KwaZulu Mission

Former KwaZulu Missionaries Salvador and Dianne who now minister with the Kokstad Family Evangelical Fellowship have just published their latest newsletter. You can find it at the below link.

At the beginning of the year, Salvador and Dianne led a KwaZulu Mission trip from people who fellowship at their home church, Kokstad Family Evangelical Fellowship. It was a challenging time and also encouraging time and we trust it is the first Kokstad mission trip of many to Vryheid.

Salvador and Dianne will be visiting the area in July.

Remember how “Jean” accepted the Lord and then was spiritually attacked by demonic presences? Ever wondered what happened during that time? Here is an interview with “Jean” explaining just that, uploaded in anticipation of a new documentary to be released next year, “Seeds of ‘Faith’”. This interview serves as a bridge between “Allegiance: Walking with the Dead” & “Seeds of ‘Faith’”.

Click on the following link below to see the interview:

It was a shock to hear that a dear brother in the Lord had passed away on the 12th August following two days with cough like symptoms. Any more than this we do not know. He was in his senior years. He lived in a mud house in an alpha called Alpha village. He would do his own subsistence farming and sell some of his vegetables to the local community. Sometimes he would complain that people in his community would steal some of his vegetables. He was a hard working, humble man who loved the Lord. He had planted all sorts of things, from Banana trees, to mealies (maize), to pumpkin, to guavas, to peaches, to amadumbe (a kind of tuber, like a very small taro). He would try to water all his crops with the little water they would collect from the dam, when it had water though sometimes there was no water. He had lived without electricity until a few years back and they never had running water. One day I saw that he had planted two pineapples. I asked him if he had ever planted pineapples before. He said that he hadn’t but wanted to try. Eventually there was a small pineapple and I bought one off him and it was the juiciest pineapple I had tasted.

We first met Daniel Khumalo, or Mkhulu (Grandfather) as we affectionately called him, in July/August 2010. We had made friends with a guy, called Jabulani, from Alpha. I was asked to pray for Jabulani when he was too weak. A week later I visited and found out that Jabulani was feeling a little better and walking about. I tried to witness to him and speak about ancestral spirits but he didn’t look interested. When he visited a week later, Jabulani was so open about hearing it and was agreeing with everything I was saying. Then Jabulani shared that he had prayed and God had showed him in a dream that the other pastors were preaching lies. Upon being asked when he got that dream he said it was the day after I last visited. 3 weeks passed without seeing Jabulani and when Salvador returned to speak to his family Jabulani turned round to them all and said, ‘There are no Ancestral Spirits!’ To which a girl replied, ‘There are!’ After sharing from the word about the subject, I handed out tracts about God’s deliverance. Jabulani came the following Sunday to church and that was when we first heard about Mkhulu. Jabulani said that he had shared with Mkhulu that he was teaching lies. Mkhulu said, ‘But the ancestors speak to us.’ Jabulani replied, ‘Yes but God tells us not to do it.’

When we picked Jabulani up, Mkhulu came and asked for the bible references about ancestral spirits. A short time after Mkhulu came to our church meeting and shared that he has changed his mind about ancestral spirits and has repented. We tried to encourage him that he did well to forsake these spirits but that he still needed to turn to the Lord to be saved, for Jesus alone saves; not the actions that we do for him. In one meeting with Mkhulu, he asked how it is possible that he can give his life to the Lord, for he was an old man and set in his ways. I shared about Nicodemus asking how it is possible for a man to be born again when he is old, and that the life we gain with Christ is a new one, to be received by faith. Mkhulu was certainly delighted to read this in the word. The following month, Mkhulu said that he had decided to follow. I said that was wonderful and asked when he decided to follow the Lord. He said “today”. Sal then asked “Have you asked the Lord to save you?” Mkhulu said he hadn’t. I then asked “Would you like to pray now?” To which he replied “yes”. We both dropped to their knees there and then and prayed. Later in the week Mkhulu came over with Jabulani to be baptised in a local river even though it was a cold day in KwaZulu. As we left the river, he said to me, “I left the old man back there.”

Mkhulu grew in his faith. He struggled at first to remember what he was reading in scripture but he was conscientious to follow the Word of God in his life and strove to maintain a good testimony before his community. He played loud gospel messages from his home so that people in his community would hear God’s word. His wife, Gogo, was initially reluctant to embrace the Gospel. But she also committed to following the Lord in August 2014 after many prayers. They also both acted in the film “Allegiance: Walking with the Dead”, which was also partly filmed in their mud house.

We regret that we will not get to see Mkhulu’s smiling face when we go to South Africa. We are so happy for him to be with his Lord and yet so sad that the Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa Church, and the local community has lost such a testimony and encouragement. We mourn with Gogo and we rejoice with her concerning the unique, real hope that we have as believers. Other people get comfort from wishful thinking. They hope their loved ones are in a better place, as one hopes for something that one thinks could possibly be true but they cannot be certain. They have wishful thinking. But, as believers in Messiah Jesus, we have a sure and steadfast hope that is rooted in Jesus’ own resurrection from the dead, attested by eyewitnesses, recorded in scripture, and by Hostile extra biblical first century sources such as Phlegon and Josephus. We don’t hope as they world hopes. We hope with absolute assurance that our hope will not be disappointed. Mkhulu put his faith in Messiah Jesus, and the work Jesus’ accomplished on the cross in paying the price for our sins, and he turned from his old way of life to follow Jesus. The testimony of Christ’s life shone through at Mkhulu’s funeral. People apparently testified, even those that don’t follow the Lord, that they saw the change in Mkhulu’s life after he started following the Lord. Those of us, who also belong to Jesus, will one day see Mkhulu again when, either we go to be with the Lord, or when He comes for us.

EASTMINE HOME CHURCH NEWSLETTER.

(The Newsletter of Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa

– Congregation of the Only Way. Jesus is the only way.)

NUMBER 7

Apr 2019

C/O Mesuli Mhlongo

P.O. Box 222

Vryheid 3100

KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

Email: mesulimhlongo@gmail.com

KwaZulu Mission Website: http://www.kwazulumission.com

KwaZulu Mission Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/kwazulumission

Allegiance Movie Website: http://www.allegiancethemovie.co.za

Allegiance Movie Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/allegiancethemovie

Greetings brethren, greetings in the precious name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

The red or dirt looking on the backs of these Zebras isn’t dirt. They’re colloquially known as red Zebras. It’s is on out three breeds. 📷 : Mesuli from Hluhluwe game reserve

It has been quite a while since we’ve released a newsletter one of the reasons being that I decided to produce quarterly publications, where I sum up what has been going on under KwaZulu mission.

Sunsets towards the local shop and petrol station: Welkom Winkel known as KwaNgadi in isiZulu

First and foremost, we’d like to thank the prayer and support from you brethren. Knowing that we have a family of brothers and sisters in the Lord around the world who pray with us, encourages us, and truly rejoice in hope while trusting Jesus Christ our savior with our faith until He comes.

“ 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:9-12 ESV

Bongumenzi and Mesuli went for a 7Km afternoon run

The fellowship has been having some challenges lately, pertaining to how we hold our meetings and how the word is delivered. Not to mention any names, but some members of the fellowship feel that God has spoken through His Holy Spirit to them saying the following:

⁃ The way scripture is read should be changed or, how the message from our Sunday meetings, is delivered should be changed, where not an entire passage of scripture is read and deliberated on but rather, the person giving the message should focus on one or a few verses then share what God has said to them about that verse.

⁃ That we should stand (everybody) during worship

⁃ That we should all pray at the same time rather than praying in turns.

Most concerning, is how these issues have been raised. Two brethren from our fellowship feel strongly about these points but what has concerned other brethren is how the matter is presented during the service and the manner thereof. I’ll give an example of a recent event; where Phumlani (after worship, testimonies and prayer had been done) brethren suddenly stopped him and would say something like “this is not how the lord wants you to minister.” From this point then a dispute then arose where scripture was referred to with reasons for referral. End of it all, how this happens has caused much distress on the fellowship and is a challenge that we also ask brethren for prayer with. Judging the situation, it seems that the 2 believers presenting this, seem to have much of a hyper charismatic influence. We most certainly want to do Gods will and want to hear when God speaks but also have to discern if it is the voice of God speaking.

Now, not only do we think that the fellowship is being tested but The Lord has also been testing our lives individually. Normally during our Sunday meeting, we have a time dedicated to testimonies, and through this thus noticed how some of us have been having challenges in our families, our marriages, with jobs and children as well. But through it all, we are aware that God wants to do a work in our lives and all we know is that “this too shall pass” and are thankful that God doesn’t give us more than we can bear. His word is there to carry us through and to know that we face what we face means The Lord is at work and trusting Him we will conquer.

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

Asethabe and MaNene

Phumlani is still working at Johnny and Kim’s farm and we thank The Lord for this provision. We pray for Johnny and Kim.

Mama Ntombela is still going strong in her faith despite all challenges. But may we put her in our prayers as it seems like her husband is starting to realize that this following and constant sacrificing to ancestors never ends but is always complicating and how there’s never a solution is pointless. May we pray for his conviction and salvation.

Wildlife picture of a female Nyala antelope from Hluhluwe game reserve

📷 Mesuli

Lindhurst Baptist Church:

This is a church from Johannesburg who’s youth team are planning on visiting us and we are quite excited. We pray that The Lord makes a way for them to come visit, as this will be good for our fellowship as well.

Wildlife picture of a Giraffe from Hluhluwe game reserve 📷: Mesuli

Thanks you for reading this newsletter and we are patiently waiting to see what the Lord has prepared for our fellowship. God bless.☺🙏

“19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.“

Ephesians 6:19-21

EASTMINE HOME CHURCH NEWSLETTER.

(The Newsletter of Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa

– Congregation of the Only Way. Jesus is the only way.)

NUMBER 6

Jan 2019

C/O Mesuli Mhlongo

P.O. Box 222

Vryheid 3100

KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

Email: mesulimhlongo@gmail.com

KwaZulu Mission Website: http://www.kwazulumission.com

KwaZulu Mission Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/kwazulumission

Allegiance Movie Website: http://www.allegiancethemovie.co.za

Allegiance Movie Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/allegiancethemovie

Greetings brethren. This is a newsletter updating everyone on what has been happening at KwaZulu Mission. 

I, Mesuli (author of this newsletter)have now relocated and working at a rural hospital called Itshelejuba. The nearest town, Pongola, is 30km away and approximately 130km away from Vryheid. I relocated because it is a government requirement that after internship we do a community service year at a government hospital. My community service will then finish on the 31st July 2019. Hopefully I will go back to Vryheid after this, God willing. 

Having moved to this new area, I haven’t been going home much as sometimes I’d be on call on some weekends. This also means I’d only fellowship with brethren back at home at least once a month. Fortunately, I am able to share scripture with some of my new colleagues and it is always fulfilling to meet brothers and sister whose hearts are after The Lord.

Itshelejuba Hospital 

Phumlani’s bakkie/van had been giving a lot of problems with the engine to be specific. He’s tried fixing it himself and seeking help from local mechanics but the repairs ended being unsuccessful.

Surprisingly, one of Phumlani’s relatives from the Mthembu family have given Phumlani’s their car so that he’s able to drive to work and do his necessary errands. We thank the Lord for this as Phumlani will still be able to fetch brethren from Alpha to and from church.

Phumlani’s new car

Thoba, Phumlani’s little daughter is very sickly and they ask that we pray for her recovery.

Thoba with her mother 

One of our congregants from Alpha East Mine area, who fellowships at Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa, hasn’t been to the fellowship in a while after she had a different vision of how our meetings should operate. All believers are praying seeking for The Lords direction as we believe that He is our teacher. We are also praying for her; that we may all seek the Lord’s will for our fellowship. 

MamaNtombela has been going through difficult times and ask fellow believers to pray with her and for her family. After she lost her job, things with her family have also just been difficult. In spite of all hardships, she’s still holding on to the Lord. She also believes that even this time of her faith being tested she will hold on to Jesus, the Lord of our salvation. May we please pray with her and for her family. 

Amen.

Mesuli Mhlongo (B. Pharm, Rhodes)

Cell number: +27614577656

Work number: +27344134000

EASTMINE HOME CHURCH NEWSLETTER.

(The Newsletter of Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa

– Congregation of the Only Way. Jesus is the only way.)

NUMBER 5

September 2018

C/O Mesuli Mhlongo

P.O. Box 222

Vryheid 3100

KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

Email: mesulimhlongo@gmail.com

KwaZulu Mission Website: http://www.kwazulumission.com

KwaZulu Mission Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/kwazulumission

Allegiance Movie Website: http://www.allegiancethemovie.co.za

Allegiance Movie Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/allegiancethemovie

Greetings brethren,

We thank the Lord for keeping us till this time where we produce our newsletter on what happened in June. The weather this side has been a bit chilly but there have also been rain weird enough since we normally just have cold winters. Anyways, the fellowship is going stronger and we all trust our Lord for growth.

Siphiwe, Phumlani’s wife gave her life to the Lord and got baptized in the beginning of June. We are all so pleased for her life and thank The Lord because she is saved knowing the truth and what it means to walk in the light of the lord.
Phumlani, Siphiwe and Mesuli in the freezing water where Siphiwe got baptized. This is the same place Mesuli got baptized at a few years ago.

Phumlani, Siphiwe and Mesuli in the freezing water where Siphiwe got baptized. This is the same place Mesuli got baptized at a few years ago.



This is Celani (Mrs Sibiya) who I beautiful at heart inside out.

The day Siphiwe was going to get baptized, she read psalm 139 and gave a testimony of how God has worked in her life leading her to the decision of getting saved. She has seen God working in her life and she also said she wouldn’t share some things that happened in her life with anyone because they’d tell her it’s a sign that she should get saved. Her love and enthusiasm in salvation is encouraging and we are all pleased for her.

Psalm 139:

1 O LORD , you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD , you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD ? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! –



Mama Ntombela on the right sits next to Sphiwe, Phumlani’s wife.

MamaNtombela has constantly had to fight with her family over rituals done by her family where they consult the dead. It was always harder when her husband also wants to perform these but recently, her family called to report to her and her husband that their deceased daughter is bothering them and they need to do something about it. Weird enough is that nothing is happening to her husband and family so they had no reason to do anything about it. Mama Ntombela was pleased that her husband was not interested in this because it’s just the devil cramping her walk with the Lord and her family. May we please pray for her and Mr Ntombela as well because he seems to be losing interest in these rituals. May we pray that as MamaNtombela ministers to him that he may come to the light and receive salvation.

Phumlani sits next to Mkhulu at church service.

Celani’s daughter, Zuzu.

EASTMINE HOME CHURCH NEWSLETTER.

(The Newsletter of Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa

– Congregation of the Only Way. Jesus is the only way.)

NUMBER 4

June 2018

C/O Mesuli Mhlongo

P.O. Box 222

Vryheid 3100

KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

Email: mesulimhlongo@gmail.com

KwaZulu Mission Website: http://www.kwazulumission.com

KwaZulu Mission Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/kwazulumission

Allegiance Movie Website: http://www.allegiancethemovie.co.za

Allegiance Movie Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/allegiancethemovie

Greetings brethren

Mesuli had an opportunity of meeting a young guy in his mid-20s called Siphephelo. Siphephelo approached Mesuli wanting to know what it means to be saved, how he as a young guy coping and wanted to hear my testimony. He also wanted some references on the internet that he could use to grow his understanding of the faith. Mesuli: ”I was quite happy to hear from this guy because it showed how much he wanted to understand what it means to be Christ-like. We set up an afternoon where we could meet and, after sharing with Siphephelo, I could only pray that The Lord raises him to be a young bold man who will walk righteously with the Lord.”

This is Asethabe, Zuzu’s little daughter

Mr Derick from the fellowship in Ballito, Coming King Ministries (CKM) took a young drive to Vryheid to drop off some toys and clothes donated for Ibandla Lendlela Eyodwa fellowship. Mesuli then took these to the Sibiya home where we have our fellowship. Celani and her family was at home when Mesuli took the gifts home and was grateful as the toys will help at kids club as well. She then sent a message to Derick thanking him for his kindness to drive all the way from Ballito to Vryheid. With the few minutes Derick had in Vryheid town, he went for a quick coffee with Mesuli after off loading the car at Mesuli’s apartment in town. Derick and Mesuli shared their testimonies and was really an encouragement for all.

Derick and Mesuli in Vryheid town

Offloading the car at Mesuli’s apartment in town

Toys delivered to KwaSibiya

Phumlani’s family had an unfortunate event where a family member passed away. May the Lord strengthen their family. The Sibiya family also had another loss, where Mr. Sibiya’s (Celani’s husband’s) mom passed away. Celani shared with the church concerning her experience at the funeral; that a few people spoke at the funeral making references to scripture to justify their false belief. As shocking as it was to her to hear how people falsely use scripture, using the Bible to try and prove their practice of ancestral worship was the common denominator. One young guy she says, spoke of being saved and accepting Jesus as their Lord and savior but apparently this guy is a sangoma (traditional healer) and this she only found out the next day and she was just explaining how prominent deception is today. She also expressed how it is our responsibility to continue ministering the word even if people have heard the message before. Fortunately the area now has electricity and people have DVD machines so they have access to Allegiance the film documented on ancestral worship.

Phumlani’s wife and daughter

Phumlani is now doing a series on The Holy Spirit. The point is so that we all understand what Gods Spirit’s purpose is in our lives and most importantly what it means to be filled by The Holy Spirit. We thank God for constantly giving us a direction. God truly knows what our we need to learn and we will continue to trust him.

Phumlani’s car with which he fetches brethren for the meetings.

Prayer points:

• That the Lord may teach and bring understanding to the church on the gifts of the Holy Spirit

• For Mkhulu and his family

• The Alpha East Mine area and KwaNgadi area; that The Lord may touch the hearts of those whom we minister to

• Salvador and Di in New Zealand

• The Second DVD that Salvador will be working on

• Thobani, from our church who is passionate about sharing the gospel.