Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ

The past month was a month of joyfulness and inspiration.

After dedicating Blessing (Land Cruiser) to the Lord, Brothers and sisters in South Africa notified us that they are busy collecting funds for an off-road trailer. This news was extremely exciting, because nobody will really understand the way that we have been living since David arrived and when we received the new sound equipment. Our roof is packed like a double-decker bus and the interior is so full that we can barely move, except to push things all the stuff back that keeps on falling on us at every turn. The continuous packing and unpacking took most of our mornings and evenings. So are very thankful for the coming trailer. We tried everything, from trying to ship the trailer to Dar Es Salaam to organizing people to bring it to us. Unfortunately it was either too pricy or impossible. We sought God’s guidance concerning this matter and were led to go back to South Africa to fetch the trailer. We also received various confirmations on this matter. This is also a wonderful opportunity to fix minor details on Blessing, to choose a trailer, to collect tracts, Bibles, etc. and to prepare for our next phase, which will be much more difficult – Ethiopia, Sudan and the Middle East.

At the Tanzania-Malawi border post we needed to exchange Tanzania shillings to Malawi kwacha, so money changers crowded the car with exchange money and during the exchange process someone grabbed the money out of Len’s hand and took off. Jono and David tried to find him, but to no avail. Fortunately we received our money back through one of the other exchangers, but it still cost us ZAR 125. Thanks to the Lord, we could have lost ZAR 750 (Faithful Father).

In Malawi we had many opportunities of ministering to tourists and in villages; we led many to the Lord. One particular story was when we received free accommodation at Sani Beach Resort. In the morning when we had quiet time, we felt that we should minister at a nearby village and due to the fact that we did not want to take advantage for another free stay, we asked the Lord to somehow let us stay there for another night without us asking for it. A few minutes later the manager knocked on our door and invited us to stay there for as long as we want for free (Faithful Father) he also insisted on taking our flat tire (1st flat tire) to the nearby town for repair. That same morning we went into the village and ministered to many Muslims, in the streets and in the school. We also prayed for the sick.

While driving in Malawi, we had our sunroof open and suddenly something hit our roof rack and fell through the sunroof right on Jono’s head and lap. Needless to say, he got a HUGE fright. He says that in that split-second he wanted to get out of all four doors at once. It was hilarious!! Especially since Jono never gets a fright.

As soon as we went over the Mozambique border, we reached a town called Tete. On arrival we started looking for a campsite. We made a U-turn at a particular part where there were no lines and the very next moment a policeman on a motorcycle told us to pull over and shouted at us like a mad man in Portuguese. When he finally realized that we don’t understand him, he arrested us and took us to the police station. The station filled with policemen, Len demanded to speak to someone who could speak English, to no avail. After praying quietly for more than half an hour, Len felt a prompting to show the head officer that he wanted to leave. Immediately the officer showed us that it was fine. (Faithful Father) We left for Beira the next morning.

As we left Beira on our way to Valanculos, 120 km out of town, in the middle of nowhere, we got a shocking surprise when the car suddenly died and all the instruments went haywire, suddenly there was no clutch nor brakes, or anything else for that matter. When we finally got the car to stop, we saw smoke coming out of the bonnet and after opening the bonnet we saw the battery terminals on fire. After extinguishing the fire we realized that the battery terminal wires ground through and melted cables and pipes when they touched the body of the car. There we were in the middle of nowhere in Africa, on a public holiday with no knowledge of repairing the vehicle and very few cars on the road. We realized our desperate situation and cried out to the Lord, showing Him Psalm 50:15, which says, ‘Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will help you and you must honor Me’. 15 minutes later a Land Rover stopped by the side of the road and a gentleman, Brent, the manager of Land Rover, Beira immediately analyzed the situation and bypassed a few wires and pipes, to temporarily put us on the road again (Faithful Father). The next day Land Rover fixed Blessing and we felt the urge and had the privilege to share Jesus with Brent.

We have met many beautiful people with whom we shared the Gospel with. We have seen many lives changed and big men crumbled with tears running down their cheeks. We would like to ask you to please pray for these people.

We desire to fulfill the call of Mark 16:15 to “Go onto the entire world and preach the Gospel” and we also desire for you to fulfill that call as well. Your donation will aid us as we preach the Gospel in remote and unreached areas, impact others who will in turn impact others who will impact all generations worldwide with the truth and power of the Gospel. All gifts, great or small, will be appreciated.

Please visit our web site, www.travelmissions.org to see some photos of our latest experiences. For those of you that might have missed a few, our old newsletters are also available for viewing on our web site.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

In His Service

Len and Jono (and David, who is now studying to show himself approved unto God.)