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