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