Johannesburg Newsletter Number 35, May 29, 2012

Yes, JESUS loves me!

 Last Saturday was a day that I had eagerly waited for months. It

 has been a mild winter but promise of a freezing one has been    evident recently. The children of Mountainview need help to stay warm.

                                                                                                              GOD blessed us with socks, shoes, blankets and JESUS back sacks from C.C. Harrogate last year and they have been stored for

 this day.  GOD also used a Muslim run store here in Johannesburg

 to donate 50 blankets for the cause.  On top of that, our church,

 C.C. Johannesburg donated many warm clothes and blankets. 

        

I am a C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N!

The winter outreach was shaping up and I was so excited.  Eleven people, counting me, were intending to go.  Two days before the outreach people started dropping out and by Friday I only had

 five people on the team! 

On Friday I called the principal of the school in Mountainview, 

just to make sure all was in order, and she said that plans had

 changed and I should not come until noon on Saturday! I have

 to admit that I was overwhelmed as all the items had been gone through and organized, food purchased, people in place…

it was disheartening! We had been praying all along for the

 outreaches and especially this special one.

I called my Pastor Chad Naaktgeboren and he told me to pray

about what GOD would have me do.  I prayed and after

several hours I made the decision that if I was the only one to go, 

those kids really needed blankets, and I would go!

 So five of us were slated to go.  On Saturday morning I picked

 up 120 buns for the hotdogs and went home to rest before the

 outreach.  As I was resting, one of the five called me and said

 that she was really sick and could not go! Now more determined

 and convinced that GOD wanted us to continue with the project, 

 now there were four!

This is the way you do it!

 I went to our church and the truck that we were going to use did

 not have gas.  That was the straw that broke the camel’s back

 for me and I sat down, with tears in my eyes and prayed, 

“GOD, I know that YOU want this outreach, what are we 

 supposed to do?  Shall I just cancel it because if YOU do not

 want it to happen, I do not want it to happen. It is all YOU GOD. 

 Help me to hear YOU.”

Pastor Chad let us use his Condor, which is like a small van. 

We piled the crates, blankets, food, and drinks.  Stuffed the four

 of us into our seats, stacked 120 buns on one of the guys laps 

and took off. We were 15 minutes late and got a cold welcome

 from the principal.  BUT GOD…this was HIS Dream Team and everything and more that I could have imagined came together.  I practically needed to stay out of the way of the other three.               GOD knew what HE was doing and I was humbled and repentant.

      JESUS said, "Let the little children come unto ME."

Dynamic Duo!

Feed MY sheep!

Last but not least...blankets, socks and shoes!

What a fun day!

The lesson I learned is that I need to trust GOD for everything

 and not ever think that I know what HE wants done.  HE had that Dream Team picked long before.  Almost 70 children received teaching on how JESUS said, “Let the little children come unto me".  They received lots of love and fun with worship and food and warm blankets, socks and even went home with JESUS back sacks that

they colored. It was quite a day and I learned so much.                      We were all blessed!

Please pray for:

·      For an indigenous Pastor to be raised up for Mountainview

·      Mat 9:38 The LORD of the harvest to bring HIS laborers

·      Government favor for NGO iThemba lo Mazansi Afrika (Our HOPE Africa)

·      The right property for the “Center” (for a start) and then the “village”

·      Sturdy vehicle for use in the settlement area.

·      Provision for South African mission for orphans and personal support base.