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SALVADOR & DIANNE’S MSINDISI MONTHLY
NUMBER: 71. AUG 2010
PO BOX 1481
VRYHEID 3100
KWAZULU NATAL
SOUTH AFRICA
+27 (0) 728311008
Email: msindisi@gmail.com ,
salv.di@gmail.com
Moriel KwaZulu Mission Website: http://morielkzn.
Personal Website: http://msindisi.
Dear Friends and family,
At the moment we are in Piet Retief, visiting our friends Olaf and Charnel and sharing mutual encouragement of each other’s faith. It has been almost 3 months since we last saw them. They travel a lonely and hard walk. There are no suitable churches it seems that they can be part of in their area. Many are into charismatic teachings and things such as word of faith. We recommended a church that they might be able to check out and we hope that they might get good fellowship there. We have been able to share some encouragement with them from Matthew 24. It speaks of the exhortation to endure to the end throughout whatever persecution or tribulation we may have to go through before the Lord comes for us. It was a lovely time of fellowship and we will be doing part 2 tonight.
In last month’s newsletter we mentioned that Mesuli, a young lad who had asked to be baptized, has since asking, got cold feet. We have followed up with him and he seems to have shrunk back from that decision out of concern of what his father may think. We have left the ball in his court and pray that the Lord will convict him. Whether he gets baptized by one of us or by some other believers the important thing is that he obeys the Lord. During this month we went to see Mesuli, and his school choir, sing at the Natal Youth Choir concert in Vryheid. We were able to take Celani and her children to see the different choirs perform wonderfully. It was a very pleasant event.
For those who don’t know, we have made friends with a guy, called Jabulani, from Alpha. A month ago, Salvi was asked to pray for him. He was too weak. A week later Salvi visited and found out that he was feeling a little better and walking about. Salvi tried to witness to him and speak about ancestral spirits but he didn’t look interested. Salvi said he would bring his bible the following week and speak then. When he came back Jabulani was so open about hearing it and was agreeing with everything Salvi was saying. Then Jabulani shared that he had prayed and God had showed him in a dream that the other pastors were preaching lies. Upon being asked when he got that dream he said it was the day after Salvi last visited. Salvi gave him his bible and then asked about his medication and it seemed like Jabulani has AIDS. When Salvi left him he looked so downcast. 3 weeks passed without seeing Jabulani and when Salvi returned to speak to his family Jabulani turned round to them all and said, ‘There are no Ancestral Spirits!’ To which a girl replied, ‘There are!’ After sharing from the word about the subject Salvi handed out tracts about God delivering us but with a certain young man Salvi decided to give a different tract about where our home is. The man looked puzzled but started reading it. Jabulani asked Salvi to wait for him and everybody left except the young man reading the tract. Salvi felt he should speak with him and the guy was fairly open and of a friendly disposition. During the course of conversation Salvi felt impressed to tell him ‘The Lord knows the pain that is inside you and he can heal your heart.’ He replied by saying that he had a lot of pain in his heart and asked if God can heal his child. He was comforted that God can turn all things round for His glory and was shared about the story of Joni Tada but he needs to repent from his sins, believe that Jesus took his punishment and give his life to the Lord. Salvi does not preach to people about God healing hurts, so it was totally out of character. But Salvi shared that he doesn’t know what is hidden in his heart but God sees it and He used these circumstances to minister to him. Please pray for him, his name is Sibonelo. After speaking to Sibonelo, Jabulani came back and they started speaking about the Lord. Salvi asked him if he had given his life to the Lord. ‘Yebo’ he replied. ‘When?’ Salvi asked. He said the day that Salvi last visited. Jabulani came the following Sunday to church and said that he had shared with the local Zionist preacher that he is teaching lies. The Zionist preacher said, ‘But the ancestors speak to us.’ Jabulani replied, ‘Yes but God tells us not to do it.’ When we picked Jabulani up the Zionist preacher came and asked for the bible references about ancestral spirits. Last Sunday the Zionist preacher came to our church meeting and shared that he has changed his mind about ancestral spirits. We tried to encourage him that he still needs to turn to the Lord to be saved. Salvi has started discipling Jabulani and found out that Jabulani cannot read… That explains why the Lord in His grace gave him the dream! So yesterday Salvi taught him, with his mother and another relative present, about repentance from dead works. Afterwards we started the first literacy class with him and the 2 relatives. AEIOU were covered and we will see if they can remember them next week. We had so much fun as they tried to remember what sounds the letters represented. They looked excited by the prospect of learning to read. Please pray for Jabulani and Mr Khumalo, the Zionist preacher.
Salvi has been given the opportunity to teach this month at church and has been doing a short series on the Songs of Ascents from a prophetic perspective. It has given the opportunity to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom for some who have not been born again. With Salvi’s voice feeling strained this month it has been great for Phumulani to take up some of the slack at Esihlengeni on a Sunday. It is great to see his confidence and boldness in preaching. He can preach quite loud for someone who is so quiet. Phumulani is the humblest man we have ever met. He is not self seeking, does not want to be in the limelight and only wants to follow and serve the Lord. He is a faithful and trustworthy African disciple of Christ who never asks for himself and would rather give than receive. How precious to find people like him in a continent where so many pastors are busy trying to build up their empires and constantly asking for funds to do so. Phumulani works on a farm but would love to find some work in Vryheid, as something like an apprentice mechanic or some other semi skilled position. He has studied and passed up to N4 level of Mechanical studies, 2 levels shy of a diploma. Please pray that the Lord opens this door for him.
We have managed to finish the building of the outside toilet. All that is needed is for the toilet and sink to be installed, windows puttied in and door put on. Di has relegated her clinic runs, if any are to be done, to a Tuesday morning which means that her Zulu classes are not interfered with as much as they have been sometimes. Certain things are starting to click in with speaking Zulu and those times have been very exciting for her but still a long way to go. She has been able to put a fence around her garden, dig it over and add manure. She got Salvi to help with the erection of the fence and such working together in the garden was a good test of ourr marriage. But we just about managed to pass the test. Lol. The rains shouldn’t be too far away and soon Di will be able to plant. Di has been able to visit kids club again for a couple of weeks and help out. In fact last Saturday Celani sprung on her that she was to teach it. Di was able to share the gospel with the kids and give them a visual aid to take home. Khetiwe has continued going with us to share in Ngenitsheni and her sister, Zanele has also been asking to attend. Please pray for Zanele, we feel that she is near the kingdom. But while Salvi has been preaching, Khetiwe and Di have been able to read bible stories for the children and Zanele is getting to hear the gospel preached to her again and again through these occasions.
We would just like to say thank you to all those who faithfully pray for us and share in this ministry. Our hope is that this newsletter should always be an encouragement to you in your lives and Christian walk. May the Lord richly bless you. We have had encouraging feedback from other newsletters and we want to open the invitation that if anyone would like to write with questions or comments to feel free to contact us. It is an encouragement to us to hear from you.
Salvi and Di
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