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This
being the Christmas season we thought it would be very appropriate to ask you to
pray for the pastors and lay leaders
who lead and guide the Swazi Baptist churches in the Shiselweni Region of Swaziland.
A PERSONAL VIRTUAL
PRAYER
WALK
Give
thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful
deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry
with good things. Psalm
107:8-9
Vusie Nxumalo is pastor of the New Hope
Baptist Church. Vusie is not
married and lives in Nhlangano. When
we returned from our first stateside assignment in 1998, we met Vusie who had
been helping with Baptist work for a few months.
He became pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in 2000 and has developed
strong leadership qualities.
-Pray for Vusie as he leads the New Hope Baptist Church to
daily seek the Lord’s direction and guidance. Pray for the church’s ministry
of daily feeding AIDS orphans and widows.
-Pray for Vusie as he desires to be married and seeks the
Lord’s direction in selecting the right woman the Lord has for him.
Johannes
Tfwala (pictured) is pastor of the Velebantfu Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Phuzumoya Baptist Church and felt led to begin a
work in Velebantfu in 2000. Johannes
is married and has one child. The
Velebantfu Baptist Church also daily feeds AIDS orphans
and widows.
-Pray
the Tfwalas will have a strong marriage that follow Christian principles.
-Pray
the Velebantfu Baptist Church will seek to reach the lost in the Velebantfu
community.
In
addition to guiding with the Velebantfu Baptist Church, Pastor Tfwala also meets
every Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm with the Maloma Baptist Church and has done so
since 2002. His love for the Lord
and the ministry is quite evident.
-Pray
Pastor Tfwala will have the commitment and strength to pastor these two
churches.
-Pray
the Maloma Baptist Church will continue to grow and seek the lost for Jesus .
Nkosingiphile Dlamini has pastored the
Thunzini Baptist Church since 1999. He
came to the Nhlangano area from Makanyane for employment in 1998.
Nkosingiphile is single and wishes to further his education and job
skills.
-Pray
Nkosingiphile will seek the Lord’s direction concerning future educational/job
training opportunities.
-Pray
the Thunzini Baptist Church will continue to minister to the many Swazis in the
Thunzini community.
Johnson Ndwandwe began leading the Mgamudze
Baptist Church a few months ago. He
is from the Matsanjeni area and is married with 2 children.
Since many people in the Mgamudze area do not have jobs the church is
looking into creative ways to help the people provide tithes and offerings for
the church.
-Pray
the gardening project the church is planning will indeed help provide tithes and
offerings that will glorify the Lord.
-Pray
for the Ndwandwes to have a marriage on Christian principles and seek the
Lord’s guidance concerning ministering together.
Babe
Mkhaliphi attended the AmaZioni church until he was convicted of his sin and
accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Realizing
the AmaZioni teachings were contrary to Christian principles he began a Bible
study on his homestead in the Nthutwakazi area. This Bible study became a church
in 2003. He and his wife have 9
children.
-Pray
as Babe Mkhaliphi leads the Nthutwakazi Baptist Church, he will continue to
accept and preach the love of Jesus even when culture differs.
-Pray
the Mkhaliphis will continue to love each other
as God loves the church.
The Nhlangano Baptist Church has been without
a pastor for several years. Wayne
preaches about twice a month at this church and Makhosi Mkhonta preaches the
other Sundays. Makhosi is a student
(Form 3) and feels the Lord has led him to pastor. Several of our pastors have
attended Nhlangano Baptist before becoming pastors.
-Pray
Makhosi will continue to do well in school and seek the Lord’s direction daily
as the Lord uses him at the Nhlangano Baptist Church and in future work.
-Pray
the Nhlangano Baptist Church will continue sending leaders and pastors to start,
lead and guide new work.
-Pray
the Lord will send committed Christian men who will start new work and develop
leadership.
Mpumelelo Dube and Bongani Dlamini both have committed their
lives to the Lord and to His work, pray they will stay true to this calling and
will be the leaders
of tomorrow.
Teach
me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level
ground. Psalm 143:10
Here
are more prayerwalks.