Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Assumane Fun Day and More


Merry Christmas
As we celebrate the birth and life of our Saviour Jesus Christ, we pray that you would experience a refreshing of His life and love during this season!

Here's a glimpse of some activities that we've been doing during the month.

We had Team Ignition from The World Race at our center for about 2 weeks.  Besides doing many ministry activities, several came to our house to bake Christmas cookies.

Making cookies in the Haynes' house

Tiffany and others made ginger bread and sugar cookies.
Two of the guys from The World Race gave Isaiah guitar lessons
The World Race team, missionaries from our center and members of Assumane Church worked together to host this year's Assumane (Village) Fun Day on Saturday, Dec 15.  Fun Day is a time of fun while demonstrating the love of the Kingdom of God. We included a special activity for adults.  Whoever could catch the chickens running in the open field got to keep one as a prize!  For the first time, many people in the community joined in the fun as mothers painted children's nails and men painted faces. The Lord did many special things during the day.  He also opened many people's hearts to the gospel.

Face "painting" using non-toxic paint crayons



Ashley (World Race) painting nails


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Christmas Eve, the police who help patrol our center and some others, came to our center for a surprise visit
just to see us and greet us for Christmas.  We blessed them with cinnamon swirl bread that Tiffany made, and we
prayed for them before they left.

Prison Ministry:  Through your prayers and support we also donated a few things to the prison where Tyren ministers once a week.  300 packs of cookies and 300 pieces of candy for all of the prisoners, chocolate for the guards, and rice and other special food for the prisoners who take part in the Tuesday ministry.

We are still experiencing salvations and healings, and are strengthening disciples in their passionate pursuit of Christ.  Please pray that the Lord would grace us to quicken the pace, abandon ourselves to the Father's love, and release disciples (laid down lovers) who will die to themselves that the hope of Christ may be presented from the bars and the streets to the villages, cities and beyond.

Hearts set on pilgrimage and awakened by His love,

Tyren and Tiffany