God Gave a Special Sign in the Lichinga Hospital

"Love" Lichinga Hospital - Children's Ward

The past Monday, we went to the Lichinga “Love” Hospital again with 3 members from the World Race Team.  Victo prayed asking the Lord to do different things.  The first room we entered into, the presence of God came in a mighty way.  We didn’t think about the patients, but worshipped Jesus singing softly right in the hospital room.  Some of us were on our knees.  An unsaved woman started singing along with us, and afterwards received Jesus Christ as her Savior.  A person from our group gave another woman in the room, who happened to sing in the choir at her church, a prophetic word and ministered to her.  She was touched by the presence of God and worshipped along with us in the room.  After praying for the 2 children in the room, we moved into another room.  This is where we received a very different sign from the Lord.

When we began praying for a child in the next room, the lights in the hospital went out.  Then they came back on.  We moved to another bed in the same room and began praying.  As soon as we began praying, the lights went out again.  Then, as soon as we said, “Amen”, the lights came back on again.  We were very surprised.  When we left the hospital room and entered the hallway, Victo noticed that the 3 rooms we had entered had lights, but all the rooms we didn’t enter were in darkness.  One of the nurses was very shocked.  She told us that she didn’t understand why some of the hospital rooms had lights, and some of the hospital rooms in the hallway were completely dark.  As the rest of us looked down the hallway, we too noticed that the only rooms that had lights were the 3 rooms that we had gone into.  All the other rooms we hadn’t entered were completely dark.  We then realized that everywhere we walked in the children’s ward had lights, including the hallway, but everywhere we didn’t walk was in darkness.

We knew the sign was from the Lord, and were encouraged to know that wherever we walked that day in the hospital ward, the Lord was removing spiritual darkness and bringing the light of His kingdom.

Praying for a child.  The woman in the front holding the child received Jesus Christ as her Savior.

Loving and hanging out with women and children in a room in the Children's Ward.
The parent told us that we prayed for the baby (in the back) during the previous week
and now the baby was doing better now.

 
You are the light of the world ... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.  (see Matthew 5:14, 16; NKJV)


Love,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Update and Hospitality Ministry

The Tanzania 2011 trip is over, but the power of God is still rippling through the community where we held the event. I received a text message from Pastor D. Elias, Director of Iris Ministries Tanzania, saying that the past Sundays many people were receiving Salvation. Hallelujah! Since I returned from Tanzania, we have been ministering in the city and villages, and doing administrative things at our center. At the end of May we also had a graduation celebration for Amerel and Isaiah who successfully completed the 5th and 2nd grades. We celebrated with special food and gave our children certificates.

Hospitality Ministry

Tiffany is the head of the Hospitality Ministry for Iris Ministries Lichinga, and has been preparing for new visitors. This is the first time she’s had to prepare for as many as 9 people who are visiting our center for the first time. There are 6 people who are part of “The World Race”. They are visiting for about a month. Then, there are 3 more people from the U.S. helping to do construction and other things for about 1 ½ weeks.

When the World Race team arrived last week after several days of traveling, we prepared lunch for them. Then Tiffany had her orientation with them. The Hospitality Ministry here is more than just receiving guests, but it also involves ministry to the individuals and groups that are visiting us, and also helps provide visitors with opportunities to serve along side of us missionaries as we serve the Lord Jesus Christ.  Below are some of the things they have done with us.  They are also involved in other ministry activities here such as evangelizing, hospital and care ministries, men and women's prison ministries, and building.



Tiffany holding the orientation meeting with the World Race Team (in our house)

Team playing with children in Assumane



We jump rope in different ways with the kids.
 (After playing with the kids, we had a beautiful time of worship and prayer)

 


Hospital:  Emily, who's part of the World Race Team, holding a baby after praying for her


In Christ's love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes