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MSINDISI MONTHLY
NUMBER: 66 MAR 2010
PO BOX 1481
VRYHEID 3100
KWAZULU NATAL
SOUTH AFRICA
+27 (0) 728311008
Email: msindisi@gmail.com ,
Moriel KwaZulu Mission Website: http://morielkzn.googlepages.
Personal Website: http://msindisi.googlepages.
If there is one thing that the Lord has been teaching us this month it must be that all things are fragile and we must lean on God’s grace. The Saturday Bible study seems to have dwindled out, the school Salvi preached at did not ask for any return visit and this Sunday nobody turned up at Mondi where Phumulani and Salvi turned up to preach. However Salvi has stilled been able to catch up with the people from the Saturday bible study informally and been able to answer questions from scripture. The Louwsburg bible fellowship has been going well, but still fragile as people work through struggles in the battle between the spirit and the flesh. But God has been merciful and has kept us this far. One of the members has had to make some hard decisions with her life and has broken a relationship up with an unbeliever. But Lord gave us the opportunity to chat with him and it was humbling to see him opening up to Salvi. We pray that he will bow his knee to the Lord, accepting salvation on the basis of grace alone and not by his own religious observance in the Lutheran Church. The Lord is calling him. This Tuesday we had a young chap attend the fellowship who Salvi had met in Vryheid and answered questions concerning his doubts towards the Dutch Reformed church of which he is a part. It looks like he might regularly attend. We have given him a couple of Jacob’s DVD teachings and a book by Francis Schaeffer called ‘The God who is there’. Di continues to help with the Kid’s club regularly on occasion and the clinic runs for some of our neighbours. These runs are for a TB sufferer and a guy with AIDS. The long waits at the clinic have produced the first knitted beanie for the community by the hands of Di. Obviously not Salvi!
We have been trying to help the family, who lost the daughter last month, to get to the clinic for HIV tests. It has been difficult because the Gogo has to prove she is the legal guardian of the children. We only learned this on the second visit to the clinic. On the first visit they never got to see the nurses and on the second we were told the Gogo needed to bring the affidavit. Yesterday we took her to get the affidavit done and soon we hope to be able to take them to the clinic for testing. It is difficult for people to do some things that we would normally take for granted. Many do not have work and rely on a meagre pension (benefit) and there are limited times where they can get a taxi to get to the clinic. In general if some official business needs to be done, people only get the information of which documentation they need to provide when they arrive at the government department. This is a huge time and money waster. We got a phone call from the Springs Home Affairs this month concerning a girl (about 20 years old) who we tried to help get a late registered birth certificate. She is still trying to get it!
At the beginning of the month Salvi was asked to speak at a ladies prayer meeting. He spoke about the Biblical doctrine of women’s roles in marriage and church life being a source of great good or deception. Salvi survived the experience and no stones were thrown. Whew! We also enjoyed a Passover meal with the Louwsburg fellowship. It was the first experience of one for most of them and an education into the Biblical background to the celebration of communion. The gospel has continued to be preached faithfully in the communities of Alpha, Eastmine and Ngenitsheni. About four different residential areas in these communities have been completed and we press on. Di has come out on a few occasions. She is awaiting some Zulu bible stories to be able to share with the little ones.
Phumulani continues to teach well at the Church meetings, taking us through 2 Peter. He is still working on the farm for R1000 a month. He works hard and spends his spare time doing chores and preparation for Sunday. We bought him an MP3 player that works off an AAA battery and he was elated. He has been constantly listening to Jacob Prasch and Christian music. He is always looking out for other lines of work in the nearest town but nothing has worked out for him. He did go for driving lessons but failed his test as he only had 6 lessons. During that week it was a pleasure having him preach the gospel out in the communities. His zeal is more with the preaching of the gospel than bible teaching but he does both faithfully and with a good heart.
On a personal note, some friends covered the cost of a couple of days away to Kruger Park. Di got to see elephants, many elephants which was the highlight of her trip. It was very find of them and we got to see many animals including a cheetah cub, hippos, crocodiles, water buffalo, white rhinos, zebra, giraffes, water bucks, baboons, impala, wildebeest, kudu and various bird life. We had to go through Swazi land to get there and back.
Our friends, Marijke and Lina who were volunteering at Ebyown, have now returned to Aussieland and Kiwiland. We want to wish them every happiness in the Lord. Marijke takes back a little part of Di to the land of the long white cloud.
At the time of the next newsletter we will be in the UK. Salvi will be preaching in a few churches while we are there. You are welcome to come to hear him if you live near one of the venues. We enclose his itinerary at end of our news. The main reason for the visit is for Di to meet Salvi’s family for the first time. We thank the Lord for using our friends from Sydney, Australia to provide a way for us to have this opportunity.
May God bless you in His truth and His love.
Salvi and Di.
Salvador’s Itinerary
March
Sunday 28th 10.30am
Crossways Fellowship,
Moordown Community Centre,
Coronation Road,
Moordown, Bournemouth
CONTACT Fred Wilding 01929 405157
April
Sunday 11th 10.30am
Ainsdale Evangelical, Merefield School,
Westminster Drive, Ainsdale
CONTACT Steve or Linda Fazakerley 01704 876427
Sunday 18th 10.30 am & 6.30pm
Starbeck Mission, Forest Avenue,
Starbeck, Harrogate.
CONTACT Dena Alderson 01423340495
Sunday 25th 11.00am & 6.30pm
Woodhill Baptist Church, Woodhill Road
Colwyn Bay. Wales
CONTACT Pastor Leonard James 01492 534343
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