Adventerous Church Planting Mission.

15th June Update

I do believe that the Lord is giving you new energy even as you begin this new week with its challenges, setbacks and of course victories!
I am well kept of the Lord and continue to abide in his love and faithfulness that are new every morning.
To describe our church planting mission at Fort Dauphin in one word I would say it was adventurous! This is because from the start to the end of the mission the devil has been fighting and opposing the work but we saw the Lord winning every battle. That describes who He is - mighty in battle. Well, our journey that was scheduled for Friday was postponed to Saturday because they had few passengers traveling on that day (and this being only a few hours before departure time!) During the journey we had 6-breakdowns! We had four tyre bursts, one around 100km from Toliara and on one occasion we ran out of fuel in the middle of the jungle. Normally the journey takes 2-3 days due to the deplorable state of the road. During rainy seasons it takes up to a week or 2 on the way! And so in most cases there are no vehicles traveling to Fort Dauphin at that time.
On arrival we were well received and we set for work. It was indeed a busy week of door to door, open air preaching and films. The message was well received and we had people making commitments to walk with Jesus. It was evident that Duncan and Rev Donne who worked on the ground work did a wonderful job. As at now there is a church at Fort Dauphin with around 40 congregants, most of who were Anglicans who had 'no church.' the town is growing fast mostly because there are a lot of South Africans and Canadians due to the big mining company that is there.

Thanks so much for your prayers and continual support.

Blessings,
Victor.