Blessings in Jesus name

This month was a month of blessings and blessings and more blessings. We were blessed with a digital camera, then with some equipment, a quick safari to Ngorogoro and then with a 1998 Toyota Land Cruiser! Talk about His favor and grace.

We had some difficult times when we arrived in Dar Es Salaam but none of these things moved us as we experienced His strength and compassion. We ministered in a church and to the sick in Dar and received wonderful Swahili tracks telling the story of a Muslim who became born-again.

We left Billeam, our car, at a campsite and went to Zanzibar, which is 99% Muslim. We took a ferry and after 8 hours reached the port at Zanzibar. We realized we could not stay long on this island as it is extremely expensive. We started to share and show the love of Christ and that JESUS IS THE WAY. We explained that Jesus is mentioned in there own Koran and mentioned that they have to follow the teachings of Isah (Jesus). The Holy Spirit has drawn people to us as we shared about the realness and relationship of Him in our lives. We handed out tracks and shared the gospel in shops and streets. Sadly some were very interested until we refused to purchase anything from them.

A dear friend, Andrinette, from Cape Town came to visit us and brought us some supplies and gifts from brothers and sisters in South Africa. We received a Kodac Digital Camera with grateful hearts from Andre and Deon van der Vyver and Andrinette. Some of the other equipment was sent by Equip & Empower Ministries.

Andrinette sponsored us to see Kilimanjaro and the Ngorogoro Crater but unfortunately it was too cloudy to see mount Kilimanjaro. We stayed in Arusha in a dorm and on returning the evening from having our favored meal, chips, we found security guards inside the dorm. They explained that someone broke the window as well as the frame and asked us to check our belongings (sorry, the Lord’s belongings). His protection was proven once again as after checking nothing was stolen. We shared the gospel with some locals and tourists and then headed for Ngorogoro Crater.

We spend 1 full day in the beautiful animal infested crater and then due to the rough roads Billiam’s roof rack and a side pole came loose and knocked the body and damaged it. We had to fix it and then carried on.

The Holy Spirit started to prompt us to throw tracks out of the moving car as soon as we saw Muslims this was awesome as 99% of the time the tracks landed in front of their feet and then they picked it up to read it. Strange but true. We then went to Lusotho to the cliff view mountain. This was a great time of seeking his presence. High, high in the mountain, above the clouds, we experienced his presence and love. We shared the gospel with the locals and led some to Christ and then Andrinette handed out tracks and led a ten year old girl to the Lord.

As soon as Andrinette left us we felt an unction to become really busy as we felt terribly guilty of not being as busy as we were previously.

Later, while staying at Dar, without seeking His guidance, I decided to leave Dar and to go to Tanga were we have met a lovely Missionary family that is doing almost exactly the same as us. I wanted to work with them for a while but on the day that we left I continuously felt that God might not want us to do that trip, but guilt drove me to do a 500km trip. On the way the Holy Spirit kept on talking to me to such an extent that I could not bear it anymore and then I stopped every now and then to pray. We stopped at Sarenga before Tanga I still felt the unction to pray, so I canceled our meeting with the missionaries. The next day we went into a farm to pray and there the Lord sent a sophisticated Muslim on our way and we shared Jesus with him. He was very open-minded although we sensed that there was some time needed by the Holy Spirit to minister to this man.

By midday we received a phone call from Gustav Wessels in Lusaka saying that we must come and fetch his vehicle, because the Lord told him to do so. THE LORD GAVE US A 1998 LAND CRUISER! Please while reading this news letter, pray for Gustav, Esme and family because we know they could not afford to give this car to us. Brother Andrew of God smuggler once said: YOU CANNOT GIVE GOD SOMETHING THAT COSTS YOU NOTHING. (What a sacrifice and what obedience!). We immediately returned to Dar, where Jono flew to Lusaka to fetch the blessing vehicle and then drove 2000 km back to Dar, alone. The lesson that we got in this situation is not to be led by guilt, but by the Holy Spirit.

God is Good, all the time! We stand in awe and with sincere thanksgiving hearts for what He has done for us. We pray that He will do the same for you.

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.)