Tiffany's Sister Visits Lichinga

Kim, Tiffany's sister, is visiting us here in Lichinga.  Tiffany, of course, and the rest of us are very excited to have her here.  Even though Kim reads our blogs and we've talked to her from Mozambique, so many things here still surprised her, having now seen them in person.  After she shared some things with us, we asked her to write it down, sharing some of her heart, so that we could include it in our next blog entry.  Here's a fresh perspective of Lichinga from a visitor.

Kim writes:  Though I doubted it was as cold in Lichinga as Tiffany had told me, I obediently packed my flannel pajamas and warm socks. I was surprised when I actually had to use them along with three blankets to keep warm at night. Yes, it does get cold in Africa! Another thing I found very surprising when I arrived in Lichinga was the price of food. I had read the blogs about how expensive things are, but I guess I had to see it to believe it. A couple of trips to the grocery store confirmed that things like meat, cheese, and ice cream are not affordable and reserved for special occasions. I had to think twice about purchasing food items I would typically buy in America on a daily basis. I am witnessing how the items we send in care packages go a long way to improve my family’s quality of life. My visit to Lichinga has shown me how critical it is to support missionaries. Everyone is not called to be a missionary, but I feel it is our duty to support the people God has called to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). I know it would not have been possible for me to have the awareness of what life is like if I had not spent time here. It does not take very much to make a very dramatic difference. I am leaving Lichinga with a renewed purpose to support missionaries who are advancing God’s kingdom. This experience has been invaluable!


Part of the orientation and culture training for new Iris missionaries at our center includes a village outing, "ikwalola a dyangu".  We invited Kim to go along with Mandy.  In the village, one will spend hours with a local family that doesn't speak your language - just you and a local family.
(Adults left to right:  Mandy (new Iris intern), Kim (Tiffany's sister) and Lucia (local host)



Their host cooked them cove (greens) and cema (corn flour boiled to a mashed potato like texture).
Cema is the "staple" food item.



Playing with kids is a treasure, and they are everywhere.
  Behind is a large black tin used to heat up water, and the mud "house" used for cooking.
Cooking is generally done outside of the main house where one sleeps.



Playing and having fun.  Perhaps, kids are the same everywhere.

You know what?  You can be our next visitor!  Just send us an email (heartsforharvest@yahoo.com), get your passport ready, and let the journey begin!  Hallelujah!!!  You'll have a great time here, and most of all, we are sure you'll experience Jesus Christ in new ways.  You are welcome to Lichinga, Mozambique, Africa.
Love,

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

5th Year Anniversary in Mozambique: 2007 - 2012

Celebrate With Us!  June 1, was our 5th year anniversary since the day we entered Mozambique.  From our teenage years, we both wanted to be missionaries, but truly didn't know the extent of what that meant until we started serving overseas, June 1, 2007.  Now, 5 years later, we are so much different, have matured greatly (the process is still going), and through the Lord's great mercy we have done things we've never dreamed of.  Our God has been good to us. We are missionaries, and are looking forward to many more years of serving Jesus Christ in the nations. 

Here are a few photos of 'Then and Now'.

Amerel (6) and Isaiah (3) in Pemba, Mozambique (2007). 

 


We only had two kids (Isaiah and Amerel)...and thought that that was it.
(August 2007, graduation day from the Iris Holy Given Missions school,
now called the Harvest School, in Pemba, Mozambique)



Home in Lichinga, Mozambique 2007.




We had to make our own beds (2007, Lichinga)




We all slept in one room that was very crowded (2007 - 2008).  Tiffany also
held homeschool in the same room.



Suddenly, 6 years after Isaiah, we started having kids again.
Now we have 4.  What a blessing! (Left to right:  Amerel, Berasia, Isaiah and Chayah)



Now we live in our own house at the Iris Lichinga Center.  It's nice to
have more room for our family of 6.

We've evangelized and ministered in streets, stores, bars, discos, villages and churches.  Many have been saved and healed.  God has been good!  We minister in Mozambique and Tanzania, and have evangelized in Malawi.
(Above:  Photos of Iris Tanzanian Pastors from the 2011 'Love, Glory and Honor Pastoral Seminar' in Mwanza, Tanzania)


Thank you for partnering with us and for caring so much about us these past 5 years.  Your love, prayers, giving, and friendship means so much! All that the Lord enabled us to do thus far, would not have been possible without you.  In grace and great expectation, we look forward to the greater things the Lord has prepared for us in the years ahead.  Let's go forth together! Many blessings and love to you all.  For His glory alone.

Serving with a passion for His presence,

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

Tyren and Tiffany Haynes are missionaries serving under Iris Ministries. They are members of Church of the Living God in Manchester, CT, U.S.A.

For information on how to donate, please visit http://heartsforharvest.blogspot.com/

Photos: Faithful is He Who Has Promised


This year, it's been on our hearts to finish the original plans for our house, "The House of God's Pleasure".   We included several pictures of these ministry projects and others.  We hope this gives you a better view of what things actually look like.  Picture quality may not be that sharp due to the size we had to reduce the photos in order to upload them all on our slow internet.

Our day worker, Mr. W. using bricks and mud to build a place for us to burn our trash.
The blocks are made locally and the mud (there are 2 types) is taken from in front of our house.

If you remember, Mr. W. was baptized several weeks ago.  He just finished a 4 week
training at our center's Bible school this month.  It was his decision to join the Bible school,
and give up his pay during that time.

 

We finally have our outside clothesline.  Now, the kids' veranda is finally free after nearly 3 1/2 years.
In the bottom right hand corner is the side of the kids' sandbox.

  

The original house plan was to have a ramp from the side door to the veranda,
but it was too expensive while building our house in 2008.



Mr. Daylight built the ramp for us at a very low cost.

Remember Mr. Daylight was an "ex-prisoner" (released after 7 months because he was found innocent).
He continues to do prison ministry with me now.



Mr. Daylight also built this small shed for our dayworker.





3 years later, and we finally tiled the wall behind the kitchen counter and stove.  Mr. Daylight
did this for us also.  I had wonderful times of teaching with him while
he worked at our house for a few weeks.




These young men finished the Bible school course last Friday.
Tiffany was one of several teachers who taught them.

Pray that the Lord continues to open the way for people to walk in their divine destiny.  From prison ministry to building, the Lord is opening doors for us to build up the lives of local Mozambicans.  They will help take the gospel and the kingdom of God into languages, tribes and places that we could have never imagined. 

Love,
Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

Revival Fire – in the Hearts of Men



We baptized White last week in a local fish pond. After being
baptized he said his whole body felt lighter, and he could sleep

through the whole night (something he couldn't do before).



Several weeks ago, on Sunday morning at Assumane church the Lord poured out His fire into our hearts. It was an unmistakable experience for us. It’s like an awakening happening in the hearts of the people in the church. We are a handful in number, but God is raising up the believers to do whatever He has given them to do. In this way, they are carrying His fire to others in the village. Usually people use the term revival for much bigger things. But, we will not despise the day of small beginnings (ref. Zech. 4:10). However God chooses to increase His revival fire in the village is fine with us, even if it’s just person to person; it makes no difference to us. If we believe in what God wants to do, then we’ll see His glory. Below are some ways the Lord is moving in our midst to spread His flames of revival in people’s hearts.

 

Translating
After years of being part of the church, one young Mozambican man said he wanted to translate for me from Portuguese to Yao (the local language) and evangelize house to house. People were surprised to hear that. He is doing a wonderful job translating for Sunday school and at other times, and started evangelizing. He has also started playing drums and we’ve found he is anointed in that area.

 

House Discipleship
Another member (local Mozambican) loves to teach the Word. He finally started. That was a big step for him. He is currently working with Chanito, one of the Mozambican missionaries at our center, to hold meetings at his house. Our hope is to see these meetings grow into other homes in Assumane to encourage the believers, and bring the gospel and “church” experience into homes of interested unbelievers.

 

Healing
We had prayed that the Lord begin to allow His presence to cover the church property in a special way. Mr. W was sick, had pain all over and wasn’t going to come to church this past Sunday. He took medicine last week, but still he wasn’t better. But, he decided to come to church anyway. He testified that the moment his foot stepped inside the church he felt a hot sensation all over his head (that was the power of God). After praying for him, he said the Lord took every bit of pain away.

 

Evangelism
We started weekly house to house evangelism in Assumane. This will be a time of carrying the Lord’s heart and demonstrations of the kingdom as we simply love people for no other reason than to love them like Jesus loved us. This past week, two groups of us went out and the Lord confirmed His word with a few salvations, words of knowledge, and preaching that clearly opened people’s eyes to the truth of Jesus Christ.

Please pray for the believers in Assumane Church:

• the Lord would show us great mercy so we can faithfully carry the flames of revival
• keep people out of sin, and depending on His grace to serve Him
• help us to steward what He has released into our hearts
• remain faithful to His call for the church (to focus on His love, presence and who we are in Christ)
• to love in word and deed, and minister out of love to our neighbors (Muslims and others) in Assumane

 

Love, Tyren and Tiffany Haynes

 

Celebrating the Great Goodness of God

How great is His goodness, and He does great things past finding out. 



This is what the gauge read when
we returned to the guest house



We Call It a Miracle - Arriving Without Enough Fuel

Last week, we went on our second trip to a neighboring country to pick up our kid’s renewed passports. We were given inaccurate directions, got lost and drove 62 miles (over 100 km) going in different directions. Somehow, 6 hours later we arrived in the capital and picked up our passports just before the Consulars left for lunch. But, the one container of spare fuel we carried was not enough to travel the 4 ½ hour trip back to the town we were staying in. This country has a shortage of diesel. In fact, in well over 400 miles, we only came across one gas station that had diesel. At that station, the line of cars extended somewhere down the road. We were told that some people wait for hours in a line only to find out that the gas station ran out of diesel. Some people literally leave their cars lined up for days at a station just because they hear fuel might be coming. We had no time to wait, especially since we wanted to get back before dark to make sure we didn’t get lost again. With less than ½ of a tank, we knew we didn’t have enough diesel for our return trip (especially looking at how much our car uses). So, we prayed and drove, prayed and drove, then with increased faith, we left all in the hands of God, and just kept driving. 4 ½ hours later, at night, we drove up to the SIM guest house where we were staying, with the needle below E. We made it, praising God for the miracle He worked in getting us back without enough fuel. We had one more spare container of fuel which we had to use just to return to Mozambique. We filled up at a gas station a few minutes after crossing the border into Mozambique.

Prison Ministry – Set Free From…

2 weeks ago during our Tuesday’s group ministry time, the Holy Spirit simply said, “sex”. I asked the prison group comprised of men to raise their hands if they had a problem with lust in this area. Finally, one of the new leaders raised his hand (the prisoners choose the leaders). Suddenly, many other hands went up. Other prisoners sitting in the courtyard behind me were listening. Many of them ended up raising their hands, also. In a moment, the Holy Spirit swept over their hearts and set people free. Unlike anything I’ve witnessed in the prison before, the men began to applaud the Lord joyfully and continuously. Afterwards, I taught briefly on how to stay free. During this week’s discipleship meeting within the prison, that same leader shared his testimony of how the Lord had delivered him that day. We wait for many more testimonies. Hallelujah!

Gifts of Goodness

To add to gifts and monetary donations we’ve received to replace some of our stuff that was stolen from our house in January, we recently received another box full of replacement goodies. We have been so moved by the Lord’s goodness and generosity through many of you! We have even received better things than what we previously had! We praise the Lord for His mercy and great goodness being demonstrated through you all. Thank you!

Because our God’s goodness is great (ref. Psalm 31:19) and His marvelous ways are past finding out (ref. Job 9:10), we can trust God to do good things in the midst of our daily situations. Because his goodness endures forever, let us begin to cast away pride, doubt and fear; and bowing our knees and our hearts, begin to cry out for the greater works of God that He so eagerly wants to reveal among each one of us. Are you ready? Are you available?

Love,  Tyren and Tiffany Haynes