Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. Isaiah 25:1
This verse beautifully communicates how my heart feels these days. I’m in great awe of God and how He authors each one of our stories. Through it all He proves to be so faithful. I’m excited to bring you some of the good news and testimonies about what God has been doing since our return to Mozambique in January.
First, we have been seeing such an increase of hunger within the young people right around our home. Twice a week young people from all over our town, even from other churches, come to worship and dig in deep to the Word. Tawnya has led this group so well and continues to see it grow every week. She is seeing young people truly turn to righteousness and cultivate a deep desire for God. Just last week another newcomer surrendered his life to Jesus!
In March I conducted our first evangelism training school. For two weeks, 14 Mozambicans were trained in the gospel and how to preach. Then we hit the streets for a full week of preaching! We split into three teams and preached throughout multiple villages seeing salvation’s and healings everywhere we went! As a result we saw over 1440 Individuals make decisions to follow Jesus. Each new believer was also sent with discipleship material and followed up with by a local church. The greatest testimony for me throughout the school was in seeing the Mozambicans raised up to do the work. They truly became preachers of the gospel! Thousands more will hear the gospel because of what was established in their hearts.
Now the season has shifted as I have partnered together with Christ for all Nations to help set up a large gospel crusade in the city of Beira. This is no small task! Preparation started in February, and we are now in full time efforts to organize every aspect of this crusade. We are hoping to see between 100,000 and 200,000 people attend, thousands to be saved, and the region around the city to be transformed by the kingdom of God. The dates for the crusade will be September 15-18. Please be in prayer with us for this great event that it would far exceed our expectancies and even what we can plan in the natural! God will receive the glory!
Lincoln, Haley, and Ahava continue to thrive. They are so amazing and every day we are taken back by the gift that they are. They are great kids and have amazing hearts. They are missionaries also to the glory of God.
We are asking that all of you partner with us in intercession for the continuance of what God is doing here. Please be praying for transformed lives through the crusade that’s coming. And please continue to lift us up in the strength of the Lord that Tawnya and I and our family would continue to fulfill the calling that He has placed on us and that thousands upon thousands would be impacted for all of eternity!