O my, what a depressing Monday. Apart from the
beautiful rain we had, which we are very thankful for, we lost 7 little bunnies
due to the rain and on top of that had to deal with our landlord, because her
son stole our electricity. Caught him red-handed but he denied anything as he
did nothing wrong, little spoiled brad. Mum tries to cover everything up to
spare face but I could not let go as she want me to pay for him stealing my
electricity. So we finally got to the conclusion that we can get it from the
rent, but not without a fight. Not so sure when we need to leave this place as
the lady will not stop here. Her son is an embarrassment to them and she
struggles with him. So we need to secure our house better in order for him not
to come in. Pray for a better solution than leaving this house.
Rain is showing up sporadically around the country
but also in forms that people do not like it. They warn the people about huge
storms that are coming and we saw a video, last night in church, of a small
village being hit by one of these storms. Apart from the rain, lots of them
lost their homes in the process. We had the first good rain this afternoon and
it was really nice to cool down after this sweltering heat. Pray that God will
pull open the heaven and that it will rain.
Pray for us as we, Ps. Ivor, Kelly and Gideon will
take the road to Kabal Domrey in the morning. Pray for travel mercies and especially
for the Beast to make it there and back. Want to go and visit some of the small
villages on the other side of the mountain. Last time the car broke down and we
could not reach there. So we hope for a positive outcome this time. The roads
are very bad and even wet right now. So lots of mud, yummy….
Our Prayer for Syria this week:
Acts 4:4 “But
many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to
about five thousand.”
Jesus, thank You so much for those who have
believed!! Thank You for those who are sharing the gospel with others because
of the hope and salvation that they have found in Jesus. Thank You that Your
name is being made famous in Syria. Thank You that You name WILL be made famous
in Syria!!!
This week we visited Amitaf*, a lady who seemed very
open. As we arrived at her house, a relative of hers arrived... and then
another relative... and then a friend... and a neighbour… until there were six
ladies from the neighbourhood!! Amitaf had told them that we were coming and
that we could pray for them. Each had plenty of prayer requests for healing,
for family ‘stuck’ in Macedonia, for jobs for their husbands. There was such
excitement and anticipation in the room as we prayed for each lady and they
felt the presence of God. When I realised they were Kurdish, I invited them to
our Kurdish meeting on Saturday. “If God will allow us, we may come.” I prayed
but wasn’t too high in faith. Well, on Saturday, just as the meeting was
starting, I received a phone call that they were outside. I went to meet them
and greeted them on the street… Amitaf, her sister, her neighbour… more ladies
I hadn’t met… husbands… children. Seventeen all together!!! Wow, from visiting
one lady, she had now brought 16 others with her. Reminds me of the Samaritan
women inviting her whole village to receive Jesus! :)
Lord, Jesus, thank You for Amitaf!! Thank You Jesus
that she met You and saw something she liked and wanted others to know about.
Jesus, I thank You that each of these people heard Your truth. I pray that this
truth would not leave them but that they would know that they NEED to make this
decision to receive You. May they put away all other false gods and 'good luck
charms' that have such a hold over them. Jesus, please set them free! May they
know the truth and may the truth set them free! Oh, Mighty Jesus!!!
Thank you very much for praying for us. Today was
really challenging and your missionary man, lost it a couple of times today. Not
good to start the week like this. Pray for peace as I need to stay focus on our
work with the locals.
Lover
Rossouw-clan
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