Newsletter

Dear All,

So much has happened since the last newsletter went out! We were blessed to have visitors - the Douma’s from our home church in Pietermaritzburg together with Learnmore the one weekend and then the our Mozambique unit leader from Beira the following weekend. And Toni is home from school!

Due to the uncertainty in Zimbabwe, Toni will not be flying from Harare on the 21st April but from Jo’burg. We thank the Lord for the people that were instrumental in helping to change her ticket.

Contrary to what the builder told us- the house is not finished yet. The bulk of what he has done so far is satisfactory but a lot still needs to be completed. Please pray that he can finish up as my folks are feeling a bit frustrated at not having a proper home. We thank the Lord that my Dad is okay after suffering a heart attack.

We have a hectic schedule over the next couple of months. From the 23rd-28th April the American Board Church are having their yearly conference in Beira. Jinx will be taking the leaders of the churches we work with to attend. Please could you keep them in prayer for the week and for travel mercies.

EXCITING NEWS! Jinx is going to be starting a new project - “Youth Teaching.” It is going to be an eight week course which is going to be done in ‘two week blocks’- starting the 5th May-16th May. It is specifically geared to the ages of 18-25. The main aim is to produce potential new leaders that can reach other people in their areas. Please pray that the youth who attend are led by God and for Jinx as he prepares his material and his ‘camping out’ for three weeks of the month. (One for Bible School and two for the youth.)

The Ladies Conference is in September and all the churches are trying to raise funds for some of them to attend. The Espungabera ladies have planted their beans and are also planning to sell popcorn. The ladies of Mukulyane have knitted layettes which they are going to sell and the ladies from Tsitsamma are sewing various items. We thank the Lord for their enthusiasm to get involved in raising funds.

We have some more wonderful news! Last month when we were in SA we bought a VSAT Broadband and are now up and running. We can now send and receive emails so please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish-ANYTIME!

It’s so funny how we can start to appreciate the small things in life! After six months we now have water in town again and while the elections were on in Zimbabwe we had electricity for four days solidly. We don’t take anything for granted anymore and thank the Lord daily for the blessings He gives us.

We are still learning the local language of Ndau. Please could you continue to keep us in your prayers that we may master the language. We thank the Lord that we have a wonderful teacher who knows the grammar side of Ndau as well.

I’m so happy! We are now the proud owners of four kittens- the rats were starting to takeover. I don’t think we will ever be rid of the rats completely but at least we can contain them. In the first week they caught a couple! Didn’t I mention that small things can make us happy?

Thank you all for being part of a team in bringing the Gospel to the Ndau in Mozambique!

Take care and God Bless
Jinx and Dawn


Postal address: P.O. Box 190, Mount Selinda, Zimbabwe
Email address :jdreyneke@aimint.net OR
reinike@mwebafrica.com