Sept. Newsletter

Sept. Newsletter

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Oh The Joys Of Typhoid Fever

Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers and warm wishes while we were sick. We got a phone call the other day from the clinic that we had gotten tested at a few weeks back, and they finally found our test results! The results showed that Javen did have Typhoid Fever, yet they still don't know what I or the rest of the team had been dealing with. Thank God, we had been advised to treat for Typhoid, so we have already been through the course of antibiotics and are doing much better.

The day after tomorrow we head out on a bush expedition. The whole team is going out into the bush, but Javen and I are headed even further to scout out a new area that has been untouched with the gospel (as far as we know). This journey will be an especially difficult one. Just to get to the first village, it will take 2 days of driving over mountains on our motorcycle, and then we will continue on foot for the next 4 days throughout the jungle... and only the Lord knows what else!

We are asking to have several prayer focuses while we are out there-

1. For our ptotection while we are out on the motorcycle

2. Acceptance by the chiefs of these new villages- we are looking for permission from them to be on thier land and to be allowed to come back with the Gospel message

3. Wisdome and discernment while we are out there, the we will hear the Lord speak to us about where we should go and what we should do in the "sticky situations" that can come up one the field and accomplish all that He has sent us out there for.

This is the scripture we are standing on:

"And with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation."

Rev. 5:9

Say "Hello" To Our New Neighbor

I found our guard dogs fleeing from this beast today (and I don't blame them)! After seeing what all the commotion was about, "for some reason", I thought twice and felt inspired to grab my machete before helping build up our dogs' courage to help me chase it off the property. After cornering this "little guy" (5 ft. long Monitor Lizard) in one of our store rooms, it repeatedly tried whipping us with it's tail while ferociously hissing. Knowing that he eats snakes and keeps rodents off the property, the group vote was to let him live to see another day. --- Until we meet again little fella.

Now that we are fully recovered from our illness (thank you, Lord), we are headed out on a bush expedition tomorrow to two villages that we have never been to before! It seems that the rains are beginning early this year, so please keep our vehicle (and us) in your prayers, as a lot of times we are driving through river beds to get to the villages. Look for more updates in this upcoming month!

God bless you guys!

July Video Journal and Newsletter

Our week long trip to finding 5 new villages was cut short, due to an emergency evacuation to the nearest hospital (1 day away). A elderly lady, Mama Mgonjwa, was coming close to death from an infected wound on her foot and without medical attention, she would surely die.

By the time we got home, I was tired, sick and looking forward to resting. After two days, we decided to set back out, only this time we weren't going by truck. Little did we know what was in store for us.

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Watch this video to get a short glimpse of our trip...

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May God bless you all for your prayer and support. Please keep us in your prayers, as this is just the beginning of God's incredible plan. So much is being done, and we can't wait to see what else the Lord has in store.

Video: Our First Expedition of 2012

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A Little About Us

Our names are Javen and Caitlin Mirabella, and come October 2012, we will have been married for four years. This year, we began our journey living full time on the mission field in Tanzania, East Africa. We are serving alongside 5 other team members reaching those who have yet to hear the name of Jesus. Where the "road" stops is where our ministry begins. Our heartbeat is to be ambassadors for Christ who create ambassadors, not just another church full of "Christians" in title alone but people who truly love God and want the world to know Him as well. We have a specific area we are targeting in Tanzania and will not leave until we see the people within it discipled, functioning with a sustainable system to see their physical needs met and running with the Gospel to the world around them.

Why are we blogging? God does amazing things every day in the lives of everyone on this earth (whether they realize it or not), and we decided to keep a blog as a record to share about all that He is doing here in our remote corner of the world.