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.
This is wonderful work. All the best. Enjoy Mutare, a beautiful city on the east of Zimbabwe. Be sure to check out Vumba area.
ReplyDeletewww.mutare-zimbabwe.com