September 2015

Dear All,

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”  Pr 9:10.  The knowledge of the Holy One inspires the Fear of the Lord.  It is difficult to fear him of whom one has no knowledge.  It is knowing “… what it is to fear the Lord” (the knowledge of the Holy One) that “we try to persuade men.”  Praises and honor to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior that the desire to know Him is growing in our midst.   

We have given the chips with tape players of the New Testament voice recording to some of the old folks in our church (pictures attached).  They were so glad to receive the New Testament on tape in their languages.  We are encouraging them to properly and effectively use it.  We will communicate the results of their usage in subsequent emails.  Please remember them in your prayers.  They are already developing questions which answers will help them better understand what they are listening to.  They need people to disciple them.  We have started training four people to be involved with discipleship.

In the church some people come and eventually leave despite every effort to encourage them to stay.  One of the young men, Pete, who were seriously seeking the Lord, or appeared to have been seeking at the beginning of our establishment, left the church.  I pursued him strongly because he had an amazing testimony of an encounter with the Lord and the Lord delivered him from demonic possession.  But he did everything to avoid me as he sank deeper and deeper into ungodliness.  Others joined in pursuing him, but he moved away and avoided us all.  We continued to pray for him. 

On Sunday morning, Pete was the first to reach me at church.  He had a dream/vision Saturday night in which the Lord showed him what it is like for Him (the Lord) to reject a person.  That person was him.  When he came out of the dream/vision, he was not in bed, but was standing up crying and pleading for the Lord’s intervention.  He was shaken to the core.  He immediately dressed and was headed to church at 4:00AM.  His landlord who had heard him crying in his room and had come out, intercepted him.  When Pete told him that he was heading to church, he pressured Pete to wait until at least 8:00.  But Pete was out of the house by 6:00 heading to the church.  He stopped at one brother’s house (In Pete’s vision, the Lord Jesus had received this brother, but rejected Pete).  He shared with the brother and continued to church without waiting for the brother despite the brother’s advice that it was too early.  During the church service, he emotionally shared his experience at a time of testimony. 

Pete is at one of his lowest points in his struggle against bad habits and addictions.  Please remember him in prayers that his experience in knowing the Lord in such a powerful way will inspire the fear of the Lord in him to depart from evil and live for God. 

We thank God for the used truck that Heart of Africa supported us to buy.  Unfortunately, it broke down in the third week of service during which time we were just testing the market to determine how to use it effectively.  We spent more money than the amount it had raised in the three weeks to get it from where it broke down to the city.  The mechanics we hired to service it proved to be grossly dishonest and created more troubles.  From April to August we were raising fund and seeking a mechanic who could be trusted to service it correctly.  Thanks to our Lord Jesus, that we found someone who honestly serviced it.  This is the fourth week now that it is on the road with no problems.  We appreciate your prayers that God will lead us to properly use it to His glory.

Ministry is effective with partnership.  Thank you all for your faithful supports.  I am grateful to the Lord and to you.  I pray that you will continue with your supports.  If you are not yet on my support team, would you prayerfully consider joining?  Donations can be sent to:

 Heart of Africa

P. O. Box 5
Wilmore, KY 40390

Donation can be given online at: http://www.heartofafrica.org/ministries/by-the-light-ministries/?tab=needs and click on “Donate” 

 Contact info

Mailing address:
P. O. Box 1270
1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia
West Africa
Mobile Tel. 231-880-301933 (from the USA, dial: 011-231-880-301933)
Email:yallahkawala@gmail.com
Skype: yallah.kawala
Blogspot: http://yallahkawala.blogspot.com/

 Praises:

Praise the Lord –
-        For His Word that encourages us in our journey with Him
-       That the old folks have the NT voice recording in their own languages
-        That He answers prayers and has brought Pete back in the fellowship
-        That the truck is back on the road
-        For all our supporters, prayer partners and friends

Prayer:

Please pray –
-        That the knowledge of our great God fill us and inspire the fear of the Lord in us
-        For our partners, supporters and friends that God will meet their every need spiritually and physically
-        That as the old folks listen to the Word of God in their mother tongue, they will hear the Savior speaking to them and respond positively
-        That the Lord Himself will provide people who will be willing and eager to disciple the old people and others
-        For Pete that the he will submit to, and live for the Lord and stop the roller coaster journey  

-        That we will be faithful and wise stewards in using and servicing the truck