South Africa and Belize

Delron Laying Hands on African Leader

After four short days at home from the Haiti-Dominican Republic mission, I was on my away again--this time to South Africa to assist in a multi-national leadership conference sponsored by Every Home for Christ. The national directors of eleven African nations (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) along with their regional officials from the southern portion of the continent gathered for five days of instruction and encouragement as part of the initiation
of a new thrust of EHC’s ministry which I have been privileged to participate in. I was asked to serve communion and have special prayer for all the participants during the closing session of the conference. It was a highly emotional and motivational moment as these great leaders were re-commissioned to the tasks and missions within their nations.

Just before leaving for South Africa, I sent out an email prayer reminder about the mission. I was overwhelmed and very encouraged by the tremendous response I received in replies from our friends who promised to pray for the trip. I could definitely see the blessings of your prayers in one area especially. Every Home for Christ was supplying a large shipment of equipment for the leaders from the various nations to be distributed during the conference. When it arrived, we were informed that it would cost approximately $15,000 in duties and take approximately four weeks to clear customs. Although our clearance documents were rejected six times, the final result was that all fees were eventually waived and the equipment was released immediately. Unfortunately, the truck driver went to the wrong warehouse when the pick-up notice was finally issued. By the time he arrived at the correct address, they were closed for the weekend. As a result, most of the men had to delay their travel plans until the following Monday to be able to collect their equipment before returning to their home countries, but they eventually got home well equipped for their new project. I can only imagine what serious problems would have resulted had we not had the prayer team on their knees back home. Thank you for making this mission a success!

Students and Faculty in Belize

Immediately upon returning to Colorado, I was off again to a week-long conference with mission leaders from major church planting organizations from around the world. Once this convention closed, I was on my way to Belize where Peggy and I taught the Finally, My Brethren course at the Charis Bible Institute which is under the direction of some of our former students at the Bible college here in Colorado. Teach All Nations was able to offer all the students free copies of the textbook and to provide our devotional Bible study materials to the school staff. It was such a thrill to watch the expressions on the faces of the students as they began to understand the revelations of the course. The final night of the class, we spent some special time praying for the students and staff of the college. In addition to the prophetic words that came forth for several of the students and the prayers for healing that a couple of the students needed, one student decided that he was not actually born again and asked that we lead him in a prayer for salvation. As we shared with the mission team who are directing the school, I was constantly reminded of Proverbs 25:25 which says that good news from a far country is as refreshing as cold waters is to a thirsty soul. In addition all what we were able to share with the school, we believe that our being there will have a much longer term effect in the encouragement that we were able to bring to the team leading the school.

Ministering to Husband and Wife in African Leadership

Just as your prayers and financial support have encouraged us and enabled us to go to the ends of the earth, the words that the Lord have allowed us to share with the national leaders around the world have encouraged them to go even stronger in their missions to impact their nations. Thank you for your support. Through it, you are having a global impact.