{"id":1640,"date":"2016-05-24T03:50:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T07:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2016-05-24T04:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T08:02:29","slug":"flown-by-with-incredible-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/2016\/05\/24\/flown-by-with-incredible-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Flown by with incredible speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last months had flown by with an incredible speed.\u00a0 At times it
\nliterally feels as if we are just holding on by the skin of our teeth!\u00a0 It
\nalso seems that many of you did not receive our last email newsletter\u2026\u00a0 So
\nhere follows a short summary of our year:<\/p>\n

\u2022 In January a missionary, Grant Franke and his helper, Ali, came for a
\nvisit to \u201cscout\u201d out what we do.\u00a0 He was very impressed with the Church
\nplant in the sense that many Mwinika have taken ownership of the work.\u00a0 He
\nwanted especially to get a Literacy program similar to ours running in the
\nNahara people group where he and his wife minister.\u00a0 We tried via email to
\nmake it work, but eventually it was clear that we needed to get together so
\nthat I could help him and his team to write the program.\u00a0 That happened in
\nApril when I joined them in Nacala for two weeks where we worked from 6 am
\nto 6 pm each day with a team of 5 helpers.\u00a0 I left them while they were
\nstill busy writing their last Primer and continue to give as much support as
\nI can via email.\u00a0 What a privilege to use what the Lord has deposited into
\nmy life to help others!\u00a0 We pray that the program will soon be up and
\nrunning (there are still a LOT of work left before that is possible!) and
\nthat many will learn to read so that they have access to God\u2019s Word in their
\nlanguage. \"\"<\/a>
\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo 1: Grant and Ali with Raja and Nadia Photo 2: The Makhuwa Literacy
\nDevelopment Team<\/p>\n

* In April Nadia and Marina, our Literacy Consultant visited the Yao Church
\nPlant where they started with their first Literacy class! It was a
\nprivilege to learn from Marina and see Jennie (working under the Yao people)
\nin action. They have 12 students and are doing very well. <\/p>\n

\u2022 More on Literacy:\u00a0 Abar\u2019s two literacy classes under the Mwinika\/Marevone
\npeople ended in February and Phil, Elin and I joined them for their
\ncertificate ceremony.\u00a0 A big crowd of people arrived, including some pretty
\nimportant government and local officials, all praising the work and the
\nwitness of Abar and his wife (our first Mwinika missionaries).\u00a0 Praise the
\nLord for doing his work through this couple!\u00a0 They need prayer however to
\nreceive wisdom in proceeding forward.\u00a0 The small fledgling church is still
\nyoung and vulnerable.\u00a0 New Literacy teachers have been trained\u2026 and passing
\nthe baton needs both wisdom and courage. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo 3: Certificate ceremony for Abar’s two Literacy classes<\/p>\n

\u2022 As we have written in our previous newsletter, two new works have been
\nopened this year.\u00a0 As always we use Literacy classes as our entry strategy
\nto prepare a group for the Bible lessons.\u00a0 We emphasize that we want them to
\nbe able to have direct access to God\u2019s Word and not just accept whatever we
\nteach.\u00a0 So in March this year Raja, one of our Literacy teachers, started a
\nnew class in Moenoega (a small village about 30 minutes from here).\u00a0 He is
\ndoing this work as a volunteer, and stayed in the village for the first 2
\nweeks to get the pre-literacy classes going.\u00a0 He continues to visit them
\nweekly and they are learning to read and write in Mwinika.\u00a0 Soon we hope to
\nstart the first Bible lessons in this group.\u00a0 Continue to pray for the
\nMwinika church, that their heart will be to reach out to others and to
\nspread the good News of the Gospel. \"\"<\/a>
\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo 4 and 5 Road to Moenoega; Raju and some of his students
\n\u2022 The second work is in Hoedi (in our last newsletter we wrote about how
\nthis work opened with Antoen) where another Mwinika teacher, Auwa has
\nstarted a class in April. This village is so excited that with the first
\nmeetings they presented us with two pages with lists of names of people that
\nwant to enter the classes!\u00a0 Pray too that the Gospel will be accept here as
\nthe Lord prepares hearts to receive his Truth.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo 6 Meeting hat Hoedi<\/p>\n

\u2022 Francois has been very busy travelling this year in his capacity as field
\nleader!\u00a0 Our ministry is not just to the Mwinika and this Church Plant, but
\nalso reaches further as we use what the Lord has taught us, to further
\nchurch planting in this whole region\u2026 and beyond!\u00a0 The visit that stands out
\nto us this year is Francois\u2019s trip to the UK in March.\u00a0 He was invited to
\ntalk at a NTM Reach Conference where many young people were challenged into
\nmissions.\u00a0 He also took the opportunity to visit others in the UK that have
\nbeen praying and supporting us over the years.\u00a0 The visit was very blessed!\u00a0
\nSoon he will be travelling to Zimbabwe where we are working with the local
\nchurch to reach an unreached people group just over the border into
\nMozambique.
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\nPhoto 7 The Hattinghs in April this year<\/p>\n

On the Home Front
\nOur three kids are doing well!\u00a0 All three are in high school (grade 8 and
\n10) now and it keeps their mom and teacher on her toes!\u00a0 There is a
\npossibility for a volunteer to come to help us with the home schooling for a
\nfew months later this year.\u00a0 We are very excited and pray that the doors
\nwill open if this is God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n

Also in the coming months:
\n\u2022 A team is visiting us to make video recordings of the Mwinika CP work in
\nJune.\u00a0 We pray that it will be to the glory of Him who is doing the work \u2013
\nthat the focus will be on Him.\u00a0 We are very aware that He is reaching the
\nMwinika despite our many weaknesses!
\n\u2022 We are also expecting an outreach team from South Africa in August this
\nyear, the home school volunteer, other visitors and a possibly of a couple
\non our team to live here for a few months so that they can get more in depth
\nexperience on church planting in a remote area.\u00a0
\n\u2022 Some of our team mates who are not allocated to a Church Plant yet, will
\nvisit us for a few months at a time so that they can learn what village life
\nis about.\u00a0 The first couple will stay with us.
\n\u2022 Francois also has visits nearly every month to work with and disciple
\nothers in church planting.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your prayers that make it possible for us to be and work
\nhere.\u00a0 God is able and He is the One that changes hearts.\u00a0 May we (all) stay
\nobedient to his calling.
\nIn Him
\nFrancois, Nadia, Franco, Heide-Mari and Waldo Hattingh
\nNTM South East Africa<\/p>\n

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