CALLEDTOSERVEJANUARY 2017 NEWSLETTER—HARVESTING NATIONS MINISTRIES

OVER 400 CHILDREN GET CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Harves�ng Na�ons Ministries was started in Feb 2014, and registered as an NPO in 2015. Its

founders are Ps. Johnson (Johnny) and Charmain Peter. Johnson who is originally from Sri Lanka met his

wife to be at Chris4an Life Bible College, in Mount Prospect, IL USA in 2002. They were married in South

Africa in Aug 2004 and worked under Charmain’s parents ministry from 2004 to 2013.

Welcome to the second edi4on of the newsle:er “Called to Serve”.

Photo above: Ps. Johnny Peter

“Hard work pays off”

Photo above: Charmain Peter “It is in the giving that we

find so much joy”

Photo above: David Dash “Passion

follows when you do what you love”

Photo above: Ps. Johnny Peter “Every person is precious to Jesus”

The Vision: To send labourers into the harvest

The Mission: to go into all the ci4es and villages, teaching

and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing

every sickness and disease among the people

The Purpose: Ephesians 4v12, 13 For the perfec4ng of the saints for the work of the

ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till we all come in the unity of the faith,

and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the

stature of the fullness of Christ

5 Nights

—Evangelist Adam Smith

from the USA preached

about Jesus Christ and

prayed for the sick.

Wonderful tes4monies of

healing were given as people

accepted Jesus as their Lord

TSAKANE—CRUSADE

26 Oct to 30 Nov 2016 Gospel Message is preached

This outreach was a wonderful experience for us as we volunteered alongside the Pastors in Tsakane for a

5 night crusade. A special thanks to Pastor Sydney Francis who got us involved in this outreach. It is such a

blessing to assist others in the ministries unto which God has called them. Unity in the body of Christ is so

important and when events like this take place, it is an opportunity for Chris4ans to get involved. Every

role is important: from the person assis4ng with the cars to the those behind the scenes praying. New

rela4onships are formed, people are delivered, healed and salva4on is received freely.

Posi4on yourself: God has wonderful rela4onships in store for us. As the body of Christ, we

need each other. When we posi4on ourselves to assist others, then God opens doors and

people are healed, delivered, and breakthroughs come. Like Ruth who posi4oned herself at

the feet of Boaz, we need to be posi4oned where God wants us to be, so as not to miss out

on the opportuni4es He has for us. If you are stuck in a rut, re-evaluate your posi4on.

We pray that you will be posi4oned this year, where God wants you to be and that you will

yield to the Holy Spirit and in so doing, His blessings will abound in your life.

BRAZILIANSGIVEBACK

Sunday 30 Oct Msawawa Informal Se2lement gets blessed

Doors will open to speak

about Jesus, when you are

willing to go. Allow God to use

you. He will lead you!

Jesus said Go into all

the world & preach

the gospel

If they don’t come to church,

we need to go to them

72 bags of Maze meal, soccer balls were distributed by our new found friends from Brazil whom we

met at the Tsakane crusade. On behalf of all these families we say thank you Ademareo, Lucas and Leo.

O.RTAMBOAIRPORTCHRISTIANMINISTRY

18,000 + Airport personnel and 20million + passengers

TAKINGTOTHESTREETS

12 Nov Lenasia Church JLC went to the streets to evangelize

Ps. Johnny did prac4cal street evangelism training with

JLC church in Lenasia. He taught how to strike up a

conversa4on, how to be non evasive and how to bring

the conversa4on around to Jesus

Photo on the leF: This lady was walking to her gate

whilst limping. When asked, she said she had pain in

her knee caused by arthri4s. We asked if we can pray

for her and she invited us into her home. We prayed,

gave her a bible and led her to salva4on.

Street evangelism is not as in4mida4ng as you think!

Doing it as a group can help you overcome your fears.

Photo on the right: While walking we saw some teenagers

siHng on the side of the road. We approached and as we

talked we found out that one of them was deaf and dumb

and prayed for him.

The neighbor took us to the boys mother to tell that we were

praying for the son without her permission. Ini4ally she was

upset because people come and pray with the wrong spirit.

But aFer talking to her about us , she had peace and request-

ed we start a cell group at her home.

The cell group was started by Ps Jarads wife Adilene and the

next week the lady joined us at the Angus Buchan prayer

mee4ng to hand out flyers.

Currently we are busy with a New Chapel at the arrival terminal which will be be:er able to serve the 18000 plus staff and 20

million plus passengers that pass through the airport annually

Ps Johnny Peter is a member of the board of directors since Feb 2016 , and holds a service the first Sunday of each month at

1pm. Churches are encouraged to get involved in this ministry. Contact us for more details.

This ministry was established in 1995 with the vision to build

and maintain a powerful Chris4an ministry at O.R Tambo inter-

nal airport and beyond.

The chaplaincy distributes weekly bible study notes, daily devo-

4ons, bibles and Chris4an magazines across the terminals . It has

trained volunteers to pray with those in need and a counselling

service is available.

Services are currently being held during the week at the chapel

located at the extreme end of Domes4c Terminal B.

50,000+GATHERTOPRAY

19 Nov 2016 Angus Buchan “Sacred Assembly” at FNB stadium

While people were arriving at the FNB stadium A

Voice to Echo volunteers along with Ps. Sydneys

team took to the streets to hand out material

BOOKLETSDISTRIBUTED

2MILLIONBOOKLETS

12 Nov Ps. Sydney brings 2 million booklets into South Africa (S.A)

A Voice to Echo has partnered with Hope SA founder Ps Sydney Francis in his ini4a4ves to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. We

were one of the many churches/organiza4ons to receive the Chris4an literature they brought into South Africa in several of the

local dialects. We would like to support these wonderful ini4a4ves with your help. The word of God in these li:le books can

change peoples lives. They need Jesus and they need the power of His word to transform their lives, especially in their lan-

guage. The next ini�a�ve is to bring several thousand copies of the full bible, hard cover into S.A.

A call for the na�on to pray: If my people who are called

by my name will humble themselves, repent and turn from

their wicked ways, I will come and heal their land

(2 Chronicles 7v14)

2 Chalets at a silver crown resort was donated to this worthy cause.

There is so much benefit in taking people out of their environment,

and going into the mountains to pray. You can’t put a price on the

value of teaching someone to hear from God for themselves.

Prayer is one of the key things in our

walk with God. If you don’t know how

to communicate with the Father, and to

hear His voice, you will end up making

mistakes and walk around in circles.

This weekend was dedicated to the

foundations of prayer.

6 Powerful sessions were held over

these 3 days. We look at the lives of 2

powerful intercessors Reese Howells

and Phil Halverson. We looked at

Yonggi Cho and what he has

accomplished through prayer. We had

one on one practical sessions where the

older prayer warrior taught the younger

Ps Johnny with his special guests Ps

Sydney Francis, and Evg. Leandro

from Brazil conducted 4 days of

Evangelistic training for Ps Michel,

who is originally from the DRC, and

his church “Ministry of Eternal

Salvation” in Vanderbijlpark. This was

followed by a practical outreach in an

informal settlement 2 weeks later.

WOMENSPRAYERRETREAT

18 Nov to 21 Nov —MAGALIESBERG

EVANGELISMTRAINING&PRACTICAL

23 to 26 Nov —Vanderbijlpark (Vdb) ; 11 Dec—Msawawa

Ps Michel and his team of at least 30 people

came to Msawawa to do an outreach. They

led the praise and worship, preached a

powerful gospel message, and gave out

many clothes. The people were deeply

touched by the love that was shown towards

them. It is important to put your theoretical

training into practice as soon as possible.

• +/- 200 children’s presents

• +/- 100 fed Christmas day

CHRISTMASINMSAWAWA

27 Nov Christmas Party and 25 Dec Christmas service/meal

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Igloo Ice-cream

Kempton for dona4ng

approx. 200 ice-creams

Pastor Sydney Francis

for all the presents

A Voice to Echo

sponsors for food and

Eddie the Clown

Ps. Bob & Ps. Esther for

sharing the word

MENTALLYDISABLEHOME

10 Dec - Tabita Home located in Vereeniging

EX-INMATESPRAYERWALK

8-10 Dec Ex Inmates walk with the church in Tembisa, Daveyton & Kempton

We were invited to visit this home by one of the families

whose daughter lives there. We baked cakes and cele-

brated the year end with them. This is a home of approx.

76 people, of which are mostly elderly women with a

moderate mental disability. The more we expose our-

selves to the needs and the variety of people out there,

the more God will stretch our hearts to care and love for

strangers. We will then be more willing to sacrifice.

CHRISTMASINWATTVILLE

1 Dec - 4 Dec Outreach at Bishop Jones church & Christmas presents

We joined in the Kempton Park prayer walk that

was held by a team made up mostly of former

inmates from the Modderbee Correc4onal

Centre. This group believes its members can fight

crime, substance abuse and gangsterism through

prayer and unity. The group met with the Sta�on

Commanders in each area and made a confes-

sion of their sins and asked for forgiveness

Ps Andre Roodt says this walk is meant to inspire

people to take a stand against the destruc4ve

influences affec4ng both young and old in their

communi4es.

CHRISTMASINPALMRIDGE

18 Dec +/- 100 Children get presents , 3 churches

Pastor James with Pastor Johnny

outside the Bride of Christ church

BRIDEOFCHRISTCHURCH

The 2 churches founded by Pastor

Victor Kakudi were visited

THELORD’SPLACECHURCH

ORPHANSENJOYPRESENTS

Dec 2016—Home of Hope in Riverlea (near FNB stadium)

Abandoned babies are also brought here to

be cared for . This child will wake up to his

new soF toy.

16 Dec we celebrated a Voice to Echo members birthday here with a party for the children. We had sev-

eral volunteers come with and we made Christmas decora4ons, brought lunch, cake, party bags and

more Christmas presents. We also went on a tour of the surrounding squa:er camps, as we survey for

the possibility of doing an outreach in this area with the local churches.

13 children needed to go to school Jan 2017.

Sta4onary was donated & R1600 for some school

clothes. More school clothes are needed here.

Approx. 60 Christmas presents were given

for the many children who come through

this home. We met Comfort in Nov 2016

at the City of Jhb in a tender mee4ng and

have become very fond of her. She has a

heart aFer God. She leF her job at

Nedbank due to the huge need that arose

from the squa:er camps next to Riverlea

for abandoned, neglected children. She

turned her own home into an orphanage

with approx. 19 children plus her own 4.

CONTACTDETAILS

Pastor Johnny Peter

Phone Number: 084 805 0860

jp@harves*ngna*ons.org

Charmain Peter

Phone Number: 084 413 0740

cp@harves*ngna*ons.org

What’s happening next visit

www.harves*ngna*ons.org

If you have clothes, toys, sta*onary, food,

kitchenware, books...anything please contact

us so we can arrange collec*on or drop off. We

deal with people who loose everything to fire,

crime, reloca*on etc. Everything has a home!

AFFILIATIONS: Harves�ng Na�ons works closely with the following ministries:

• A Voice to Echo (NPO) with Lynn Nieman

• OR Tambo Airport Ministries on the board of directors

• COBI (Chaplains on Board Ini*a*ves) with Dr. Willie Du Toit

• Hope S.A with Pastor Sydney Francis

• Several local churches and their Pastors

• 2017 expanding to help other countries with the equipping of the saints and

bringing in the lost sheep

PRAYERFORYOU

Father God we come to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we just ask for the person

reading this, that you would bless them this upcoming year. That this year will be be2er than all the

years before them. If they need healing, we ask that you would heal them, if they need peace and joy

in their home/work, we ask you to bring peace and joy. Lord Jesus we pray that you will fill them with

a hunger and thirst for the things of You. We pray that whatever challenges they are faced with, that

they will overcome and you will show them the way out. Bless them Lord! Protect them. In Jesus Name.

If you receive this say “I receive this” . Amen!