I have a very soft spot for Zimbabwe (could be cause I was born there!). God has placed this beautiful country and beautiful people on my heart, when I am there I am refreshed by my brothers and sisters and their absolute faith in God. I love the way this precious young Zimbabwean man, Frank, puts it in this video interview, "we are prisoners of hope". It was a privilege for us at Hope in Africa to go on this outreach arranged by the Nelspruit New Covenant Church, 9 tons of food was taken from Nelspruit to Mutare to assist fellow believers. This was an opportunity to simply be an answer to prayers for food - works of service Eph 4:12. We were 17 people in a convoy of 8 vehicles on this outreach. The boarder crossing took hours and we had to dig deep for patience and a loving attitude towards officials seeking a bribe in order to process our documents. I took some hair braids with to bless some of the Zimbabwean women with something "girlie", these are a people who have known a good life and have been forced to economic ruin by an unwise government, they were so blessed to have something beautiful and gave me such big hugs - its amazing how the simple pleasures in life can cause so much joy. We are assisting a wonderful Zimbabwean family in their vision to look after orphans and school them and on our previous trip we prayed for their brother who was dying and two months later we were informed that he was completely healed, up and about and serving God. When I saw him on this trip I embraced him and thanked God for this incredible healing and the testimony that he is.

Amanda off to Zimbabwe

Hi guys
This is just a short note to ask that you please pray for Amanda, Lynne (My Mom) and Lucia (My sister-in-law) as they left today on a four day food drop into Zimbabwe.

Their final destination is Mutare up in the North East of the country. They'll be taking up a couple hundred pounds of food to support a bunch of churches in the area.

Zimbabwe itself needs a lot of prayer as you all know.
But we take heart in knowing that we do not belong to the kingdoms of this world but are indeed citizens of a heavenly kingdom whose laws of love and life in Christ Jesus elevate us to a place of hope even when all around us appears hopeless.

Heb 12:28 says, "Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:" 1Co 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

When we go there and see a church alive in faith, hope and love we are extremely humbled and at the same time blessed out of our socks knowing that "... God [chose] them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?"(Jas 2:5)
One can only but walk away from such a trip deeply moved...
We will update you with pictures and stories of hope in Africa when Amanda and the crew get back. So watch this space --> " ***** "

Together we build His Kingdom and bring Hope in Africa.

This is pastor Brian and his family. We met them on our trip to Zim in 2007. He has subsequently gone and planted a church in Harare.