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South Africa News
Salvador & Dianne Hayworth
Salvador and Dianne’s
Msindisi = (Zulu for saviour) Jesus is the Saviour of the world and it is He that we are trying to serve. He saves
from Sin and the consequences of sin. He saves us from ourselves. He saves us from eternal death and despair.
He came to give eternal life and died to satisfy the justice of God so that we can come into relationship with the
Creator that we have been estranged from.
Psalm 115: 1 – “Not to us, O Lord,
not to us, but to Your name give glory because
of Your loving kindness, because of
Your truth”
As of late we have been asked a few
questions by various people which we take
to be indications of the kind of questions
many people are asking. So this month
we thought we would answer them in our
newsletter for all to read. They are answered
according to the most asked question
first and the least asked question last.
1. Where do you get
your support?
We are solely funded by freewill
offerings from individual supporters who
feel prompted to give either one offering
or regular support. Occasionally we have
had churches from Australasia and the
UK also give freewill offerings. A couple
of friends have also donated textbooks
towards Salvi’s theological studies. And,
thank the Lord, He has prompted a couple
of people to contribute towards Salvi’s
Bible college fees, just enough to cover the
rest of the certificate level of the course.
Salvi is applying for a bursary so as to
lessen the costs of the course. Sometimes
it can be quite tight but we have seen the
Lord move people’s hearts to contribute to
the building of our hut, and towards our
weekly living and ministerial expenses.
2. What is it missionary
life like?
On a weekly basis Salvi preaches and
prepares Bible and theological studies. Di
does Zulu, helping locals with things like
taking people to the clinic or helping Gogo
at our Kraal, as well as maintaining the
home, hand washing clothes most days.
On a Monday we both take the truck to
fetch 85 liters of drinking water from the
communal tap. This is a hand pump borehole
tap and the water is used for cooking
and drinking. Salvi also fetches eight 20
liters containers of river water per week
that is used for everyone at the Kraal for
washing and bathing. Phumulani’s family
still wants to fetch water from the river
themselves. Di has yet to master the art
of carrying water on the head! Salvi also
empties out the porta-loo about 2 to 3 times
a week, and Di takes the liberty of using up
left over river water in giving the car a good
wash, or washing mud-caked shoes after it
has been raining. Suddenly shoes become
platform boots! When it is hot Di will fill
our solar shower, otherwise we bucket bath.
3. How long do you intend
to stay?
We are here for as long as the Lord
desires. The good thing is that the hut we
have built will not go to waste as it is on
Phumulani’s land. When we do leave, the
hut will go to him. He has said that he
would not use it for himself, but keep it
for visiting missionaries, like Caleb and
Sophie, and as a possible venue for church
meetings. The focus is not upon us being
the ones to do the work, but that the work
is done in which we play a part. We pray
that the Lord may bring in other people
who preach the truth of God’s Word to
evangelize and disciple the ‘whosoever’
in these areas. Also that people who can
speak the truth in Zulu will be sent to work
in God’s vineyard, not to build up our
particular Bible studies or church groups
but Jesus’ Church.
4. Is it hard staying there?
Like many things there are pros and
cons. It can sometimes be frustrating being
without having running water or electricity,
especially for Salvi when he wants to do
research, lectures or assignments for Bible
college. Living here can be hard for Di
when she wants to share more; the language
is a barrier at this stage for her. It can also
get monotonous when people think that
because you are white you are to give them
work or money and other such things. The
lifestyle though, is quite laid back so we
do not have the burden of hectic schedules
which is a plus.
Latest News:
This month we have had the arrival
of Lorraine and her three girls to give
them a week holiday. While we were in
Springs we arranged with her to come
over during the school holidays. We said
that if she could find her way here we
would pay for her ticket home again. As
you may already know, Lorraine and Di
worked closely together in Springs. After
Lorraine’s husband, Sam, died we wanted
to support her in whatever way we could.
When she called about coming to visit us
we were overjoyed, but when we heard
that the total for all their tickets was R699
we immediately thought that we did not
have the money to provide her ticket home.
So we prayed about it. During that week
someone gave us R100 so we put that aside
for Lorraine. Lorraine was arriving on the
Monday when we would have to purchase
her ticket home to guarantee that she would
have three seats booked for the following
Sunday. Though we told nobody about the
need, we prayed. On Sunday the church
decided to give us the offering that had
been collected over a couple of months.
They had no idea how timely it was. When
we counted it the total was R590 which
gave us a total of R690, just R9 shy of the
total. All glory to the Lord. But that was not
all. When Lorraine arrived she told us that
she did not have the money to come here
either. But a visiting pastor, knowing about
her, had supplied her with the means to
purchase the ticket to come here! We pray
Lorraine and the girls had a refreshing stay
and were encouraged in their walk, even
though the weather was drizzly all week.
While here, Lorraine got to meet the
people from the Tuesday night Bible study
as it was our turn to host it. Salvi has been
teaching on the “first foundations” from
24 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009