The Priority of His Presence

Cement Block Wall for the House of God’s Pleasure
I had explained to all the workers that while they are working on our property, they had to honor the presence of the Lord or they wouldn’t be able to continue working. Wednesday, I reminded the boss of the group about the importance of living for the glory of God and abiding in His presence. This Thursday, when the boss of the group, who is also a Christian, arrived at my house, he told me that he let 3 of the workers go. These were the 3 who were doing the actual building of the wall! He told me that they weren’t working hard, and then he found out that they weren’t honoring the Lord like I had talked to them about. So, he paid them, and then fired them.

I was so excited. I didn’t know who would build the wall, but I knew the Lord was filling me with a lot of joy and peace. We honored His presence above all else. Because we chose Jesus, we had everything we needed. Faith filled our hearts to press forward with the work. I was also thrilled that the boss of the group (a Mozambican) chose to live for the Lord, and not give in to the attitude of the workers. Amazingly, the past two days the work has gone extremely well. About 250 feet of the total ~ 480 foot wall is up to half its height.

Pray that the Lord’s work in the men’s lives goes well, the wall is completed quickly and in a way that honors the Lord, and that the Lord continues to work in the boss’s heart and leads him into the purposes He has for him.

Part of our exisiting grass fence on the hill with the cement wall being built around it

Children’s Ministry Center and Children's Ministry
The men are working hard on laying the foundation for the Children’s Ministry Center. Christian Jung, another ministry at our center, is overseeing the building project and is also discipling these men preparing their hearts for the Lord. This past Wednesday, Victo, Carlos and I taught the children using puppets. Afterwards, the Lord gave us a special time with the children, leading them in worshipping the Lord through prayer, blessing them and prophesying over their lives.

We led the children over to their ministry center. Some of them thought it was going to be a big building just for people to live in. Victo helped explain to them that it’s Jesus’ special place for them to have fun, learn about Him and experience His presence; and they won’t have to worry about getting rained on. We all thanked Jesus for the center, and prayed for the workers also. Jesus gave us a beautiful time.

A few weeks ago, the Lord showed me His presence coming down like rain. In the midst of the falling rain (which was actually His presence), children were being brought. He told me, my job is just to receive them. I must receive them because the rain has already begun. It’s the time of the abundance of rain. I believe that if we prepare for the rain, we’ll see the great harvest of children the Lord intends on giving to us. No one knows exactly what it will look like. But, just imagine, a bunch of children who have been so loved by Jesus, that they flow in the Holy Spirit (carried about by the river of living water), and carry the Father’s heart wherever the Spirit desires. It’s one thing to have a vision, but it’s another thing to trust God until we actually experience the vision (what the Lord sees and is desiring for our lives).

Let’s pray together, and worship the Lord together, as we believe Him and trust Him for the harvest of children He longs to bring to Himself.

Children and others standing in the plot for the Children's Ministry Center

All for the joy of living in His love,

Tyren and Tiffany

Glory in the Prison and Ministry

The Glory in the Prison
In the previous blog I shared about the prison. But something special happened during last week’s prison ministry, and I just have to share it with you. We experience His presence in the prison, but on this day, the Lord Himself showed up. It wasn’t just His presence. God Himself was with us. The glory covered us. I wish I had words to describe it. You might be wondering about what happened. I delayed teaching when my time came – it was not time for such things (2 Chronicles 5:14). Instead everyone worshipped Him. He drew our hearts into the privilege of being awed by who He is. If He’s not enough for us, nothing will ever satisfy us. I sat down in awe, seeing that this was God’s time and His ministry. I felt like God Himself was ministering to us, and that we were there just to serve Him (and minister) only if He called upon us that very moment to do so. It was a very holy time.

Pray that the Lord renews the minds of the believers behind bars to believe and walk in their inheritance in Christ; and that revival would come to the prison.

Cement Block Wall
At our center, a project can never just be about doing something. It’s about the Lord doing His work (Psalm 127:1) of building lives, temples for the Lord. The Lord has me teaching the boss of the group mainly about His glory. The boss (a Christian), thought that he came here just to build a wall, but the Lord brought him here for a completely different purpose. Jesus has a wonderful surprise for him. I’m eager to see what it is myself. On March 17, the workers began building the wall. Most of the wall will be about 7 feet tall.


Night Street Evangelism
A group of the missionaries at our center, including three visitors to our center, went out to evangelize the central market area at night. This was our first night street evangelism. Through the Holy Spirit, we spoke life and love into people’s lives. Victo led a man to the Lord while the man’s friends around him were laughing. Another heard us speaking about Jesus, and asked us to pray about his eye problems. A word of knowledge and prophecy was given to a Christian young man who then prayed to surrender his way to the Lord and ask Jesus to give him direction for the purpose of his life. Jesus used us to do many wonderful things, and we thank Him for the privilege of serving Him.

Pray that the people of Lichinga continue to appreciate the word of the Lord, and keep their hearts open to the gospel. Also pray that the Lord’s presence would continue to transform the city and awaken hearts to His plan, way and destiny for Lichinga.

Grace for grace,

Tyren and Tiffany

Update On Completing Our House

Jesus is doing wonderful things in various areas of ministry, and we’ll be sure to share the testimonies with you soon. But, we wanted to give you an update on the ministry of building our house – the House of God’s Pleasure.

Updates On Our House (the House for God’s Pleasure)
Our borehole water is being gravity fed into our bathroom sink (see photo). We connected this right before the baby was born. We also have a tap under the sink to fill up buckets if needed. I’m (Tyren) in the process of measuring and connecting the pipes for the kitchen sink. We had to drill through our cement walls, but we’ll patch them up and re-paint them.

We were also blessed with a generator to run the pump for the borehole. The company that purchased and shipped the generator to us sent us the next higher model by mistake. They let us keep it and said they’d cover the difference in cost. Praise God! We know that there is purpose in everything God does in His love. We can hear what the Lord is speaking to us through His generous natural gifts (like a cool generator), testifying to us about what He has called us and enabled us to do here in Mozambique.

Using the small solar unit that a couple of families blessed us with, we are powering two lights. We are working to enlarge our existing solar system to accommodate a few more lights (and possibly a small fridge in the future. The fridge is a dream, but since it’s on our hearts we believe that there is some way that it’ll work out). Our two lights are such a blessing, especially at night and with a newborn.

We painted our kitchen a bright yellow to match the sunflowers on our curtains (see photo). We also found the colorful mahogany wood for the paneling on the unfinished wall (opposite the kitchen). Recently, I learned that it is only legal to buy the mahogany from the central market. Many, many people are buying it illegally from the “street vendors” because it’s readily available and a lot cheaper. I met someone who told me that he could get all the wood I needed, but when I told him that I had to honor God and do it legally, he didn’t bring me any. If I have time this week, I’m going to go to the main Dept. of Agriculture office, tell them my story, and ask for their official permission to have some wood cut. Please pray for understanding and God’s favor when I have the meeting.


Living a Life of Love
As the Lord is continuing to test us and break our hearts for His heart the past few weeks, we’ve found ourselves in a greater place of living a life in His love. Iris Ministries is known for it. And, there really is a “place” where love, the river of life, flows to bring life and healing wherever it goes (Ezekiel 47). Please pray for us, that we rest in His love, and the very heart of our ministry is motivated out of the Lord’s desperate heart of love for us and the people of Mozambique. We need to continually live laid-down lives so that people can meet Jesus through us. He’s the one they long for. He’s the only one that saves. Thank you for praying with us, and for working alongside of us to bring a needy people to the feet of Him who is desperately longing to make them whole again.

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Because of His great love for us,


Tyren and Tiffany Haynes
Heartsforharvest@yahoo.com

www.heartsforharvest.blogspot.com

Phone numbers:
Tyren +258827413545
Tiffany +258827316365 (we are 6 hours ahead of EST. Example: 9 A.M. in N.Y. is 3 P.M. here)

Photos: Bathroom sink with faucet, Painted kitchen with sunflower curtains, Amerel cooking pancakes