Now Words & New Wine
Now Words and New Wine
Seven new wells have been installed in Pakistan!
“For I the Lord will speak, and whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and I will fulfill it,” says the Lord God.’ “ Ezekiel 12:25
The Lord is giving His Word and fulfilling it. Another verse says..
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills…” Amos 9:13
.....We are in these days!
This is a year of “Now” words being fulfilled by the Lord. Now words and New wine...planting and reaping all at once! We are seeing this in the nations. Years and years of sparse planting and resistance to the Gospel is giving way to abundant harvest!
Already this year, God has provided newly installed wells in Honduras, eight in Guyana, and four in Pakistan! Also in this new year, God has led us to two new countries, soon to be three. He specifically impressed two countries in the Middle East—Iraq and Turkey— on our hearts and within weeks He opened the doors and made the connections. We were asked to come bring water in a partnership with Light a Candle into Iraq and Turkey. Since January, we have been in Guyana, Paraguay, Iraq, and Mexico with a team set to leave for Turkey the end of this month. What God did in these countries has left us amazed and brimming with hope and joy!!
In Iraq...
Young Syrian refugees whose father was newly baptized just weeks before.
Jon Ross w/refugee. the left pic had one dream: to read. We were able to purchase iPads for them
Syrian refugees hearing the Gospel + receiving water filters
Many churches in our area contributed to the purchase of $10k worth of whole home water filters from Filter of Hope. Joel and Jon Ross were able to distribute the filters home to home with Light a Candle missionaries in Iraq. Being welcomed into homes provided the unique opportunity to share the Gospel out of sight of the Islamic religious leaders. The people were deeply moved to receive these filters and while showing them how to use them Joel was able to share the Gospel in depth with them. Many families asked questions about the Gospel for hours! They were hungry for the truth! This has sparked an intense desire in us to reach these muslim countries with the Gospel of Jesus. There is only one young missionary couple in this region sharing the Gospel in homes. We are praying for them and for more to hear the call from our Savior to go. The people live in fear and oppression and are desperate for the love of Jesus. The harvest is ripe!! Joel will be going to Turkey in late March with Legend, Jon Ross, and Brice to partner again with Light a Candle.
In Paraguay...
young Guarani boy getting clean water for the first time!
Missionary Tanner Linn with Joel in Paraguay
Joel and Kright on mission for water
What GOD DID in PARAGUAY has us in tears!! An entire Guarani village wants to receive Jesus and be baptized!! In a remote part of Paraguay, missionaries Tanner and Randi Linn with their young children have learned the Guarani language and have built a church in an effort to reach the still unreached villages of Guarani. God put it on our hearts to come alongside them and further the gospel by bringing clean water. We planned to bring $20k to drill a deep well, but ended up only raising $500. Joel and Kright went anyways knowing God wanted them to go and trusting He would multiply. God not only miraculously supplied a well, but listen to what the chief said, "Others have come to tell us about your God but left, but because you have done what you said you would, we want to serve your God. Our village wants to be baptized."
So many miracles!! The back story is that the small drill they found was unreliable and the driller kept disappearing, so they gave up on it and left the site, leaving it up to God to get the well accomplished. God showed up!! The next day they got a call that clean water was flowing! That day God also provided a commission mankind drilling rig which is being shipped to Paraguay and the first six wells for more Guarani villages are fully funded! We need ten more villages to receive wells and we are believing God to complete the good work He has begun. When God guides, He absolutely provides!
In Guyana...
jungle transportation
Caleb, Jared, and Scout drilling wells
in all kinds of weather
In December Joel led a team of missionaries to Guyana to drill wells in the jungle. In February, those two missionaries Jared and Scout and one more young missionary named Caleb, took what they learned and returned to Guyana to successfully drill eight wells for villages that are very hard to reach! This was an incredible accomplishment and Joel was excited that it was done while he was in another country on mission. These are God's yes men and they persevered through intense heat, rainfall, challenging jungle transportation, and very little resources to work with. They slept in hammocks in the jungle and Jared was bitten by a poisonous spider. Thankfully he was treated here in the States and has recovered. We're thankful for these mighty laborers in the Kingdom! Thank you for keeping our missions teams in your prayers.
In Pakistan and Honduras...
In Pakistan, four wells have been finished! This is a LIGHT in a dark place very closed to the Gospel. We are partnering with a solid ministry led by Pakistan Christians and a cement marker is engraved with 'JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER' in Urdu! In a place where few missionaries go, the ROCKS are testifying of JESUS. God amazes us.
In Honduras, Pastor Aiden continues to use the Commission Mankind drilling rig to help hurting villages. The most recent one was done for a village that lined up for the water with all their jugs at the ready. They were so excited and so grateful to God. It never gets old to see people drinking clean water for the first time.
THANK YOU for being a part of this NOW WORD (The Living Word) and NEW WINE (The Living Water) movement of God's heart for the nations! Many more are sitting in darkness and thirsty for the Living Water only Jesus can provide.
Prayer Points:
+ We are praying for God to keep guiding us to those harvest fields ripe for the Gospel in unreached areas! Believing God to continue to provide for Nepal wells. And for more in the Middle East, India, Asia and Mexico. All over the world, Lord!
+Joel will be leaving this month for Turkey with our son Legend and Jon Ross and Bryce. God's guidance, supernatural connections, and protection is needed. They will be doing a water project in the area of the biblical Antioch.
+Our whole family along with our awesome field missionaries Jon Ross and Scout will be returning to Kenya in April and we are praying for protection and God's Spirit to empower us for His work.
Your prayers and your support are continually being multiplied in God's hands!
In Christ's Love and Blessings,
Joel and Joye Dicharry, the CMK missionaries, and our Seven from Heaven