Newsletter - December 2011

Fruitfulness for a Greater Harvest Newsletter

We are pleased to be able to send you our Newsletter for 2011.  It has been a year of abounding in the goodness of the Lord.  In the newsletter, we've also included a few family updates.

You will receive the newsletter (in .pdf format) in a separate email.  Feel free to share our newsletter with family and friends.

You can also download the newsletter online.  Click here:  Fruitfulness Newsletter 2011

If you are not able to view the emailed version of the file, please contact us and let us know.

In Christ's love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Merry Christmas from the Haynes Family

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We hope you are having a wonderful time

celebrating Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord

The prison celebrated Christmas on Friday, Dec 23. I found out late about their program. But, thank you to all of you who quickly responded to bless the prisoners and guards. I couldn't find 260 soda bottles before Friday, but I told the prison that I still plan to donate them before New Year's when the stores hopefully replenish their stocks. We did purchase 260 packs of strawberry cream cookies, 300 pieces of chocolate candies, 300 pieces of bubble gum, and 20 packs of Rocklets (like M & M's) just for the guards on duty that day. The prisoners loved the treats, and the wrappers were thrown all over the area where they were allowed to eat them.

Saturday, at the center we all gathered together for lunch. Some kids presented a Christmas dance. 



We also had a Christmas gift exchange, food and a time of worship.




Christmas Day: In Assumane church we had a time of worship then food and fellowship.
(Above) Kids lining up to try to get the last of the coconut crackers.



A woman from the Assumane church rose up early in the morning to gather wild flowers from the field
so that she could decorate our church for Christmas.

Merry Christmas!  In Christ's love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes and children (Amerel, Isaiah, Chayah, Berasia)

Opportunity to Be a Blessing: Prison Ministry

We have a few days remaining before Christmas, but I wanted to give all who may be interested an opportunity to be a blessing to the prisoners for Christmas.

My wife and I are going to do something small, but special, to remind all the prisoners (both believers and non-believers) of the free gift that Jesus offers. We will purchase 300 sodas and bubble gum. That’s about $120. These are simple items that prisoners may never taste while incarcerated. (Remember that the prison gives the prisoners beans and cema twice a day, every day).

If you’d like to help out, this is what you can do by this Thursday, Dec 22.  Send your donation to our home church. Then, after you send in your donation, immediately send us an email to let us know how much you contributed. Donations can be sent to:

Church of the Living God
199 Deming Street
Manchester CT 06042

Please include “Haynes Family” in the memo to direct the donations to us.

You can also donate online at: http://www.clgonline.net/missions/missionaries.aspx
On the web page, click on the link by our photo and follow the directions.

Early Friday morning, I will be going out to purchase the items for the prison. This year the prison will be holding a special event on Friday to celebrate Christmas.

We’re also going to buy some special food for the group of believers that I meet with every Tuesday.

Please pray that God would use the believers in the prison to be a light, and give them opportunities to share the gospel in love and power this Christmas. Thank you for praying with us and being a blessing.

Blessings and love. Cheerfully,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Mom Visits Mozambique Again

We have Mom (a.k.a Grandma to our kids) visiting us here in Lichinga for a several weeks. As you can imagine, it’s nice to have people visit us from the U.S. While we are continuing in ministry, here’s a glimpse at some of the other things that we have been up to.


Tyren's mom getting to know Berasia

  

Grandma with all four kids

We drove nearly 2 hours to visit a Macadamia Nut farm where they irrigated their fields using a pump which is a motor from a Toyota dual cab truck powered by steam produced from a wood furnace. We had to cross the river below in our truck just to get to the farm.



The bridge collapsed so we took the scenic drive through the river



We celebrated Isaiah’s 8th birthday with all the kids at the center. The kids loved the water balloon toss/roll into holes.



Isaiah standing next to ice cream and the cake Grandma made using cupcakes

 

Amerel celebrated her 11th Birthday with some friends. My mom made a homemade piñata which the girls loved.



Amerel and her friends in the gazebo by our house

 

Grandma also insisted on cooking a Thanksgiving meal for us. Chicken, one turkey leg, Macaroni and cheese and local veggies. Yep, we ate more expensive food since Grandma is here. But we told her she’ll have to eat like we normally do just to get the real feel of how we live.

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Thank you for praying for us and taking part of the harvest here in Lichinga and beyond.

Love,  Tyren and Tiffany Haynes