Arise and Shine BURUNDI !!



The VANS are great In Christ!! We wait in anticipation for our visitors from SA to who will be the 1st to stay in our new home, Bernice and Natalie, they arrive on Friday for a week!

The message which has been running in my heart over the last two weeks is the (2 Cor 5:17-18) message of Reconciliation to both God and man.....we have been ministering on this theme over the last 2 weeks and God is calling by the Holy Spirit Burundi into a new level of commitment!!

Last week I heard the Holy Spirit say to me, “ Television, International” God is busy preparing a net for his Kingdom in Burundi, Congo, Tanzania etc, a network which will bring many “fish” into the fold. Jesus instructed the disciples how to fish John 21:6.....

Yesterday I sensed the Holy Spirit was saying that Burundi is growing up spiritually and that it is time for this Nation to stand up, a call is delivered to stand up in Reconciliation to God and to one another.....Since the ethnic war in 1993, many has come to repentance and reconciliation has been ongoing between the two ethnic groups - hutus and tutsi’s. Next year in anticipation of the elections some people have fear in their hearts that there might be an outbreak of violence as a sign of non conformance to the new President (if he changes). The Christians need to stand up and shout and live the message from the Holy Spirit, to be Reconciled.....Why? Again The Holy Spirit repeats that the reconciliation and peace which prevails in Burundi today is a work from God! And God has given this message to his people which has changed this country into a witness for Him! God is calling Burundi to be a witness of reconciliation to DRC! It is time to stand up......Burundi has received the answer to healing the people’s hearts and which must be delivered to other nations. Stop looking at your resources and look to God, he multiplies what you have in your hands!

Now Last night I shared with Ps Charles about the above and he said you know Anton, I have an appointment this week to be interviewed with the Burundi television!! Need I say more? God is good.......

People we must pray...please do not take this opportunity lightly...let’s grease those knees and let’s pray, for God can use Burundi to spare Congo!!
Yes I know by grace we have been saved no works involved....grace, praise God for grace!!! Now I can pray even more because I have an attitude to please God not work for my salvation!

Prayer Points:
1. For Bernice and Natalie, for safe journey and for their stay in Burundi.
2. Our appointment on Thursday morning with Burundi television journalists
3. The plan is that I’ll give a testimony on what God had done in South Africa in the 1994 elections. Where apartheid was abolished.
4. Personal testimony how God had worked in my life to change my heart from racism to love for all people.
5. Protection during our travels and stay in Bujumbura.
6. Holy Spirit to give the words to speak that Jesus may be glorified.
7. Prepare the hearts of all Burundians to receive this message from the Holy Spirit to reconcile to one another.
8. That Burundi leadership will stand up and reach out to DRC....
9. Anything else the Holy Spirit is leading to pray....

NB: Please send us any scripture the Lord gives you during this time. His word is a lamp to our feet!!

You might have noticed a slowdown in the sms prayer requests we have sent, we prefer to rather use email as we can be much more expressive and elaborate on prayer points....

Love you guys have an awesome week.....watch this space God is at work...and when He opened the Red sea nothing could stop HIM!
Anton and Diane

Ngosi in Burundi Gospel Outreach June 2009


Hi Everyone

Well we are back from the Gospel Outreach, but not quite home yet!! Let me explain...we have had an awesome time with God in Ngosi....from Thursday until this morning...the schedule changed slightly we stayed with the team at the Gospel Outreach until today and accompanied our guest speaker back to Bujumbura to help catch his flight back home.

Really many many people have received salvation over the last few days in this province, even more people have received healings and miracles...I counted at least 3 people who received their hearing and at least 3 confirmed people who received their sight back!!! Many other miracles happen, we are so so encouraged by what God has done through His Holy Spirit....so many people have helped and worked together with the crusade that not ONE person can take the “glory” but the person of Jesus Christ!!! Our guest speaker the evangelist was Bjornar Heimstad from Norway who we come to know and has really blessed Diane and I with his visit.

Someone was praying for me!! Remember I asked for prayer specifically for the flu I had...well on Friday night I was suffering, I felt that my chest was filling with fluid and that I was not able to breathe properly...I knew this only can mean one thing, hospital case.....through the night I prayed Holy Spirit I commit my life in your hands please fight for me....well I’m sure someone prayed for me and Diane during Friday night!!! SO thank you for your obedience because come Saturday morning my chest was cleared and I was strong enough to continue with the team...Praise God!

Jesus is still King, He is still on the throne and no-one can remove Him because the Father crowned Him!!
Hallelujah!! Tell somebody today what we have is more precious than gold and you know that He loves you! The Gospel today still has the same power and grace as God has intended His plan to have for His Children...pray now with us....Lord come now inter our hearts, break into our lives...we love you, we adore you...You are the First and the Last...Jesus is My King who paid for me, Oh How favoured I am in your sight that I may receive your Grace IN ADVANCE....almost 2000 years before I was born.

Maybe you are sick in your body right now, lay your hands on that part of your Body and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is bigger than this problem, the power and authority released through the Holy Spirit is present as charged by Jesus Christ with the authority to heal. Jesus Christ paid for my salvation and my healing, I (your name) charge that whatever is inflicting pain, whatever is causing you suffering whatever is not from God...to leave now , to let go now to submit to the authority of Jesus Christ, we accept the healing in Jesus Name!

Love ja
Anton and Diane