Oct. 22/08 Fantastic journey with Jesus. We have had a couple donate enough money to help us bring 50 Ambassadors to South Africa. Approximately 35 of them will go into Mozambique to have the language Makua put on them, and perhaps the new language that is to be recorded in Sena. Praise the Lord , we also have an Action Packer filled with other equipment for the sound studio in Xai Xai , Moz. to expand the studio to two sound rooms!!!!! What a joy, to be part of this,yet we know , as you do, the enemy does Not , The Word of God getting through or distributed out to the perishing people in need of Truth. Pray with us for protection, and that we get through without hassales or obstacles. Pray the work continues uninterrupted . Sergio the national & our partner missionary , Chad from Audio Scripture Ministries will come to Mercy Air in South Africa and pick up the equipment and the Ambassadors. We are having many darts from the devil, hit us as we only have a couple of days left before we leave on Sunday Oct. 26. Our daughter maybe going through a divorce from an alcoholic husband, our son continues to have back pain and overworked at his job, his wife starts radiation therapy for the breast cancer, we have a new great grand daughter, Adrianna, who is not gaining weight & is three weeks old tomorrow. Our , Britt, who needs to turn her life over to Jesus. Our grandchildren, Dylan who continues to have side effects from the trial meds. for MD that he is taking, Pray that the side effects are positive with no negative effects. For Tyler who is in a wheelchair most of the time now, and his sister Molly, who is a teenager and shows sign of that attitude. Keith & I need prayer for our health as there have been attacks in that area, and we want to serve and be healthy in this trip. Thank you for all of you and your prayers and support. Together we are the voice, hands, and feet of Jesus. Love & Blessings to all of you!!!!!! Vicky & Keith II Thess. 3:1 " Pray for us, so that the Word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere."

Sept.9/08 WOW!!!!! The Makhuwa language for Northern Mozambique in the New Testament is finished and ready to go. The studio God gave us a vision for in 2005 is doing the Lord's work and sending out Audio Bibles to the people in Moz. So 2.5 million people who speak Makhuwa will have hope and encouragement , and mature in the Lord from His Word. The studio is also being expanded to make another studio, or two recording rooms. Praise the Lord , this is exciting . Sergio , the national who was trained also has a helper, Mateo. The next language , which hopes to get going in Nov. is Sena, and the people in the center portion of Mozambique speak this language. Wycliffe is going to help by sending two readers to be recorded in this Sena language.
The Southern part of Moz. speaks Shanngan, and provisional permission has been given to start doing that language also. God has touched people's hearts and it is happening. You all are part of this team , as you pray and give, and some of you have even gone to South Africa with us. Sergio reports he has given out all of the Tape Talk Recorders and needs more. This is because I had asked Sergio and his wife Juliette to translate and record the Children's Bible Story Cards that I had brought before to them . They have done this and are distributing them , so far to 26 churches and have given out 90 plus cassette tapes of the stories. Praise the Lord as the children grow and learn in a Sunday School style setting. The Africans don't know how to Evangelize or teach their children, and this tool is working. Blessings and Love, and please lift us up in prayer as we return this Oct. 08, and the funds are not coming in as we had prayed for. Our daughter - in - law, Heidi , needs prayers to be healed and to get the breast cancer removed soon. Dylan, continues with the experimental drug for M.D. and needs prayers to focus at school. Pray for no ill side effects, only positive effects from this new drug.
In His Plans Prayerfully,
Vicky & Keith Prov. 29: 18 For where there is no vision(revelation) the people perish." Together we are bringing the Oral Bible to them. PTL

Aug.24/08 Bentley, a three year old Swazi orphaned boy, has been on my heart these last weeks. He has such a compelling smile, and laughter. You couldn't imagine , he is an orphan as you see him play with the other children at the feeding center in Swaziland. Bentley is there , because his aunt volunteers to do the cooking of the mealy meal( corn meal mush)for up to 200 children each day. We had brought shoes for many orphans and needy children this last time, and plan on getting more shoes for them. So we continue to pray for these little children that they have enough food and clothing and shelter. At this same church that has set this Feeding Center up, is a family of four children with the 10 yr. old girl being the head of household taking care of her three younger brothers & sisters, since her parents had both died. They come for their only food to the Feeding Center here at the Wesleyan Church called Nagalela( The Abundant Harvest). Swaziland has 250,000 orphans now out of a population that is only 900,000. In about 2000 the popluation was 1.5 million, and because of AIDS/HIV so many have died! Children are raising children, but praise the Lord , churches are getting the vision to help their own and the community/villages around them. We along with your help, are a connection to bring what help is possible to them.
The Ambassadors( Audio Bibles ) are for their Spiritual Feeding and for Salvation. We will bring food, Spiritual Food and Physical Food when we return this Oct./Nov. 08. Pray with us that we will get the Ambassadors we need to bring through and that people give so we can purchase them. 1John 3: 17& 18" If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?"3:18" Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth."
Blessings & Love

Bible College ( EWBC) Swaziland

Hello Family in Christ, We are concerned today, because Patisle has not returned to Bible College ( EWBC) in Swaziland. He was a special student I had had in my class this May. We even gave funds to help him stay in College. The recent email we received said he did not return this semester in July. How our hearts ache for this young man, who has been through so much. He had asked for special prayer times while we were there, and we did this. The students at EWBC are in difficult times with housing and their daily needs being met to live. We had hoped to sponsor this student , and now it looks like we will help as we can the whole of EWBC. Pray with us that , Patisle, will return to EWBC and follow God's plan for his life, even though he is living in some very difficult circumstances. Pray for the Bible College there in Swaziland, to be able to provide all the daily living needs that we all need to survive, let alone do studying to be a Pastor/ leader in your country in Africa. Philippians 1: 6
" And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you( Patisle) , will continue His work until it is finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again."
That is a prayer for us and for him, as well as all the students at EWBC in Swaziland.
Psalm 31:15 " My times are in His hands.........."
Blessings & Love,
Vicky

Pastor Ignateous /Zimbabwe

Sunday Aug.3/08 This has been a wonderful day celebrating with family . It was our son in laws , birthday. We wanted to give you the quote from , Ignateous, the Pastor in Zimbabwe who was given 10 Audio Bibles to bring into Zimbabwe. They made it into the country and he has distributed many of them. He also is using one as you will read in his email I want to quote for you. " The Audio Bibles have played a pivital role in drawing people close to God. My(Many) had problems reading the Bible, but now they have covered many books of the Bible and are growing spiritually. I also am benefiting a lot from the Bibles because at night when there is no electricity, I switch it on and lestin(listen) to God's Word." Wow!!! God is getting through with the use of the Audio Bible, your support and prayers, and our being privileged to bring them . God shows us where He wants them to be given out and then He does the rest!!!!!

Connecting God's Children

We have just received another email from Zimbabwe. We have been praying for this young pastor since he was a student of mine in Swaziland. This is the same student who had said last year, " I'm going back to my people , I do not know if I will live or die."
God did the Connecting again this year. This pastor graduated, and did , in fact, return to Zimbabwe. We did not have his email address yet and had not been communicating with him as we do now. We were scheduled to be in Swaziland this May and in God's Plans, this young pastor was also there. We met because God had planned this to be. He told us about the trip down through Mozambique, and God's provision for him to arrive safely in Swaziland. He didn't know we would be in Swaziland. We asked about his church in Zimbabwe and the congregation. We prayed together and then gave this young pastor, Ingateous, 10 or the Audio Bibles to bring back to Zimbabwe. This was not in our plans , but it was in God's !!!!!! We asked how we could pray for him. With his head in his hands and bent over, he asked us to pray for him to stay humble and to follow Jesus. We have prayed for him and continue to pray for his safety there in a very troubled country, Zimbabwe. We ask you to pray for your brother in Christ , Pastor Ignateous. Since we can now get some emails through to him and he can reply, we have asked about the impact of the Audio Bible. He has told us about 14 converts in his church and that the Audio Bibles are helping to mature them. He is now teaching about Baptism and plans on Baptizing in the near future. How God Connects us next is yet to be known, and it is exciting to be on this journey with such an awesome God!!!!! There is severe attacks from the evil one on , Ignateous, and he asks for prayer to be protected and victorious through it all. At one time recently , there were Witchdoctors out in front of his church chanting curses. He recently had groceries stolen from where he lives, and we think a lamp that he needs. It must be battery operated, because he had been praying for electricity. We ask you to pray with us about Zimbabwe and the Christians there. During this upheaval election time , a church was burned with the congregation still in it. Many were killed. Ignateous , has told us about the killings and violence during this time of government unrest. Romans 8:16 " For His Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's Children. Verse 17b..........But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering." Our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe are suffering, so pray for them please, for food(spiritual & physical), safety, shelter( Many had their homes and villages burned), and health. Verse 31b"........If God is for us, who can ever be against us?" Ambassadors for Christ Connecting,
Keith & Vicky DeKraker