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Chimoio - Gods planned appointments!

Hello from Chimoio!

Wow what a time we have had here.  God is so good!  Firstly to backtrack a little as I see its been a while since we have written.  Firstly we arrived safely after a great trip on the bus to Harare where we were met by a beautiful couple with such a story on their lives of God it was just wonderful to sit and here their testimonies and to be welcomed in their home.  Their names were Dave & Maxine Broom, they run a ministry called Renewal Ministires and have been to NZ several times so some of you might have heard of them.  Anyway their hospitaltiy was heaven sent literally and they made sure we were put on the bus the next day for Matere which took us to the boarder of Mozambique and then onto more transport to Chimoio.

We have been here since and the Lord has opened doors all over the show it has just been wonderful.  Whether it has been one on one meeting with people or stepping out into larger meetings or preaching at the prison, Gods footprint has been all over it, it is such a blessing to be used like this.

Dreams and words given have spoken into peoples lives in such powerful ways we are just humbled by the intricate way in which the Lord shows his love for his people.  The first day here we met a woman in a supermarket and the Lord spoke to me about her heart needing healing and to meet with her again and she came up behind me and so asked if we could meet and she said yes.  It was just amazing because when we met with her she said a word that jumped out at me because it was the exact same word we had been given before coming and here we were sitting in Chimoio speaking to this very woman who God had highlighted back in New Zealand.  Just amazing.

The people here are very hurt and tired and needing hope sown in and so very definitely we know that we have been brought here to sow hope, life and joy where it has been stolen, but this time mainly to the expat community.  So we felt we had something to offer to those in need and so spoke to the people we  were staying with about opening some meetings to the public.  So we stepped out in faith and put news around for the meetings.  We had two meetings, not very big but brought life and encouragement to those that were there. 

We were then asked if we would go to the prison.  So we went and were so blown away by what the Lord did there.  There is quite a story which was so cool but some of the highlights of it was a man was physically healed but something that was powerful was once again another word that had been given to us before we came about a man who had fallen off a horse and that it would bring breakthrough.  I felt the prompting of the spirit to ask in this meeting if that man was there and yes sure enough a man stepped forward and just broke down in tears and the Lord touched his life and those around him in a powerful way.  But the interesting thing is that in Mozambique it is very rare to see a horse and so for a man to fall off in Mozambique is highly unusal.

After that the Lord has brought more expats for ministry and also opened up another opportunity at another meeting to minister with people who wanted it.  God is bringing breakthrough in peoples lives in a powerful way and it is so encouraging to see.  So we are still here at the moment and these people have also got into our heart.  Oh Lord what are you doing?  In each place we feel we are so much a part of the place that we don´t want to leave and feel our heart wrench whenever the Lord moves us on.

At this stage we are possibly moving on further north in Mozambique possibly on Monday but feel at this stage things are not finished here yet.  We are preaching tomorrow (Sunday) and ministering a little out of town and so look forward to what the Lord will do there.  Psalm 68:9  "You gave abundant showers O God, you refreshed your weary inheritance."  The Lord is giving showers to those who want it and bringing refreshing to the weary and we are so blessed to be a part of seeing this come and know that people will move forward by faith in a new way.  Thank you Lord.

So that is where things are at at this point, just pray that the Lord will continue to bring people into a new place in Him and that they will move in power and authority and bring healing to the people around them.  Pray for us in the next steps and timing of when we are to go and to where.  We are interested while in Mozambique to visit Iris Ministies in Pemba.  We have had a bit to do with the Iris ministries people here in Chimoio but feel we would not like to go back to NZ and being so close to Pemba without visiting Heidi & Rolland Baker's ministry so just praying on that as we would not like to go there just for us if there are other things that the Lord has for us and his people in need.  The other country we still feel to go to is Malawi but at this stage the doors are for there are not clear yet and so just waiting on timing and the contacts in which to visit there.  So still step by step. 

On a personal level Kate is seeming to be doing very well in NZ and enjoying where she is staying so that is great but please continue to pray for her and that she would know the Lords presence on her life in a personal way.  Pray for us for continued health and protection and safety for us in all aspects.  Much love and thank you to all.  Know that the Lord is answering your prayers and we look forward to coming home and sharing all that the Lord has done!  Bless you all!

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