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.
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.TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS:
Church of the Living God
199 Deming Street
Manchester CT 06042
(860) 648-0520
All donations are tax deductible and 100% of your donation goes directly to support our ministry.
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
Tyren’s phone: 011-258-827-413-545
Tiffany’s phone: 011-258-827-316365
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