Friday, February 3, 2012
Healed Miraculously
After my wife’s last pregnancy, she had a hard time sitting comfortably on normal chairs and was only able to sit on a specific cushioned chair that we have. After about 2 months, even that chair became uncomfortable for her. Basically, for the past 3 ½ months, this issue continued. Sometimes after sitting she was left in pain. So, there were quite a few things she stopped doing or couldn’t do. Then on January 28th, my wife was instantly, miraculously, healed in a moment! Yes, in a moment. We were both so excited and thrilled. The Lord is so good and merciful. He considers us when others would not or can’t. We were so thrilled that we wanted to share it with you. My wife can go places and sit normally, and not even consider pain. Oh, Hallelujah!
Here is a little detail, just to give more testimony to the love and power of Jesus Christ. Oh, if we would not stop believing! Before January 28th, we both would pray and believe for healing, but nothing changed that we could see. I even fasted more than once, purposely praying and seeking the Lord during the day and, at other times, late at night. At one time, things were getting a little better. Then, it got worse. We kept believing. We even had a midwife here check my wife to see if there was anything abnormal to prevent healing. She found everything to be normal. My wife’s condition still didn’t change. But, we were still convinced that our Lord would heal her. On January 28th, I told my wife that I was going to pray over her like some people prayed in one of Smith Wigglesworth’s books. That night it was just in my heart to pray differently. She responded, “Whatever it takes.” That was a confession of faith stemming from something igniting in her heart to believe God. I prayed quickly over my wife, casting out whatever ungodly spiritual stuff was preventing the healing. That was it. That night while sitting up in the bed to feed Berasia, and every day since then, she’s been pain free! In fact, the next morning she sat on a hard wooden stool with no problem. There is no one that could do what the Lord Jesus Christ does for us. We have chosen to believe Him and put our trust in Him, even when it may seem to others like it isn’t worth it. The Bible declares, there is nothing too hard for God (see Jeremiah 32:17). With God all things (that He desires to do in our lives) are possible.
For His glory,
Tyren and Tiffany
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
A little Rest and Relaxation
Just a little for now. Last week, we spent most of the week (plus two travel days) in Blantyre, Malawi, to get some work done on our car. It takes about 8 hours to get to/from Blantyre to Lichinga. Much of the road on the Mozambican side is filled with mud, sand, and ditches, along with chickens, goats, and lambs that play, and even sit, in the middle of the road.
| Our 4 kids posing in our home in Lichinga |
We knew staying in this place was of the Lord. It was very restful for Tiffany. So, we decided to stay one extra day and just hang out some more and relax. Before we went to Malawi, someone whom we had met recently actually gave us a donation which paid the cost of staying at the guest house.
Malawi: After being in the certified Nissan repair shop for
2 days, I went to another place for tire alignment and balancing.
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Of course, in my heart I would love to share some more ministry updates with you. After all, that’s what this blog is for. But, it’s also important to let you know about the other things we do. In some ways, how we live here is not very different than the way you live in the U.S. We do lots of other things besides preaching, teaching, interceding and other ministry in the city and villages. There’s washing clothes, cleaning the house, bathing, cleaning the house some more, helping the kids with homework, homeschooling, fixing the house, fixing the car, etc.; and, all the other normal things that one can expect have to be done. Usually, every day has its share, and often its fill, of ministry to others in one form or another. We minister hard, and are learning how to rest well, also. Rest is very important!
Just because you need to know more about where we live...
| Close by our house, I gave these guys, and others, plastic bags to collect the bugs that were escaping from holes in the ground. They were eagerly collecting handfuls of them to eat. |
Tyren and Tiffany
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Happy New Year!
A Year To Know God More Intimately
Coming into the New Year, the Lord has already been doing new things. Newness and fulfilled promises are two of the things the Lord has been putting on our hearts for 2012. But, more excitingly, we believe God wants to reveal more of Himself to us that we might intimately know Him in 2012 like we’ve never known Him before. Since we know the Lord can speak through His works, and that His works can give testimony to things He wants to do in our lives, we are taking note of some new things the Lord is already doing at the start of this year.
Dreams
Many of you may be like my wife, whom God speaks to through vivid dreams. I hardly ever receive dreams like that. But, early one morning I had a dream about the prison. When I went to minister in the prison that day, the same things that had happened in my dream were happening before me. Things that usually don’t happen in the prison were happening just like they had in my dream. So, that morning in the prison, I shared the same scripture that I saw myself teaching the prisoners in the dream I had.
Then, there was a Muslim man I had seen in my dream. When I went to the prison and saw him, I pulled him aside and began to prophecy over his life concerning Jesus, the Son of God, calling him. He just shook his head in acknowledgement. The Lord had already been speaking to him and drawing his attention to the truth of Jesus Christ (just like the Lord had showed me in the dream).
Healing came in a different way
During ministry time at Assumane church, one little girl came up because of pain in her head. The Lord told me to walk around her 7 times. I lost count walking around her, so I walked around one more time just in case it hadn’t been 7 times. Then, I shouted because that’s what the Lord told me to do. The Lord healed the girl. Through a Yao translator I asked, “When did the pain go away?” The little girl responded, “When you shouted.” We encouraged her to stand in front of the other children and testify of her healing.
Through His works that the Lord is showing us, we are encouraged to seek Him and know Him more intimately - like never before. Join with us and pray that the Lord would continue to draw the hearts of people to Himself. Pray that our hearts would remain open to experience and know Him more and more in 2012 (Philippians 3:7-8). However the Lord wants to work in our lives and ministry is fine with us. For through His works, God is making Himself known and bringing glory to Himself through our ministry, the beautiful people of Mozambique, and beyond.
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Love,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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.
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If you are not able to view the emailed version of the file, please contact us and let us know.
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes
Saturday, December 24, 2011
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. |
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