Glory Release Ministries

Hello from Chimoio! Wow what a time we have had here.  God is so good!  Firstly to backtrack a little as I see its been a while since we have written.  Firstly we arrived safely after a great trip on the bus to Harare where we were met by a beautiful couple with such a story on their lives of God it was just wonderful to sit and here their testimonies and to be welcomed in their home.  Their names were Dave & Maxine Broom, they run a ministry called Renewal Ministires and have been to NZ several times so some of you might have heard of them.  Anyway their hospitaltiy was heaven sent literally and they made sure we were put on the bus the next day for Matere which took us to the boarder of Mozambique and then onto more transport to Chimoio. We have been here since and the Lord has opened doors all over the show it has just been wonderful.  Whether it has been one on one meeting with people or stepping out into larger meetings or preaching at the prison, Gods footprint has been a

Dear friends, It has been an interesting time here and the last few days the helper in the house has brought us her relatives and friends to pray for, so plenty of opportunity to impart what the Lord is saying to people and pray for them in their situations.  Walking into town this morning we came across a girl who had been having seizures  what we believe for several hours and needing medical attention lying on the path.  She was not conscious and it was quite scarey at one point, but  as we began praying for her saw life come back into her eyes and see her respond so that was encouraging. We believe it is now time for us to move on from here and so we have booked a bus heading to Harare the captial of Zimbabwe and then onto Mutare which is the boarder town of Mozambique and then onto Chimoio where we will stay with some friends that we met in South Africa who are working in Mozambique.  So we catch a bus on Thursday morning and hopefully will be in Chimoio on Friday. We have ha

Dear friends - hello, We are learning more and more how the African church here functions.  Really good to understand.  A word the Lord gave me earlier in the week was from Psalm 18:43 "You have delivered me from the strivings of the people".   We have realised in what we are seeing how far the Lord has brought us in learning about His Grace and His love that it is not in what we can do, or how much we pray that matters to Him, but our heart toward Him and our resting and trusting in Him.  We can pray all we like, we can do all the godly things, serve people, look good on the outside but our hearts can so much be so far from him it is not funny.  We can be the evangelist, the prophet, the pastor, the whatever, but unless we have that relationship with the Lord, we have absolutely nothing.  We can bring people to the Lord, get commitments from people that bring in numbers to Christ, but will that fruit last as their hearts have not even understood the heart of God toward the

Hello all.  We are in the most beautiful accommodation in Zimbabwe I think the Lord could find.  We are in a home where some Australian doctors I think own it and they come several times a year to visit places and help in the country and in the meantime people like us are able to use it.  We are blessed with a beautiful garden in which to sit and relax and a cook/cleaner so far more than we thought and so give thanks for everyday! Since our travel Jim and I have got full on head colds so are going through the tissues.  The first day here I was blessed to be invited to the first international womens conference here in Zimbabwe.  It was very interesting and we are learning alot about the churches here in Africa and the challenges that they are facing.  The speaker posed some very interesting questions on doctrinal issues that I am still questioning and spoke to her at the time on.  But it is one issue here amongst others, is false doctrine, but then who is to say we have it right?  If

We have arrived safely in Zimbabwe are catching a bus at 5:30am and finally arriving at 7:30pm in Bulawayo Zim.  We were blessed to see Giraffe crossing the road, along with Zebras on the way back. We had over 12 hours of squished up, falling off the seat, holding onto luggage, travel and now we know the type of one of the buses we were on, one was called - a chicken bus - why because they cater to livestock.  So we did it typical african style.   At the boarder the bus took off and then realised that we weren't on it yet so came back for us as we were still waiting to get our visa through the country.  They really looked after us after that being the only white people on the bus.   It was all in all an interesting trip, one of praying as it was so fast and all I could remember was the last bus accident and so having to come into peace and rest midst it all was a challenge for me. We finally arrived to met by a wonderful local missionary Mellanie Jones who was insisting to the bu

We have just finished four days of meetings, really like a semi conference every night preaching and seeing God moving powerfully in their lives and then last night another meeting with the leaders.  What to say, we are looking forward to a few days of rest but we are so thankful.  God gives seed to the sower!  We have been so blessed as the Lord has given us what has been needed for the people and to see such freedom and joy come into their lives we are so blessed.  People powerfully delivered of demons, people healed of pain and sickness and issues of the heart.  People set free by the power of the Holy Spirit in joy and freedom.  For the Pastor, he felt so refreshed and strengthened and knew it was Gods timing in bringing us.  People were so full of the Holy Spirit they couldn't stand up to speak, it was just wonderful seeing them filled with joy leaning on the podium in order to stand up :)  They were just so blessed and spending four days with people have put them in our heart