As you pray -4 May 2009

My dear friends

Radio Khwezi covered the Mighty Men Conference that was hosted by Shalom Ministries in Greytown the other weekend (24-26 April). We heard MrAngus Buchan challenge men about the quality of their relationship to God. There were also testimonies of men about the impact the services had had on them.

In an interview just prior to the conference Mr Angus Buchan told of letters from thankful wives who testified that what they got from the conference were the men they had married so and so many years. Touching.

There was a scare on Saturday afternoon when news broke through that Mr Buchan had collapsed because of a heart attack or a stroke. The family has since insisted that it was not that serious. Seemingly fatigue and heat were the culprits.

Shalom Ministries will value your prayers.

Yesterday Onkel Erlo shared with us that it is going well with Onkel Friedel and the team in Europe. We thank God and pray on.

On Sundays teams from KwaSizabantu drive to different out-stations to take services. Onkel Erlo mentioned yesterday that seven cars had gone out with teams in the morning. Let us remember the work at the out-stations.

Let us pray on for the TNT team that is ministering in the East Rand this week. Joseph Greyling sent a message to inform us that they had their first service in Boksburg. This morning they were due to start addressing schools.

Even though TNT's focal point is informing people, especially the youth, about the dangers of drug abuse the message of full salvation and liberation in Christ completes the picture.

 

Gideon Jacobs requests prayers for a series of services that he has been invited to conduct at the Jamestawn Dutch Reformed Church. The first service was yesterday and the last one will be on Thursday evening.

We have just have just had a pleasant surprise. My German physiotherapist, Annegret 'Chefin' Hauptmann took three weeks off her practice in Bavaria in order to visit us. Zazi Hlongwane and Phindile Mdunge are doing excellent physio work; Annegret's professional touch will benefit them further. May this be a time of being a blessing and being blessed.

Sunday 10 May is Mother's Day. Thank God for our mothers. May God bless them.

Here are two profound quotes on mothers:

"No man is poor who has had a godly mother."
Abraham Lincoln

"The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world."

William Ross Wallace

The body that runs Radio Khwezi, the Inkanyezi Yokusa Radio Association, has scheduled the 2009 Annual General Meeting for 16 May. Remember us as we prepare for the important occasion.

Our thoughts are with CFT-Switzerland as they prepare for their Annual General Meeting on Sunday afternoon, 17 May.

Marrying the married

Thursday 30 April was a special day for Uncle Keith and Aunt Tish Kelly. They celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary.

You will remember the Kellys as the couple who for years have taken it upon themselves to prepare me fresh carrot juice on a daily basis. Uncle Keith is gifted with his hands. Whenever there is a need in the house he is more than willing to help us.

The Kellys are originally from Johannesburg; that is where they met Ross and Margot Brownrigg who later led them to the Lord.

On Thursday Uncle Keith and Aunt Tish made their special day very special for me. They paid me a visit to share about a wonderful experience they had in 1979.

As new Christians they were seeking a closer walk with the Lord. A stone that weighed heavily on their hearts was the fact that their marriage of 10 years was just not working out. That is how they landed at KwaSizabantu in 1979.

One day during their visit they walked down the valley, found a spot and sat down. And then it happened. Suddenly they noticed how their hearts were filled with a new love for each other. They realised that their new love went beyond human love; it was love from God Himself.

I was moved by the striking words the Kellys used to sum up their experience. They said, "God married us."

Thirty years down the line we know that the Kellys' experience was not a superficial short-lived warm feeling.,

Most of us are aware of the importance of God marrying the unmarried but the picture of God marrying the married was too precious for me.

 

Just imagine how many marriages would be saved and enhanced by such an experience.

Have a blessed week.
 
Pressing on!
 
In His love
 
Fano Sibisi