PROVISION OF THE LORD

Missionaries to Mozambique, Africa

HEALED FOR A PURPOSE

HEALED FOR A PURPOSE

Watch this video of God's Healing on Pastor Brad

Snowden. Also, see how God led us to Africa,

through this miracle!

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THE PASSION TO SERVE

copyright (c) Daneille Gray Snowden

2016

THE PASSION TO SERVE

Many of us have unique gifts, that either we are 'born' with or has developed through out the years.

In those gifts; God uses to embellish the Passion He places in our heart to serve Him in His Kingdom.

Servants in the Kingdom; all working together in harmony in the areas God has enabled us with these gifts.

Some have been endowed to work with numbers (I do not); in that they are such strong backbones to many ministries.

Some have gifts in music; (I do sing) thus, they are used to bring Worship through hearts to our KING!

My family and I have been in the pastorate for many years. [I have my entire life.] There are gifts (& skills) God strengthened as we have worked in this area of service; more than I even realize and likely will not till eternity.

We have known the vital importance for pastors, ministers and leaders working for the Lord; to be strengthened in various ways. SUCH AS:

*Being taught in the Word   

*Encouraged in prayer 

*Affirmed  

*Strengthened Together 

*Knowing they are NOT alone  (especially in times of hardship & trials)   ...ETC.

This of course will not be ALL  we will be doing in Africa.

 Without a doubt we will be beside our fellow missionaries and leaders loving on and teaching the children of Mozambique as well.

We will likely help with the various ministries already represented with the Helping Hands (handicapped), School to the children, as well as going out and preaching at the village churches. Also, we are truly excited visiting the brand new churches sprouting up and helping them. Down the road; we shall also help start new works in new places!

As I peer back through out my years, I see how the good and even difficult times have added to my life to be able to fit snuggly into the ministry with One Missions Society in Africa. PtL!  "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Rom. 8:28 

Pews in the Bush by Aimee Howarth

The church we will be working with is called the;  Living Word Evangelical Church

(Igreja Evangélica Palavra Viva).  There are Churches in three provinces of the country:
*10 in Maputo
*2 in Inhambane
*60 in Zambézia
The national leadership is based in Maputo, and is a team of five Mozambicans and two OMS missionaries.

  "This church grew from evangelistic Bible studies carried out by OMS missionaries beginning in 1997, and was formed officially into a church denomination and registered with the Mozambican Department of Religious Affairs in December 2005." 

MOZAMBIQUE HAS:

*62 people Groups

*9 Unreached (1/2 of 1% - 1.8 million)

*13 Province’s

*OMS- 74 churches

*Poverty Rate Top 10% in World

*44% Under Age of 14yrs.

*44 yrs. life expectancy

There is a HUGE WORK to be done! By God's Spirit, Your Prayers and Financial support: we plan on working until we are done!
Please, see the vision the Lord has given and come alongside...
REMEMBER THE SNOWDEN'S IN PRAYER!   

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GOING FOR THE SOUL'S WHO ARE LOST

 copyright(c) Daneille Gray Snowden

2016

GOING FOR ALL THE SOUL'S WHO ARE LOST

Luke 19:10 "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which is lost."

By uniting our hearts to the heart of God; as HIS CHILDREN -- our HEART BEAT CHANGES!

For you see, God's Heart beats for people...do ya hear it?

So many all over this globe are LOST; with no hope and purpose. Their hearts do ache but they don't know where to turn. So, they just submerge themselves more into false ideologies that only take them on a downward spiral.

FACTS:

*2/3rds of the world's population is still unsaved.

*An estimation of 1.6 billion people have never heard the Gospel.

*According to the  World Health Organization in 2011 about 55 million people died.
                 WHICH CALCULATES TO...
*2.1 billion people in the world are unevangelized.
*44,000 people perish each day without hearing the Good News.

Link to map

  JOSHUA PROJECT (Click) Tells us that there is 62 people groups in Mozambique.

14.% are unreached. "The Unreached is a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group without outside assistance."

Recently, I heard someone interject in a conversation about missions asking why do we need to send anyone out to these other countries?" He went on to say; "We have plenty who need the Lord Jesus right here in our own land!"
I agree to the point that - YES,  Christians (every single one of us) are to preach and teach the Gospel to our family, neighbors, fellow workers, students and so on. Jesus came to save ALL the lost! And it is everyone who knows Him as their Lord; their responsibility to help 'SAVE' those who are running astray.
Yet the 'GREAT COMMISION' (from the Words of our Lord and Savior) has not ever been recanted. The CALL, TASK & JOB for all disciples of Christ is to:

  “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Mark 16:15

THUS, this is why we are going on; continuing this THRUST because of the word:

ALL

No one man, woman, and child should ever be exempt from hearing the Word of God that births new life and purpose!

1 John 5:12 "Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life."

As a family, the Snowden's have been in diligent preparation to embark to a new field of service. A field that is truly RIPE and READY for harvest; in Mozambique, Africa.

Church Service Under A Tree In Mozambique.

We have been scheduling meetings with individuals, couples, and families as well as churches.
God has truly blessed as we have united with 'likeminded' believers who indeed have a passion for missions.
     

Will you be praying for us; we are still on the 'UP-HILL' climb to reach the budget set by our missions organization (OMS).

We are also facing major transitions with our present occupation and housing as well.

YET:

Where He leads me I will follow!

WHERE HE LEADS I WILL FOLLOW - I'LL SAY YES, LORD YES

VIDEO MESSAGE OF Healing & How God Led Us To Africa

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TESTIMONY of HEALING

OUR CALL TO

MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICA

Your monthly support is very much appreciated, as we walk forward in our goal to minister to the souls of Mozambique.

CLICK: Support the Snowden's

It is the goal to achieve the required monthly

budget + cash (to fly in, and immediate needs)...etc.

THANK YOU ALL!

HIS HANDS IN MOZAMBIQUE

copyright(c) Daneille Gray Snowden

2016

"But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”

2 Chron. 15:7

     -Mozambique is one of the worlds poorest countries, sadly to say. The average income base is $1.25 to $2.00 a day (hard labor).

"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy."

Prov. 31:8,9

    -In most of this country; there is still a large lack of safe drinking water, education, and health facilities. 

        "Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered."

Proverbs 11:25

    -"With 16 years of civil war along with repeated floods, droughts and cyclones have contributed to widespread poverty. A high incidence of HIV/AIDS has left many ill and orphaned." [prayercast.com]
Yet, because of the newer government leaders being raised in missionary schools; the economic and political leadership is moving to be strong, since their Civil War.

     -From Prayercast.com:

"Suffering has created a spiritual hunger resulting in churches being planted, but there is a great need for better trained leaders for these churches. Christian agencies have been encouraged by the government to develop programs to help..."

     -With our 28 years experience in the ministry (25 being senior pastors); we want to come alongside the Pastors, their wives and children to help encourage, affirm, disciple and be a strength to them. We understand this is VITAL to the church of Jesus Christ; who need strong, spiritual leaders - who are GROUNDED in the Word of God. As they are taught to pray & persevere even  in the times of difficulty.

*Standing with them, beside them and for them!

    -Majority of the Pastors in the Mozambican church are bi-vocational (of which again we can identify), have families to support and people to minister to on a daily basis.

     -We believe God heard their heart cry and laid a burden deep within our soul; as we too,  have cried out (in times past) to our Lord in our weariness as Pastors and parents with working full time.

    -Also, because of this: The Snowden Family will minister in churches scattered abroad. We will help with starting new works, and come alongside fellow missionaries and church leaders to serve in any capacity as needed.

    -Will you come with us? Your monthly support is doing just that. 

“Remember this—you can’t serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.” — Billy Graham

    -You prayers as you give are an empowerment from our Mighty God!

"God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil." — E.M. Bounds

"Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."

1 Jn. 3:18

POEM BEING HIS HANDS/FEET:

Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today

He has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way

He has no tongue but our tongue to tell men how He died

He has no help but our help to bring them to His side.

We are the only Bible the careless world will read,

We are the sinner’s gospel; we are the scoffer’s creed;

We are the Lord’s last message, given in word and deed;

What if the type is crooked? What if the print is blurred?

What if our hands are busy with other work than His?

What if our feet are walking where sin’s allurement is?

What if our tongue is speaking of things His lips would spurn?

How can we hope to help Him or welcome His return?

by  Annie Johnston Flint 

                

"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed."

Proverbs 19:17

TOUCH THROUGH ME:

ONLY GOD CAN OPEN HIS DOORS

                                                                                                                              copyright(c) 2016 Daneille Gray Snowden

                                                                                                                                                     2016

ONLY GOD CAN OPEN HIS DOORS

AND NO MAN CAN SHUT IT...Is. 22:22

Going to Africa from spending 29 years in the ministry here in the United States; I have seen others struggle with the 'open-door' the Lord has laid out for our family.

Have you ever been there? God has led you to do something different than what others anticipated for your life. Question is, should we allow this to HINDER what the Lord is leading?

How do you see yourself?

It is how we IDENTIFY who we are, how we want others to see us and then how we see ourselves. First of all, we must see WE ARE NOT OUR OWN... "know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"  I Cor. 6:19  Thus, if we identify WHO'S WE ARE...the God of the Universe's CHILD... then we must know His Purpose far usurps our own, and others.

We do tend to want to 'please' others and do our 'duty' per say. Then as we are walking through life, we feel a dryness come, an unfulfilled and  yearning as well. Retrospect then speaks out and brings us back to becoming that zealous warrior God called out years before.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];
I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Jer. 1:5

When people cannot wrap their minds around this NEW path you obeyed to walk on; just point to Jesus and continue. Recognize the hindrance when it comes.

*HINDRANCES of hurt when the one's even closest to you are unsupportive of your call.

*HINDRANCES of others lack of faith, and only see depravity...for it doesn't 'fit-into' the perfect human ideals of working 9-5 retaining a weekly paycheck.

*HINDRANCES from others not doing what would be such a 'help' for you to go forward. [Remember, only God can close and open doors.]

*HINDRANCES of fear: The 'what-ifs' must totally be surrendered and left in order to be able to march on with ease and speed into God's Door of ministry.

Notice how God has prepared you as well is presently preparing you for this 'OPEN DOOR'. He just doesn't throw you out into this new life, and calling without be prepped for it. [As we do not do this to a small baby.] I think of certain prophets in the Bible; how they were raised, especially with the difficulties they grew up in; how that strengthened them to be powerful men and woman of God. Look back, and see this in your own life; it is so true.

Personally, being Pastors all of these past 25 years (and for myself my entire life), being bi-vocational and definitely NOT well-to-do; God prepped us to minister to the Pastors of one of the poorest countries on this planet! My degree is in missions; yet...the path I took (although many times I sure didn't understand) was preparation to identify with my fellow ministers (& their wives).

Along with this; my husband being seriously ill, pushing him in a wheel chair - simply struggling with day to day life. On our missions team there is a ministry for the disabled.

HELPING HANDS-  Mãos Ajudando

Our church was small, so our girls minister to the children. This birthed a 'LOVE' to minister to kids (i.e.: a calling to children's ministry) for one of my daughters. There is a ministry to children on our missions team in Mozambique.

Chosen Generation

Another daughter has been on our worship team at

church since she was 11 years old. We lost our pianist and she had to step in. Guess, what...God called her into Music Worship Ministry AND is going to use this in Africa as well.

Do you feel a DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY has opened for you? Always know:

*God will not contradict His Word. -It will be confirmed through His Word and leading.

*It will be a:  ^" ...good thing given and every perfect gift is from above..." James 1:17

*As it states in Rom. 8:31 "If God is for us, then who can be against us." HE IS FOR YOU!

*Are you saying: "I can't do this on my own." Well, that is good; for the Lord God is a relational God. He wants us to rely on Him-i.e.: Walk of Faith. Thus, He gets the glory, for as we, "LIFT HIM UP, ALL MEN WILL BE ADDED UNTO HIM." Jn. 12:32

Lately, the Lord has been encouraging me to step away

from the 'THINGS FAMILIER - THAT BRING SECURITY'. Into a new realm; a place where God has purposed for me to THRIVE and live out my calling. That means, stepping out, clogging my hearts ears when others do not respond in coming along (joining with us as team members in support). WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Glory to God!!!

Allow me to encourage you to do the same; step out if He is calling you. Trust your loving Father; He's got you...just go forward ONE step at a time.

BEYOND THE OPEN DOOR

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Don't forget to click on the side column to link up with our missions page. You will see descriptions of who we are and what we will do in Mozambique through One Missions Society.

Thank You!