Tchekelange, MozambiqueFriday, October 16, 2009
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Planting Seeds…Proclaimers to Chiefs
History was made today as we continued to move forward on what God has laid on our hearts to do before rainy season. Between SIM here and Lichinga and the Bible Society in Malawi, we were able to obtain five “Proclaimers,” which again are audio solar-powered New Testements in the Yao language. We felt the Lord directing us to bring these “Proclamiers” to certain chiefs in certain villages that we have been scouting out.
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We visited four chiefs in four villages: Lussanhango, Matemangue, Tchekelange and Chiwaya. All of the chiefs were very glad that we came to visit them and extremely happy to receive the gifts of the “Proclaimers.” At the first village of Lussanhango, the chief and about 50 other people from the village who had gathered prayed and gave their lives to Jesus after we presented them with the gospel of Christ. IT WAS AMAZING. We came to plant seeds, yet reaped a harvest nevertheless. The chief even invited us to come start a church in his village. Then we ended our time together, letting them know that we will return after the rainy season to do more teaching and did tricks on our dirtbikes, which brought a huge applause. The chief in Matemangue was also very glad that we came to visit, and invited us to come back as well. He said that we were the first missionaries to have ever come to their village with the message of Jesus Christ. He and the other villagers said that they would like to think more about the offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. We encouraged them to continue to listen to God’s Word in audio form and think more about it. We headed to the villages of Ntuili and Majika, but the chiefs weren’t there. So we traveled to nearby Tchekelanje village, where the chief warmly welcomed us and our gift. He had never even heard the name of Jesus. He and a few others from his village prayed with us to receive Christ. PRAISE THE LORD!!! The chief in Chiwaya was also grateful, as were the others in his village who will now be able to hear the Scriptures in their own heart language. Tomorrow Victo will motorbike to Nangembele on his own to bring the last “Proclaimer” to the chief there.
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We would love for you to press in with us in praying for these chiefs, and all those who live in their villages, that the seeds planted would be watered in prayer through the rainy season, and that there would be a great soul harvest as we return to continue to evangelize, make disciples and Lord willing, in the future, plant churches after the rainy season.
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We visited four chiefs in four villages: Lussanhango, Matemangue, Tchekelange and Chiwaya. All of the chiefs were very glad that we came to visit them and extremely happy to receive the gifts of the “Proclaimers.” At the first village of Lussanhango, the chief and about 50 other people from the village who had gathered prayed and gave their lives to Jesus after we presented them with the gospel of Christ. IT WAS AMAZING. We came to plant seeds, yet reaped a harvest nevertheless. The chief even invited us to come start a church in his village. Then we ended our time together, letting them know that we will return after the rainy season to do more teaching and did tricks on our dirtbikes, which brought a huge applause. The chief in Matemangue was also very glad that we came to visit, and invited us to come back as well. He said that we were the first missionaries to have ever come to their village with the message of Jesus Christ. He and the other villagers said that they would like to think more about the offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. We encouraged them to continue to listen to God’s Word in audio form and think more about it. We headed to the villages of Ntuili and Majika, but the chiefs weren’t there. So we traveled to nearby Tchekelanje village, where the chief warmly welcomed us and our gift. He had never even heard the name of Jesus. He and a few others from his village prayed with us to receive Christ. PRAISE THE LORD!!! The chief in Chiwaya was also grateful, as were the others in his village who will now be able to hear the Scriptures in their own heart language. Tomorrow Victo will motorbike to Nangembele on his own to bring the last “Proclaimer” to the chief there.
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We would love for you to press in with us in praying for these chiefs, and all those who live in their villages, that the seeds planted would be watered in prayer through the rainy season, and that there would be a great soul harvest as we return to continue to evangelize, make disciples and Lord willing, in the future, plant churches after the rainy season.
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Christian Young
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