On June 25th and June 26th Sarah and I along with Chris & Amy Stubbs and their intern Chelsea Flynn partnered with a church held a Purity Retreat that was for the Northwest Province. Satan was really trying to fight us because the church we partnered with didn't even show. We had planned for at least 50 people. We all prayed and prayed that we would not be discouraged. Then Amy went to pick up Agnes (an IAG pastor who feeds 60-80 kids per day) and her girls. I was amazed to see when they got back that they had brought 18 girls! My spirits were lifted. Come to find out later, Agnes had prayed that it would only be her girls that would be there so they would get more out of it. She was afraid they would be judged by others because they are from the extremely poverty stricken areas. Wow, so her prayers were answered. lol.
I was reminded of what Pastor Krank had said, "If you can't preach to 1 then you can't preach to 100." I knew the Lord was going to do a work in these ladies lives and he did just that! The opening service 11 girls gave their lives to Christ! We talked about removing masks, revealing secret sins, modesty, dating, sex, and relationships. We also talked about issues that the church doesn't discuss and that's sexual abuse, pornography, masturbation, and homosexuality. Every session was amazing! Girls were delivered, set free, and gained a better understanding of who they are in Christ and have commited to Living lives of Purity.
I praise God for what He is doing here. Please continue to pray. We are going to be at the Limpopo Youth Winter Camp July 7th-11th where we are in charge of all the activities and drama training and we are also preaching 2 services in these services we are going to be discussing purity issues. Pray that youth open their hearts to the Lord and remove their masks and reveal their secret sins so that they can be delivered. Many here are dealing with the struggle of pornography and masturbation and sexual sins but they continue in these struggles because they keep it hidden in fear of being looked down upon. Let them all be set free in Jesus name!
As I side note I want to mention that a difficulty Sarah and I have had here is that there are beggars everywhere you turn, we want to help but we can't help everyone. the bible says that such as you do to the least of these that you do unto me. We want to help but it's like who. So we've been praying give us divine appointments Lord who do you want us to help that we can lead to your feet. Well just this past Tuesday we were at the gas station and a man (Leonard) came and asked us for R2 for bread. Sarah then asked if he knew Jesus, he said no. He was having trouble speaking English so our friend began to speak to him in Venda and He said he wanted to accept Christ. So Quinton lead him to the Lord right there in the parking lot. Pray that God will continue to lead us. And also pray for Leonard we invited him to the church we attend on Sundays that we aren't preaching. Right now He is living on the streets and I know God will help. Please join me in prayer!
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