IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE YEAR

About a year ago, we left the U.S. and arrived in Africa, to become full-time overseas missionaries. The Lord has done so much in our lives, it seems like we have been overseas for a much longer time. We are more thrilled than ever, and are enjoying the Lord and His work here in Lichinga.

It’s the end of May, and while it’s getting warmer where we were from in the U.S. (I hope), it’s becoming quite chilly here. During June and July it will get a lot cooler (“cold”), 50’s and even 40s during the night. Many locals here are wearing huge winter coats during the evening and the early mornings. Others wrap themselves in extra material.

GRADUATION!!
On May 23, Amerel graduated from 2nd grade! Isaiah graduated from Kindergarten for 4 year olds. We use Abeka’s curriculum. My wife has been doing a wonderful job teaching them, and it shows in how they’ve grown and what they are learning.

CITY MINISTRY

During ministry yesterday, the Lord brought several people to Christ. Among them was a man who I ran into for the 3rd time in a few days. When he saw me, He waited for me as I parked my motorbike at the market. But after greeting one another he had nothing to say. He just stood there. The Holy Spirit had arranged this meeting. After a short time, he gave his life to Jesus, and committed himself to following the Lord. The man actually goes to a church, but never understood that He had to ask Jesus to be His Savior. Victor and I also spent some time ministering to a lot of children and adults in the market who already know the Lord.

PRAYER REQUEST: Please pray for a man whose name (I was told is something like) Atori. He is the man who walks around the city streets acting crazy, is half dressed, and screams and shouts. He is the same man that came to me one day, and stood in front of me just for a hug (it had been in my heart to hug him). The Lord has given me brief times with him in his sanity, where I was able to tell him about Jesus. He needs to be delivered from devils and he also needs to accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

As we are staying focused on the presence of the Lord, we are experiencing so much more of His Spirit in our personal times of worship, ministry at the center, in the village and in the city. We feel and see the kingdom breaking into Lichinga in a greater measure. It’s like the seal of a package is being broken, and we are just hearing the sound of the package being torn open and only experiencing the initial aroma of the substance that is about to be poured out. But, what’s inside the package is so much greater that it can’t be compared to anything we are experiencing now. The Lord is doing wonderful things in our lives and in Lichinga. We are remaining low and in awe of Him alone.

We are blessed, and so thankful to be here growing in love with the Lord, and taking part in His work in Mozambique.

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes