Bush Telegraph

April 2014

Jinx & Dawn Reyneke

Serving with AIM among the Ndau

Working to see Christ Centered Churches among all African people.

“My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” 

Is 55:8-9

Dear All,

What a time we had last week at Bible School! Full of unexpected twists and turns on this rollercoaster ride….

This month we had many students once again and for the first time we had 4 ladies in the group as well as an increasing number of young men.  Praise the Lord! Their enthusiasm to want to know more is such an encouragement and their questions are sometimes challenging which keeps us on our toes!

On the Wednesday afternoon we had a young man and his wife come to see us. Their names are Silas and Joyce. Silas wanted to convert! Joyce had already done so a while ago. Jinx spoke to Silas and our evangelist, Joachim went through the prayer with him. When Silas was told that he had to burn everything that he had from the witchdoctor he was already a few steps ahead of us and had it with him in a bag. The items included a big snake skin that he needed for protection… wow, God is good! A fire was quickly made and the items burnt. Please pray for Silas as he ventures on this new exciting journey with the Lord…

These are only two highlights of the week but there were many more. On the downside:- a wonderful young married man that the Mac’s, Cecilia & Jenn had been investing in, had a “fall.” He has eloped with another married lady. This came as a huge shock to the Church, community and ourselves. We have since heard that he wants to come back and pay the ‘fines’ to the families which is culturally correct. Please pray for him as he wants to do the right thing and for the community/Church to handle the situation with forgiveness and love.

Culture runs deep and sometimes we feel like we taking one step forward and five backwards, then we look around and see those that are walking strong which encourages us to carry on. Please continue to pray with us for the Ndau people for their ears to be opened and hearts softened to hear the Gospel.

This photo is to show you what our road looks like. This photo was taken recently after the heavy rains that we had. At the moment the road works are still continuing and hopefully by the end of next year we will have beautiful tar roads. We are all so looking forward to that day!

The Roloff’s, Jenn & ourselves have Vehicle Projects going at the moment and are all at various levels. Please pray with us for the projects…..

Our vehicle replacement progress;

Isn’t it wonderful/crazy/amazing when we decide to be patient and wait on the Lord. That we begin to really see the wonderful ways in which He provides. It reminds me a bit of how king Saul was impatient in waiting for the prophet Samuel to arrive so that Saul could go and attack the enemy. Not having enough patience, Saul went ahead and made the sacrifice himself and as soon as he did it Samuel  arrived. Saul lost the favour of the Lord.

Now me not being Saul but am impatient in some areas have always gone ahead and bought a vehicle, which we could afford in a short term (lack of patience). This time however we have decided to be very patient. God is in the business of miracles and He does them well.

This is a picture of the miracle we are waiting on the Lord. We have been so  blessed by you, our partners who have contributed towards buying this vehicle. Our expectation is that this vehicle will be the vehicle that will see us through to the end of our official missionary serving days. (demons don’t retire, neither will we)

So where do we actually stand right now? Talk about a faithful God! We have received just under half of what we need. We still have the old Discovery Land Rover to be sold in Pretoria. We are hoping to get around R45-000 for it. We still have the small tip-truck to be sold in Mozambique and hoping to get around R40 to 45-000 for it. We have a way to go before we reach the target.

Please would you give thanks; With us for the provision that God has already given towards new vehicle.

Please pray with us; That the balance of the short fall will be provided and also for the speedy sale of the Discovery & tip-truck.

Team News:

At the moment is just Jenn and us here with Cecilia in Brazil and the Roloff’s in the States. They should be coming back in the next few months. We look forward to their arrivals! The Dycks, McCorkells, Michael & Kaylee have all returned to their home countries having completed their time here. So sad.

Once again, there are not enough words to thank each one of you for your partnership with us over the years– we do value your support in all areas.                                                  

Many Blessings

Jinx & Dawn