Angus Buchan was so amazing... I went to see him Saturday September 25. His heart of love was just so moving. He has not forgotten his first love!! Hearing him speak, I can't even describe in words his love. It goes SO deep. He loves just like Jesus does... He spoke about love from the book of Job. He talked about how when Job lost everything, that his 3 friends came and sat down with him. And they covered themselves in ashes and tore their clothes and they didn't speak a word to him for over 7 days. They just sat there with him, mourning with him... And they just loved him. Angus made such a beautiful correlation to Zimbabwe using this scripture.
One of the jokes here goes like this: What did we use for light before candles? The answer: Electricity. The fact is that Zimbabwe was once the bread basket of Africa. It even once fed the surrounding countries all around it.
Angus said that Zimbabwe needs love in the way that Job needed love from his friends. We don't have to come in and speak lots of words, we just need to sit on the ground and love people and share in their suffering with them. He said Zimbabwe needs love! He said that anywhere you go, people want you to identify with them. He said that Jesus can change this nation forever and that He will do it! He prophesied and said: The revival from Zim is going to spill out into all the surrounding areas including South Africa.
He spoke the next morning at a small Baptist church in town and somehow I was privy to know he was going to be there so I got to hear him again...
Sunday afternoon there was a prayer meeting called The Trumpet Call. I don't know how many people showed up but there were people from all different denominations gathering together all across Zimbabwe. There were several different prayer meeting locations including Israel. They had a call to repentance and everyone got on their knees before the Lord. It was a powerful event. You can read more about this organization at www.trumpetcallzimbabwe.org.
This year it is projected that the nation of Zimbabwe will be 1 million tons short of maize. In doing some research, it was determined that if every Christian in the nation would plant 25 meters x 25 meters of maize that there were be over a million tons in excess instead of a deficit.
The best time to plant seed is November 20 to 25.They said that if the maize actually gets planted at this time, it will be a prophetic sign of the coming revival. They stated that most maize does not get planted until the end of December which is already late into the season.
So, join with me in prayer and pray that the maize will be planted on time and that we would all take this charge seriously. It's time to plant some maize!
And then... at the end of all that, I still had to do my laundry! I spent the whole weekend at these prayer meetings following Angus all over the city... doesn't make for good management of time but it was worth it!
And for those of you who are wondering... YES, I do all my laundry by hand. I have discovered that I strongly dislike washing jeans by hand :)
