GREETINGS FROM AFRICA
Ben Peters
Jul 25, 2009


www.ohmint.org

Dear precious Friends,

I'm hoping to get this off while the internet is working as it has been off most of the week.

Our time in Africa has been extremely rewarding. Our team, led by Jonathan Seiver, is awesome and amazing. We are a team of 17, which reminds me of Jesus prayer in John 17 that they would all be one as He was one with His Father. We have truly had amazing unity.

Most of the team had three days in Johannesburg, South Africa. We had three wonderful meetings in a church pastored by Felito, who was our first director of outreach our first team trip to Pemba. His church has quickly grown to 250 members in a very humble shack-house neighborhood. It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere and these people survive without heat or electricity or running water with the temperatures getting below freezing at night. But, oh how they love Jesus! I got to preach twice there and it was so much fun feeding off their anointing and love for Jesus.

Here in Pemba, Mozambique, we have had a wonderful bonding time, ministering to each one prophetically as a team. Jonathan and I will head home tomorrow, but most of the team has one more week. Lyn Jackson will be the team leader after our departure. Heidi has been gone while we've been here, but she will return before the team leaves for home. Last night I spoke and our team ministered to the Missions School folk who were not on the outreach and some of the missionaries who live here. We had five prophetic teams and everyone was incredibly blessed, according to the reports coming back to us.

Earlier yesterday we went to another village where Iris is developing a model base that can be duplicated in every village where they have a church. They are raising chickens and goats, planting vegetable gardens, feeding orphans and widows and teaching the people to help themselves out of poverty. The gospel is always preached and people are coming to Jesus. Our team did a drama and a lot of children's ministry there. Scores of village kids showed up for the fun and excitement and special games.

Meanwhile, back at home, Brenda and Jess have been busy doing home groups, soaking sessions and a seminar with Ron and Val Coltman, last night. The turnout was great and we are so excited about the way God is leading our team. Just like Jonathan and the other leaders here, they are taking the initiative, not waiting for us to tell them what to do. We are beginning to offer many types of seminars to anyone who wants to host them. We are partnering with several churches and leaders to offer these seminars to train and send out Kingdom harvestors.

I have tried to keep up with the news from home while in Africa and I encourage everyone to pray for America. So many things are happening so fast, so as to overwhelm the Christian opposition. I do believe God is going to intervene before too long, but the church must respond with prayer and intercession during this troubling time.

Also pray for us as we prepare for a trip to Korea as soon as I get back from Africa. Brenda's dad is failing again, not eating for days at a time and she needs to know that God will keep him around while we are gone. We really appreciate your intercession for this.

Remember also to keep September 10-12 on your calendar for our Kings and Kingdoms Conference in Lombard, IL, with Shawn Bolz, Bobby Conner and David Tomberlin.

That's all for now, except that I have begun another book, based on a quick vision God gave me in Hamilton, Ontario, earlier this month. It's more of a story and allegory. The latest title I have for it is VEGGIE VILLAGE AND THE GREAT AND DANGEROUS JUNGLE. Hope that gets you curious.

Many blessings,

Ben, Brenda, Family and Team