Family Gift In Chulugo Village

UNEXPECTED HARVEST IN CHULUGO VILLAGE

One of the men who were saved and baptized earlier this month is named Musa. He returned to church this past Sunday and afterwards asked for a ride home. It was about to rain, so Victor and I used someone’s car to take him back to his village (about a 30 minute walk away). We were about to leave his house when the Holy Spirit prompted us to share the gospel with his family. Even though Victor was hungry, tired and wanted to go home, he willingly translated for me. (Victor is one of those servants of God who will give all that he has to do the will of God). The Holy Spirit had me share an analogy with them about knowing the truth of God, before asking Musa’s family if I could share the good news of Jesus with them. Neighbors and some children gathered around as we began telling them about Jesus. All of them (see photo) surrendered their lives to Jesus. They all said it was their first time to accept Jesus as their Savior. When I asked Musa which ones were his family, he pointed to a number of adults standing in the back. We believe taking Musa home was in God’s plan. That day, the Lord gave Musa a very precious gift, a family that believes in Jesus Christ as their only Lord and Savior.

HARVESTING A CITY FOR THE GLORY OF GOD

Surprise Meeting in the HospitalMonday, Victor, Gazani and I ministered at the Hospital. There Gazani met a patient who is in charge of the huge Mosque in the city. This man was sharing things about his religion with Gazani, but was very interested in hearing about the love of Christ. He actually invited Gazani back to continue talking with him. The Lord truly knows the hearts of all men. We pray that this muslim patient would have a sincere hunger for the truth of God and salvation of Jesus Christ.

Please Pray for Coming Outreach

The Holy Spirit has been making it very clear to me that it’s time to charge forward into His harvest. It’s time to be fully confident in Him. It’s not time to sit and think about what can be done, but it’s time to acknowledge and enter into what He’s already done and set up (prepared) for us. The harvest is actually a prepared work (Ephesian 2:10), that is, a people’s heart the Holy Spirit has set up to hear the good news of Jesus Christ, and be transformed by His presence. Friday evening, March 26, we are planning to show the Jesus Film, preach the gospel and pray for the sick in Chuaula Market district of Lichinga. My heart’s desire is that we’d exalt the name of Jesus, welcome the Holy Spirit and allow Him to do whatever He pleases to do in our midst. Please join us in praying for this event, and continue to cry out for the harvest of souls that are in desperate need of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

We love you,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Family Gift In Chulugo Village

The Fruits of the Greater Harvest In Lichinga

We know the presence of the Lord is here. As the Holy Spirit is preparing people’s hearts to receive Christ, He is bringing all who are willing to listen and work with Him, into the moments He has prepared for people to receive Jesus and be healed. As long as we are willing to welcome the Holy Spirit, there hasn’t been a day that He hasn’t shown up to do marvelous things in our midst. I truly believe the Holy Spirit is waiting for His church to awaken to His love. It’s the love He has to be God within us, work within us, and show us that our lives and ministry is only the fruit of His work. I’m learning that He loves to create opportunities to magnify the name of the Jesus by allowing His glory to flow through our lives in manifestations of glory and miraculous power.

Victor and I were walking in the market, and the Holy Spirit suddenly gave us a drama to do for a man. Since we met this man in Aug/Sept 2007, he would never listen much to the gospel. He usually just said, “Yeah, yeah”, and walked away before we were finished talking. Today, he eagerly listened to the prophetic drama the Lord gave us about his life and his need for God. He readily gave his life to Christ, and listened for a while as we encouraged him to live for God. The day before, Victor led another worker in the same area to Christ, and also the only two unsaved men we ministered to in the hospital.

Last Sunday, two men walked by my house on a stroll from their village which is about 30 minutes away. One of them wanted a match to light a home-made cigarette. But, it was obvious that the Holy Spirit brought them. I told one of them, that unless he really desired to put away his smoking and live for God, he wasn’t ready to receive Christ. Both of them gave their lives to Christ right then. They came to church the same day and rejoiced in the Lord. Afterwards, they were baptized in water (they were so excited). Obviously, these men have been ministered to before but never surrendered their lives to Christ. What a privilege to be trusted by the Lord with “ripe fruit just about to fall off the tree”.

One of our base leaders, Debbie, told me that while she was in a church in the city, a drunk man came in and got on his knees. No one else went over to him, so she went to talk to him. He told her that he wanted to receive Christ. God brought him in the church at that moment so he could be saved.

I went to the hospital to drop off juice for a man whose son was sick (he didn’t have enough money to buy it himself). While there, I ministered to a worker who heard about Jesus but never received Him. For the past two days, this man has been sending me text messages about his joy of receiving Jesus and thanking me for telling him about the Gospel. Jesus’ is fame is all around this land, and I tell Him that all the time. People love His name.

SPECIAL NOTE TO OUR PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FAMILY

This past week a woman who was visiting our center gave us a prophetic word concerning the faithfulness and effectiveness of your prayers, and how your prayers continue to prepare the way before us to enable us to stay focused on doing the work the Lord has called us to do. We also prayed and thanked the Lord for those who pour their financial blessing and strength into our ministry. We knew this, but it was special to have the Lord give someone a prophetic word concerning the many of you who constantly uphold us in prayer and financial support. We thank God for you all. You truly are special.

All in Jesus name. Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Seeing New Things In Christ's Humility

We are always surprised by the wonderful things the Lord is doing through our lives and in Lichinga. Often, we are in holy awe that, after nearly 17 years of waiting, we are actually in full-time missions. For the past few weeks, the Lord has been humbling us and drawing us to our faces. The blessing of His presence is being poured out in our midst. Ministry is becoming “lighter” because we are allowing Him to reveal more of His glory through us (John 15: 1-8). The effects of His love, breaking our hearts to receive more of His heart, is being seen as we minister in more love to others and in greater submission to the Holy Spirit. We know the Lord wants the hearts of the people of Mozambique, but we are also so happy, that He is also capturing more of our hearts in the process.

Healing
White, a former muslim, have his life to Jesus last year before we came to the U.S. A few weeks ago, one of his children was sick and crying, and according to him, the child was waking up during the nights crying. We prayed together at my house, and that was the first night the child was able to sleep. The next time I saw White told me that the Lord healed him. This past Sunday, one of his wives was sick with what he said was malaria. Her whole body and head were aching. The Holy Spirit gave him specific instructions to put his right hand on his wife and pray for her. I saw the glory that the Lord put in His hand for healing. That very day, all the pain in her body (below her head) left her body. Her head still hurt a little. Monday, when White came to my house we prayed for her again. I’m so excited at how the Lord Jesus is making himself known to this former muslim and his family. We are praying that as the Lord changes his life, the Lord will also resolve the issue concerning two wives.

Hospital Ministry
Hospital ministry is so exciting. I’ve gone with Victor the past two weeks. Whenever we are there, I’m filled with so much joy. So far we’ve been in the children’s ward. Here, mostly mothers, stay with the children every day all day, nursing the little ones and caring for them. Their husbands or other family members bring them food (this is not supplied by the hospital). A couple of parents have received Jesus, and some others rejected. Many people allow us to pray either for them or their children. Most of the patients stay here for only a few days, so by the time we visit on the next Monday, we aren’t able to hear any testimonies about the goodness of God. Victor speaks both Yao and Portuguese, so he is able to minister to a lot of people in the rooms at the same time.

Our House
We are in the process of having the city officially examine and approve the structure for our house. If everything passes, we won’t have to buy another year’s license. Last week, we put the kitchen sink in! It’s only on a wood frame without doors or shelves, but it’s there. It’s so nice not to have to fill and refill basins, and dump dirty water outside. Everything drains out into the septic tank outside. Oh! Last week 7 of us (and a cat that didn’t do anything) chased a rat around our house. We finally trapped the rat in the bathroom and “took care of it” with broom sticks.
Please continue to pray with us and for us. May the Lord use you in prayer to win souls to Christ, and cause hearts to turn in desperation toward Him.

Much Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes