MUTARE EVANGELISM REPORT
In a time when God wants us to trust in him more, out
of faith we went to different places preaching as God would have directed us.
We were encouraged, motivated and made happy by some of the experiences we had this
month.
~One other day Brother Tavonga and Brother Blessing
boarded a minibus and preached as usual, but the unique thing about this day
was that they met a person who hates our preaching in the minibus. When we
started preaching, she started accusing them of a lot of sins, she was talking
about cultism and also that we use juju to sleep with people. As she was speaking,
they started denouncing her to a point where the driver stopped the bus but she
had converted many to her side. Though almost everyone was against them they
felt a great joy in us.
~At one point as we had gone out for our street
evangelism we preached and no one received Christ. At times when no one
receives Christ at evangelism the devil makes it seem as if all of our efforts
are in vein. However, a certain young man followed us one day after we had
preached and this made us to see that God has been working. The young man was
encouraged when Br Tavonga preached and he promised to come to church. This is
one of those moments that we understood that we are following a trustworthy
God.
~Reverend Nyika said, "Matambudziko amuchasangana
nawo matorei semafuta ekuzora." and this is now what we have grown to
realize that if we don't take "kumukirwa / Uprising" "semafuta
ekuzora / as anointing" we won’t preach. There was a time we went to
preach at a certain bus terminus and almost everyone there started making noise
criticizing our preaching but instead of being enraged some of us were actually
smiling. This seems to be a trend now at most of the spots we preach. Sometime ago as we were preaching and we saw a
vendor who always criticizes us but when he spoke against us that day a certain
lady rebuked him for acting in this manner.
~One day Mr and Mrs Matingwina boarded a lift. Mrs
Matingwina started preaching and there were 2 men who started shouting at her
saying why didn’t you ask us first and grant you permission to preach to us.
They tried to block her while she was preaching.
To their surprise in the bus there was a lady who was annoyed
with these two men’s actions. She then said to them why can’t you just listen
to the word but they continuously fought. Mr Matingwina took over the preaching
and rebuked them.
~Brother Tavonga also boarded 3 lifts and managed to
preach even though other people went against him. He remembered the sermon
whereby God said sometimes boarding many lifts is an opportunity to spread the
gospel.
We thank God for the life he has given us of
evangelism because there is not a day where Mutare youth doesn't experience the
power of God and we thank God for "kurarama muchiporofita / Fulfilling
Prophecy."