being cleared and fenced in along with the rest of our property. The hill is about as high as our roof and gives a beautiful view of the surrounding area. Since the workers have finished and left, I actually feel like a big (but delightful) burden of ministry was taken off of me. It feels as though I was yoked to a huge plow, plowing some spiritual field.

When will we move into our house?

As long as we have the outside doors on our house, we are going to move into our new house in time to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary on Sept. 13th. We’ll finish everything else that needs to be completed after we move in. There is no running water or electricity in our area, but we will have drainage pipes for the bathroom and kitchen. Isn’t that wonderful! We’ll actually be able to use sinks to drain dirty water into the septic tank, instead of using plastic basins and dumping them outside manually, which is what we do now.

The more I look at our house, the more I see that God was doing the work. Sure the walls aren’t straight and some things aren’t level. But, that was part of the cost of allowing people to see Jesus more than my desire for straight and level walls. I’ve been so conscious of the Lord literally giving us the time to work, and increasing the product of our labor. It’s like He created a space of time in this world, and gave us everything we needed to complete His will within that time He created for us. We allowed God to work in our lives, so our work was actually the work of His hands upon us and through us. I can say, the Lord built the house. We worked when He enabled us to work on the house, and everyone spent considerable time worshipping and praying during work hours as well. When the Lord is the builder of our lives, He then gets the glory in whatever is produced by us because whatever we do is actually the work of His hands.

God bless you as you live for His glory.

We love you,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Building Our House Is Pure Ministry

We wanted to share with you a little about the testimony of our house. This blog is a little longer in order to give you an understanding of why we are building and what is being built through the ministry of building the House For God’s Pleasure.

First, exciting news: Everyone is waiting for the government to finish its process of officially approving our center as an orphanage. But in the meantime, everyone is planning for the “spiritual inauguration” of the children’s center this Saturday, August 30. Heidi Baker is coming to Lichinga to bless the center, as well as several other people. On Friday night we’ll have an outreach in a village and on Saturday night we’ll have one in Iris’ church in the city. This weekend we’ll celebrate as a praise offering to the Lord for all that He is accomplishing at the center. Our focus is on Him alone, and we cry out for His Holy presence to be made manifest in great ways at our center.
House For God’s Pleasure
All the workers are excited. Last week we laid the floor within the house and the veranda in the back. We have to finish the pipes for the septic tank, some cement plastering around the roof, and the floor and bars for the front veranda. Then, I’ll have to work on putting in the windows and the outside doors. Afterwards, we’ll connect the toilet and sinks. We don’t have running water now and we won’t have it at our new house until we can get a bore hole (machine dug well). But, at least we’ll be able to take indoor bucket baths, flush the toilet using a bucket of water, and wash dirty dishes in a sink instead of a big plastic bowl (basin) that we use now.

Where did the name “House for God’s Pleasure” come from? It’s the name the Lord gave us. It wasn’t a “nice name for a house project”. The name is about the testimony the Lord wanted to establish in our lives and through our ministry. He wants to build our lives, which are His houses, for His pleasure. His pleasure is that He wants to experience the people He created in Christ Jesus just like we love to experience the relationships we have with each other. Often, we don’t give Him that opportunity because we are always asking Him to tell us what to do, when, how and if to do it. We don’t trust Him to purify our hearts so that His church can truly be His bride who is likeminded in creativity, desire, passion and will. God made us for Himself. He wants us to use the wisdom, creativity, ideas and dreams that are inside of us. He wants to have the pleasure of being loved, of having us share our dreams with Him, of coming up with plans and holy and outrageous ideas. He’s the one that made us wonderfully and fearfully. Now, we’re restored back to God through Christ. Let Him experience the awesomeness He put inside of us, and His “goodness” (Genesis 1:27, 31; Galatians 5:22) that is now in our new nature and laid up in purified hearts.

God longs for a pure relationship, not built on the things of this life. He wants to relate to His creation solely on the basis of who He is and who He made us to be. This is love. He doesn’t want a people with a passion regulated by the things of this life. A regulated, self-passionate people, who’s faith and desire for Him go (who will only relate and walk with Him) as far as their money will allow, or their own understandings or worldly resources will allow.

The Lord didn’t tell me exactly what to build. He wanted me to dream. He tested me several times to see if I would share with Him the true plans of the house with Him. He refined some of my ideas, and shared His own with me. When I thought about a nice looking house that didn’t truly represent His work, He let me know. I would turn my face back to Him and again could think with a pure heart. Then, the things I imagined were things He enjoyed using to testify of His pleasure. We drew up the plans of the house before we even knew how much we had to build. Twice He showed me a vision of part of the house. But, the room of lights with its triple-paneled huge windows, He let me plan out. The back veranda was made just for the children to play on. The front veranda was added just for Tiffany to enjoy herself during the day. The Lord liked the idea. The Lord has and will continue to honor what He made us to be. He continues to bless the work we do for His glory. The real work is that His testimony is being revealed in the lives of His servants, and His own hands are building dwelling places (houses of His pleasure) in the lives of us and the workers.

I hope you understand a little bit more that building this house is purely ministry for us. We are not trying to build a house to be a little more comfortable as a family. We thank Jesus for what this house means to us. In building, the Lord is establishing His testimony that will help people see Him more clearly, and become more of the indwelling place for God in the Spirit (people of His presence) that we are meant to be. Hearts are being harvested for His presence.

In love and in His pleasure (Psalm 36:8 NKJV),

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

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Building our House For God's Pleasure

Building A House For God’s Pleasure

The Lord is continuing to build in the lives of the workers the dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. It’s wonderful to see how much they have grown. Daily around lunchtime, they quickly stop working to worship, receive teaching from the word of God, and drink in the refreshing water of life from the presence of the Lord.

I started teaching one of the workers, James, to read and write. He was so excited that a few days ago he stopped working to spend some time practicing writing in the sand. Another worker decided to stop working too, just to help him out. I’m paying them to work, and here they are writing in the sand. But, I was quiet and watched them with joy. Just last week James couldn’t write his name. “Stopping for the one” is still a very important part of our ministry here.

Construction on our house is going well. For the next few weeks, I’ll be spending a lot of time working on our house. The roof is on! It’s purely a work of God. Jesus helped me put it on myself, and use tar to fix broken chapas and seal the cracks in the chapas (cement roofing). The front roof of the house is cement and the rear is tin roofing. In about three more weeks, the house should be finished, and we should be able to move in. The Lord has been so faithful in opening our eyes and in not letting construction issues blind or distract us from purely seeing Him as He is. He is so wonderful! Building this house is a testimony about who He is and not about what is being accomplished in the physical building of the house. We aim to see God for who He is, and allow Him to be all that He is in our lives.

For those of you who know my wife, Tiffany, you know just how excited she is about moving into our own house.

Brief Evangelism Testimony

Our ministry team was excited to hear that two of the people that we prayed for in Utimuile Village were healed. One older lady’s back was healed and she was off working in the gardens again. The Lord healed another woman’s teeth that had been hurting for months. Both women also had received Jesus while we were ministering to them in the village.

Love,Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316-365

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Our Daily Simple Life Of Living By Faith

We live a simple life here in Lichinga. We draw all our water for cooking, bathing and drinking from a well. We cook using a 2 burner gas stovetop. For an oven, we can manage to cook some things in a hole in the ground using charcoals. When we move into our new house we will be getting an indoor oven. We mainly eat vegetables and rice or cema (corn flour cooked until it’s a very, very thick porridge- sort of like grits in America). We also eat small fish like minnows (in America we’d only use it as fish bait). We also help support a local woman by paying her to wash our clothes by hand twice a week.

Tiffany homeschools our children, Amerel (3rd grade) and Isaiah (K5), using the Abeka curriculum based in Pensacola, Florida. Amerel is 7 years old and Isaiah is 4 years old.

As Iris Missionaries we are living completely by faith and are only financially supported through individuals whom the Lord uses to further His work. We don’t receive stipends or financial support from Iris Ministries. Because of our love for God and His kingdom, we do personally financially support the work here at the children’s center, as well as continuing to fund the work the Lord specifically has given to us to do in the villages and city.

Thank you for everyone that joined with us in praying for chapas (cement roofing tiles). Only one store owner in Lichinga has chapas in stock at former prices, but previously that store owner said that ALL of them were broken, and that he wouldn’t sell them. To get other chapas, they’d have to be shipped in at a higher price that is twice as much. Last Friday, the Lord told me that He had released chapas to me, and that I could go get them on Monday. On Monday, I went to the store and asked again. The owner told me that he didn’t have any chapas. The Holy Spirit’s boldness arose in me and I was determined to buy his chapas. I told this non-christian man that I was building a house for the pleasure of God and the glory of Jesus Christ, and I was willing to buy whatever he had (even the broken ones for a discounted price). (I could see the Holy Spirit ministering to him). After he paused, he called a man to go with me and count all the chapas. There were only 32 and more than half of those were broken and split. But there were about 10 good ones after all. For our house we need about 45 more. Today, we are in the process of trying to fix the broken ones. By next week, I should be able to show you pictures of the house with at least some chapas on it.

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Church of the Living God

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SENDING PACKAGES AND OTHER ITEMS

For everyone who is eager to send us packages full of goodies (hint, hint), please use the mailing address below. This is the P.O. Box for our center and our personal phone number that you should also include on the package.

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

C.P. 261

Lichinga 90100

Niassa, Mozambique

Africa

Phone: 011-258-827-413-545

Love,Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

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Healing, Miracles and House Testimony

Healing

During an evangelism outreach in Asumani, I asked a group of children to pray for all the other sick children around them. Some of the sick children had headaches and stomach aches. When we began to worship, several of the children started pushing and shoving one another (it turned into “holy chaos” as some people call it here). But in the midst of this we continued to worship, and when the children prayed for the other ones, Jesus healed ALL of the sick children.

Miracles

A woman in our church tried several times to plant corn in her garden. Each time the bugs ate everything. If people don’t have successful crops, their families can go hungry. They also will not be able to sell extra food and will therefore suffer financially as well. Finally, this woman planted seed again and this time she cried out to the Lord. Then next time she went to check on her garden, she found that all of her corn was growing and that none of it was being eaten by bugs.

Tyren’s cell phone was low on battery power one morning. He went into the city that morning and then had to his phone to call and talk to two people. He expected the phone to run out of battery power. But when he looked at his phone, he saw that it was recharged. The Lord recharged the phone supernaturally.

Prayer for the Ministry of Building the “House for God’s Pleasure”A lot is being done on the house even though it looks similar to the last picture we sent. Cement plastering (to cover the cement blocks and make smooth walls) is being done in the inside and outside of our house. We continue to contend for the testimony of the Lord in building this house for God’s pleasure. Since we began building, cement prices have gone up, the price of roofing has literally doubled and the builder explained to me that his charge to build the house was really a charge to only build part of the house, and all the other needful parts would be extra. But since April, I had his written and signed quote to build the “whole house”. Well, I know it’s just a misunderstanding due to the way things are done here. Jesus met me in a most wonderful

way that I could no longer see the problems. I only saw Jesus and could literally do nothing but worship Him. People have misunderstood Him, too. He let me know that since He suffered for us, I am always able to see Him and meet with Him in situation I encounter. I never have to lose my focus on Him, nor leave that wonderful place of rest. Now I laugh, even with my builder. Actually, every issue we’re having is looking like an exciting opportunity to see the greatness of God! Things look different when you only see Jesus. Oh, we’re still praying that all will work-out well.

But our focus is on contending only to know Him, that we may lay a foundation in men’s hearts through the testimony that is being made known through the house we are building for God’s pleasure. (This is the pleasure God longs to know (experience) as He intimately experiences the people He created in His image). We know in whom we have believed, and know He is faithful with what He promised us. The call of God for our lives is one of God’s promises to us for what He has delightfully committed Himself to be and do in our lives as we yield and work together with Him. Our focus is on Him. Amen.

We walk through fire and are not burned, through rivers and they do not overwhelm us. In our humility we are accounted as poor. But, in this poverty of Christ-like humility, we being poor are possessing all things for His glory. (Isaiah 43:2; 2 Corinthians 6:10)

In Christ. There is no other “place” to be.

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Pressing In For More of Him

For some reason, the last few blogs we created in July are missing from our blog site. You should have received emails with our latest new though. We’ve updated our blog with the new posting below, and will try to re-post the deleted ones as soon as possible.

A lot has been going on with house construction and our builders so we weren’t able to update the blog last week. Here’s an update on house construction and the new Saturday meetings in the city.


House Construction
House construction is going well (with much prayer) and we pray that we’ll be able to move in during August. We had to postpone putting on the roof but are continuing with other areas. Please pray that everything needed for the house will be supplied. On the other hand, the presence of the Lord is increasing during our lunch time worship and teaching, and everyone is being impacted with a greater hunger and thirst for the Lord, and living in holiness. One of the workers, James, who is 22 can neither read nor write. One afternoon, Jesus touched his heart and he asked me to give him scriptures so his wife can read the Bible to Him (this was a BIG step for James. Hallelujah!). We are praying that either his wife or someone else can teach him to read and write.



Saturday Meetings In The City
Two Saturdays ago we started our Saturday evening meetings in the city. If you remember, this was planned to start about 3 to 4 months ago but was postponed due to not having a vehicle to transport the ministry team. Now, most people will walk and ride bikes to the city church. Instead of meeting in the evening, the event starts and ends in the afternoon while it is still light.


While we were meeting in the church, a man came in and requested that someone from the church come quickly. Up the street from the church, a 22 year old man named Arlindo had been standing still in the road for some time without moving. According to some people in the village, it had been from anywhere between 1.5 to 3 hours. His eyes were open, but I don’t remember them blinking at all. He didn’t move, didn’t respond to touching or questions, and he didn’t talk. His body was very stiff (rigid). This was obviously the effect of evil spirits. His mother requested that we pray for him in the church. His whole body remained stiff while he was carried to the church. While praying for the man and worshipping the Lord, his whole body became limp and he appeared to be dead. His eyes closed and for a few minutes a few of us couldn’t feel his pulse in his wrist or his neck. (Personally, I believe he was alive but that he only appeared as dead). The whole situation reminded me of the boy in Mark 9:18,20 and 26. Later some men in our ministry team took turns carrying him to his house that was about a 20 minute walk away. When we arrived at the house, the mother gave her life to Jesus. Two days later we received a message from the mom. For the first time in about a year, the man ate food and took a bath by himself. She said that he was starting to act like a normal person again. We continue to pray for Arlindo though because he doesn’t talk and according to his family, he hasn’t received Jesus as his Savior. A few days later, Victor and I ministered to him at his house, but he didn’t talk or respond to anything we said or did.

May the Lord continue to bless you all! For some time, we’ve been feeling that the Lord has given us a double, open door to come and abide in His presence. We know we are always welcome, but there seems to a special beckoning from the Lord that is releasing our hearts from all distractions. It’s as though He’s pursing us in relentless love and passion to ensure we don’t miss this opportunity to know Him more than we’ve ever imagined. Abiding in Him all day is worth everything.

In love with Jesus,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

The Fresh (New) Works Of The Lord

When Victor and I went to the city to check on the cement bricks for my house, we had an opportunity to share the gospel with the owner of the business. Suddenly he had an emergency, and had to leave quickly. I was going to leave because I didn't want to preach at the business without the owner's consent (but the Holy Spirit was nudging me to share the gospel). Then the Holy Spirit said to me, 'Don't cheat Me'. I knew what that meant. So, we preached to all the workers. One, a muslim, walked away, but the other 6 gave their lives to Jesus. Another started laughing while he and others were praying to commit their lives to Jesus. We rebuked him, and told him that if he doesn’t repent of the wickedness in his heart, he’ll have no part in heaven or the kingdom. One of the men that just got saved looked at him and said, “He has an evil spirit, he didn’t mean what he prayed. He doesn't want to receive Jesus”. Then, we worshiped right there and ministered to the new believers. After, we found out that the workers stopped working that day because they hadn’t gotten paid in a while. Victor and I took the opportunity to teach them about being servants of God (and about loving one another). We worked with one of the other workers to do their job of shoveling all of the sand out of the sand truck. The sand is used to make the cement blocks. (At our center things work differently. The workers keep working when the finances aren’t there on paydays and even many days after. The workers at our center are Christians, with hearts for the Lord and His work, so they continue to work as “volunteers in the day of His power”. It’s a whole different mindset and heart attitude but the workers at our center are true servants of God).

Last Friday, a small team of us rode bicycles to Utimuile Village. Coming back it’s nearly a 45 minute ride mostly up hill. Many children gave their lives to Jesus (that was exciting). The Lord did something new in that we spent most of our time in people’s homes. A lady, whom the Lord healed of pain two weeks ago, took us to her house. There we prayed for her mother, who was unsaved and frequented witchdoctors for back pains. The mother was never healed by their witchcraft. Many women have back pains from carrying heavy loads. But, this is how they get water, food and wood to survive. To tell them not to carry heavy things is like telling you not to work and use automobiles, trains, etc. When the team prayed, the Lord took away nearly all the pain in the mother’s back. The team was encouraged since two weeks ago, people were healed of other things but no one was healed of back pain. The mother gave her life to Jesus. After that, another lady gave her life to the Lord. And then, another. As we were trying to leave the village, a few people stopped us to ask us pray for them because they heard there were people in their village that pray for people. We were called to pray for a blind lady who believed in Jesus. Her healing didn’t manifest right then, but we were encouraged to seek the Lord more and ask for Him to make His glory and truth known in the village of Utimuile.

I enjoyed watching the rest of the team of locals such as Foster, Victor and Fiel minister to people at their homes. The Lord is definitely spreading a passion for His presence in our hearts, and it’s being seen as we minister out of a love for Jesus. Just a note: As a team, we focus on the presence of the Lord and drawing people’s hearts to their First Love. But, in having His heart we contend to see His will done in signs, wonders, healings and miracles.

I also thank the Lord because in different areas many muslims are being saved. Many politely listen but refuse to accept Jesus as their Savior, but even these groups have been at peace with us. In other areas of Mozambique, there are adverse responses when Christ is continually preached in mainly muslim communities.

Continue to pray with us that the glory of God comes heavily upon Lichinga, and that believers will rise up to do the work of the Lord in Lichinga.

Bring Forth The Gospel With Joy

When you have the joy of the Lord, “FUN” is a big part of evangelism. Friday, evangelism in Asumani was fun. We know Jesus wants us to walk in the joy He is bringing to the villages. Our team danced before the Lord in worship forgetting about where we were (we focused on who we were with –Jesus). Gazani preached while Victor translated into the local Jao language. At the end, we spent time just talking to people. Of course, I couldn’t speak Jao to the children, but the Holy Spirit helped me communicate His heart to them. Suddenly a strong desire to pray for the children burst forth in my heart. I hugged on them and prayed for them. I called over another missionary and just said, “pray, the Lord is moving.” Before I could say anything else, she began to pray the same thing that was in my heart, that the fire of God would overtake them. After praying, all I could do was worship in a song I learned in Jao which says “You are worthy Jesus, You gave me my life”. Again, the presence of the Lord was there captivating the children’s hearts, as some joined in worshipping the Lord. Suddenly I began shouting, “Hallelujah!”, and they all spontaneously praised God, shouting and lifting their hands with me.

Yesterday, Victor and I went to the city to spend time with Jesus and to see what He wanted to do. The fun continued in the city. For the first time that we entered the market, we saw a group of Christian ladies who sell produce lined up outside. Before we realized what was happening, we were encouraging them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit. We shouted Hallelujah and lifted our hands praising God right there in the central market. The Lord sparked something in them, and they kept thanking us for preaching to them. Then, Victor led two men to the Lord. It is great seeing Victor, my translator and preaching buddy, grow in his gifting. He sees people in the market, stops to tell them about Jesus and they get saved. At first, one of the men who had been hearing us preach at other times was trying to be very quiet as he gave his life to Jesus. “If you want Jesus you can’t be ashamed,” I told him, speaking loudly. “No, no,” he said, “I want Jesus.” “Good!” I shouted, “You just gave your life to Jesus! I love Jesus and I’m not afraid to let people know it right here in the market.” Right then, I just “broke out” shouting and praising God on the street at the side gate of the market. Shame and caring about what others think is a big issue and hindrance here. When people give their lives to Jesus, they have to be willing to stand for Him right there no matter who is around.

Christiana truly gave her life to Jesus several weeks ago. The Holy Spirit led me to ask her about the name of the church she was attending. Then we learned she was still going to the mosque! (Here if you ask people if they go to church, some muslims will actually call the mosque their church). We spent some time explaining some things to her. She firmly confessed her commitment to believe in and live for Jesus Christ. Christiana’s family is not saved and she admitted being concerned about their questioning her about no longer going to the mosque. Please pray that Christiana (see photo) will not be afraid to start going to a Christian church this Sunday, and that the Holy Spirit will protect her heart, and help her be a witness for Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to her entire family.

Pray with us that the people of Lichinga will see the power and truth of Jesus Christ, and that they will leave witchcraft behind to serve the only true and living God and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Evangelism and The Presence of the Lord

There’s nothing more beautiful than being in the presence of the Lord, and living an upright life before Him. For some reason, the Lord wanted me to spend time relaxing in His presence this week. So, I canceled all of my normal ministry activities Monday – Thursday of this week. Whatever the Lord wants is always worth making the priority and doing.

The Lord did wonderful things in Utimuile Village last Friday. All of us on the ministry team enjoyed seeing more people receive Jesus. I don’t know yet what the Lord is speaking by removing headaches, but the Holy Spirit has been removing them from people who ask for prayer. One lady that just received Jesus a few minutes before had a backache. Her back ache didn’t stop while we prayed for her, but we were all surprised at her faith when in boldness she said she believed she would get better. During this time, the Lord revealed more of Himself to me, even in the fact that shortly before the team departed, I was asked to teach the new believers on the Kingdom of God to help them understand the new life they have in Christ (our base leader Peter was tired after returning from a long journey).

Victor and I also had a wonderful time in Asumani village last week. We were walking to our regular spot in the village, when I saw the presence of the Lord in an area that many children were playing in. We hadn’t been there before, but decided to go. We were singing a praise song, but the Holy Spirit wanted us to worship. When we stopped and we began to worship (not at all concerned about children) the Lord did something marvelous. All the children who were playing ball and shouting suddenly stopped playing, ran to us and crowded around us. They starred and listened as we worshipped. They didn’t do this while we were singing the other songs. They ran to us as though we were their parents calling them. Even the older boys who usually never like to stay around when we minister, ran over and just stood there. The presence of the Lord increased. When we stopped worshiping, for some reason most of them left the area for home. It was weird, but definitely of the Lord! A few little ones stayed and accepted Jesus. One little girl looked like she was about 2 or 3 years old. She had a bold look in her eyes as she was literally the loudest one praying to receive Christ. Another little girl that I’d been eyeing in the village for some time was also there, and she received Jesus, too. We also were able to spend time teaching Chasi, a young girl from our church that accompanied us to evangelize, about the presence of the Lord, the releasing of the anointing, and the importance of always doing what the Holy Spirit wants us to do.

Pray for us! The Lord is doing marvelous things and we want to remain humble to receive the out pouring of the Holy Spirit and His fire that is coming into the Niassa Province of Mozambique.

Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Evangelism and The Presence of the Lord

Harvesters Are Needed For The Harvest

We had a beautiful time in Asumani village last

Friday, and the Lord brought many souls into the kingdom. Both children and adults joined in playing jump rope and kicking around the soccer ball. We ministered in drama (about being trapped by sin and being set free by the Lord). Our ministry team introduced new songs as we worshipped the Lord and sought His presence. Over the past months, many people have been saved in Asumani, and we are interested in seeing how the Lord will bring in this harvest (of young souls) to be a people of His presence. The Lord has revealed to our ministry here that the first harvest is only the firstfruits (“a harvest of harvesters”), and out of that first harvest we will have the task of raising up a people that will then go forth into the fields to bring in a greater harvest. The harvest is coming! We are preparing our church and other believers for what the Lord is going to do.

The city is another big harvest field. I’ve been challenged by the people that come and ask for food, both children and adults. It’s one thing to spot out the hungry and make a decision to feed them, and it’s another thing when they spot you out and ask you to feed them. Tito, a man who obviously had too much to drink that morning (and who smoked) called me over and asked for food. I believed he was hungry so I bought him food. He then told his friend, “These people go to the church, too”. It turned out that Tito went to a Catholic church and truly believed in Jesus Christ. Tito wants to be used by Jesus in great ways, but at that moment he wasn’t ready to let go of his alcohol. While Victor and I were ministering to him, another man who also had too much to drink stopped to listen to us preach about Jesus. That man made a decision to surrender his life to the Lord! He also asked Jesus to deliver him from smoking and drinking. All this occurred right in front of the counter of the bread shop. We then sincerely apologized to the store owner if we had interrupted or disturbed his business in any way. He actually seemed to enjoy the fact that we were ministering to people, and wasn’t bothered in any way.

Join with us as we pray that the Lord will send more harvesters into the city, especially people to work with Victor and I. The Lord is raising up people in Lichinga in preparation for the greater harvest. Thank you for joining us and responding to His call!

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Drawing The Lost To Jesus

Last Friday, we had a wonderful time in Utimuile Village. Peter Wilcox, one of the base leaders, purchased a truck, which makes it possible to take very small teams out for village evangelism. After playing with the children, we did a drama about being trapped in sin and how the power of God releases people. We worshipped and praised the Lord in song, followed by preaching. Many people, both adults and children, came to the Lord. The chief of the village, Chief Utimuile, gave us an open door to come on a consistent basis to disciple the new believers. We are planning to do similar team ministry in Asumani today (9AM EST time) and on a continual basis. Please pray for our us and Asumani village.

DRAWING THE LOST TO JESUS
Sunday, Jaime, visited our church (just to see what it was like). He’s my muslim friend in Chaula market who has a heart to know Jesus. He didn’t come inside the church, but sat outside listening intently and enjoying himself. He could only stay for about 30 minutes though, and then I took him back to the market on my motorbike. When I dropped him off, all of his friends cheered and clapped their hands. They knew what he had gone to do. Please join me in believing and praying that they all would receive Jesus and become lights and mighty torches to carry the fire of God to other people. (Also, I thank the Lord because the very next day, the motorbike chain came off while I was riding my motorbike. If that happened Sunday I wouldn’t have been able to take Jaime to church).

While returning back to the church, I met several little boys. I was surprised that they readily accepted my offer to join me at church. They had to sit on the front row because those where the only seats available. They sat down and watched everyone else worshipping. But, later in the service they gave their lives to Jesus. It was amazing to see the immediate change in their lives. They started singing and dancing unto the Lord, and their faces lit up at the name of “Isa” (“Jesus” in the local Yao language). Hallelujah!! The Lord is glorious and does marvelous things, all the time!

BUILDING A HOUSE FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD
This week, I had to spend a lot of time purchasing supplies, overseeing the work being done on our house, and putting the steel security bars through the wood window frames. All the walls are up to door height. By today, all of the 17 windows will be installed including the 4 huge windows in the “room of lights”. The workers of our house and the other workers at the center have been having wonderful times in the presence of the Lord at lunch time worship and prayer. We’ve had a few issues with one of the workers wanting to work more and frequently skip this time. But the Holy Spirit turned his heart toward Himself, and the issue has been resolved in the individual with joy and a willing heart to seek the Lord first. All of the workers are saved and have a desire to grow in the Lord. They know that their relationship with the Lord is more important than building us a house, and that the owner of the house will gladly put aside the work being done on the house to give Jesus every opportunity to do the real work of building up their lives as dwelling places for His Holy Spirit. We are building for the pleasure of the Lord.

Join us in prayer:
- The workers will keep Jesus first in their hearts and the focus of all that they do.
- Jamie and his friends will surrender their lives to Jesus. The Lord opens more doors in Chaula market.
- We continue to stay in the position to experience the increasing presence of the Lord here in Lichinga.

Love,Tyren