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Let me just first start off by saying THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me, whether in prayer or finacially of both. Like i have said before, this trip would not have ben possible at all without your constant support and encouragement. This trip was amaizng, but it was definately the hardest 2 months of my life. There were so many challenges, and this past month in Malawi was tough. While i was in Australia lat year, my small group leader David Lehman always talked about wanting to be on satans Most Wanted list. He always talked about getting to the point of laboring for Gods kingdom so hard, that satan is actually concerned witht he work you are doing, so he cant ignore you and has to go after you. After talking with my team one night, we all decided that we lived on this list for this past month! But along with being on satans most wanted list, you get to the point where you are also on Gods most protected list. Nothing can stand against the Furious LOVE that our Father has for us! So we took comfort in knowing that no matter WHAT satan would throw at us, we were protected by the hand of our God!
So THANK YOU for your prayers. Thank you for your prayers of protection, of guidance, of rest, and every other thing you prayed for. I definately felt EVERY opne of them, especially for all your prayers when i was preaching. As you read in my previous entry, i felt the Lord calling me to just reveal His love to the people of Malawi everytime i got the chance to preach. You see, they know they power of Christ, but they really havent grasped His DEEP love for them. And this totally broke my heart. So every chance i got, i would preach on His love. On showing them how God loves us as His sons, and also sharing with them that we are THE BRIDE of Christ. It was such an amazing opportunity, and getting to share that with them was such a BLESSING!! In Revelation 22:17, the Bible tells us "The Spirit and the bride say "Come!"", and i was just meditating on this verse one day as i was in the truck driving to a village, and the Lord just started speaking to me about it. He told me that when He returns, The Spirit and the bride (His church) will be at such a point of desperation and Longing for Him that we will be saying COME!! But it doesnt say the Church, it says the Bride. So i believe that in that time, all over the earth, in every nation, the Church will TRUELY know itself as THE BRIDE of Christ. and in many places, there is not a big enough revelation of that! WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST!! He loves us in this WAY!! How incredible is that!! That in the same way a husband feels for his bride, that is the same way Christ feels for us (except in a more extreme and real way)!! I want to share this with EVERYONE!! and that is what i felt the Lord telling me to portray to them, and also i feel His call to share this message, to reveal this to the nations for the rest of my life! So PRAISE be to Him!!
So the Lord was just really working in Incredible ways during this trip, but the biggest thing He did was just a HUGE work in my Heart. These past 2 months were just filled with the Spirit just revealing His love deeper and deeper to me. And PRAISE HIM for this, because that was my number one prayer in going. My prayer before i left was not to see signs and wonders and miracles, but to grow deeper and deeper in Love with Him more and more everyday. To start to grow in the fullness of the Knowledge of His love, and He was sooo FAITHFUL to answer this prayer everyday, especially during this last month. He was just teaching me that as Christians, our primary calling is to just grow in inimacy with Him. Thats all we must concern ourselves with. I think alot of times we start to lose this. We start focusing so much on "What is my calling?" And "What do you want me to do?", when all the Lord is saying is "Just learn to love me more!". The more He reveals to me, the more i see that the whole point of humanity, the only point of us being on this Earth is to walk in intimacy with the Living God who couldnt stand to be without us. The God who wrote the GREATEST Love story of all time. The God who all He longs to do is be with us, and all we want to do is run to every other thing on this earth other than Him. The God who got to the point where he couldnt stand to be without us, so he BECAME one of us so we could dwell and commune with him. What an INCREDIBLE God we serve! A god whose Love doesnt even compare to anything or anyone on this Earth!
So now my prayer is for you! That the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation would fall on each and every one of you, even now as you are reading this e-mail, and that you would just get LOST in this love that knows no end. That you would get sswept away by this love that is unconditional. That you would make time for Him to romance you and LET Him love you. That is my prayer for you. That every morning when you wake up, you would concern yourself with one question: "Lord, how can i grow closer to Your Heart today?" The reality is this; the God we serve is Jealous for you. he wants Your whole Heart, every last bit of it. and He will stop at NOTHING to have it. The only thing that stands in our way is ourselves. so i tell you now, GIVE IN! Let Him love you. It will hurt, it will take everything you have, it will break you, but it will set your heart ABLAZE. Its what we were created for. So that is my prayer for you, and myself.
The Lord has taken me to a place of just being able to focus and grow in this love for the next 3 months. And all i can say is i am ECSTATIC about it. These past 2 months have taken me to a place of utter brokenness. He has taken me to the end of myself, broken every bit of who Zach Wheeler is. I feel like He has scraped out every last bit of me, and just broken every last bit of me. I have nothing left of myself, and am just an empty vessel that is waiting to be filled. and He has taken me into a season where all He wants to do is fill me with Himself. He has broken me of my dreams and desires, of all i am so He could fill me with all that He is. All His dreams and desires for Me. And i cant wait to see what they are!!
So the trip was amazing! and it is so good to be back home among familiar faces and friends. Like i said, it was definately a challenging 2 months. But i guess thats what it takes to break and make a man!! So praise be to Him!!
I dont want to make this 3 years long, so i will leave this post at this, and go into more detail about the trip in a few days. Like i said, THANK YOU so much for your prayers!! Know they mean the world to me! i will also be putting pictures up, so definately be coming back and checking this site to see and hear more. I love all of you!!
William Zachary

For the Kingdom

Update from Malawi: Needs some prayer

Hey all, well I just got a little surprise update from Zach in Malawi, they got to go into town and check email. Heres some prayer points and awesome testimonies.

"so here is how you can pray. tommorow we will be leaving to go into villages. just like before, we will be going door to door and having meetings everynight. also, here, only men can preach at church. so every sunday i will get the AMAZING opportunity to preach. please pray for me in this because i havent really done it before. after being here for about a week, the thing the Lord keeps speaking and showing to me is this place needs a fresh revelation of His LOVE! everyone here talks about the POWER of Jesus. all the Borthers we've met, thats all they talk about. the power of Jesus. so going before the Lord, He told me to just preach and bring a fresh revelation of His love, because that iswhat will truely transform peoples hearts."

"i was on a mini bus yesterday and this dude with dreads sat down next to me, and all i wanted to do was sleep. we had just gotten ripped off, i had all my luggage on my lap, and i just wanted to quit and be in my own little world. but i looked over and saw he had a rastafaarian bracelet on (rastafaarianism is a HUGE STtronghold here, so pray against that). and i heard those 2 words again, "Press in." so i started talking to him and asking him about rastafaarianism, and then the Lord opened the door to speak to him about Himself, and i did. by the end of the ride, HE WAS A CHRISTIAN!!! TOTALLY transformed as well. he said he was going to go home and cut off his dreads (which i didnt even tell him to do, he just understood the gospel that well), and said that his whole family were christians, and they were going to be soooo happy!! AND, this is where i pretty much peed my pants, he told me he wanted to raise up a whole new generation to follow Jesus Chrsit!! HOW AMAZING!!"


**ALSO, ZACH TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GETTING SICK AND MALARIA IS VERY ACTIVE IN MALAWI, SO PLEASE STAND IN THE GAP FOR HIM IN THIS AND PRAY FOR HIS HEALING.***


That's all for now.

For the Kingdom

Preparing the way in Malawi

Hey yall!
Well after about a weeks rest and prep. on the base, Zach is back out preparing the way for the Lord. He's in a country called Malawi which is being hugged by Zambia and Mozambique. A couple that has been serving as staff on the base invited him to do a recon mission with the Overland team. Basically, a recon mission is a very unpredictable pioneering mission where they will be breaking new ground and paving a way for future teams of missionaries.

So some details on Malawi:
He left the 29th of July and won't be returning to base until the 27th of Aug. (which is 4 days before he returns home to America!)
They had an all night drive to Lusaka (capital of Zambia) where they stayed a night, then they were driving all the next day to Malawi.
Their contact is a Pastor named Isaac. They will basically be serving him and just following under his leadership to get what they need done.
The team members are: Zach, Aaron, Jenn, Jessica, Jess and Joy.
Also the last leg of the trip they are going be in a Muslim area.
Zach will be out of contact for this entire month.

Zach is asking for prayer for:
anxiety, perseverance, protection, quickened spirits (for action in unpredictable situations), to know the joy of the Lord in its fullness, for the Lord to bring freedom, desperation, brokeness, constant communion with the Father, deeper revelation of His love, continue maturing in spiritual giftings, boldness, confidence, strength, focus, leadership in team intercession, vision and clarity, and finishing strong/ giving 100% to the end.
He feels that this next month is going to be very challenging and is going to require everything he has, so just pray into that.

BUT PRAISE THAT WE SERVE THE GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!


" ...I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." -Isaiah 43:19



This will probably be the last post for a while until Zach comes back and is able to share all the awesome things the Lord did, unless I hear or feel led to update yall with anything to pray for.


as always, FOR THE KINGDOM!

Post from Zach himself!

WOOO!!!!
Well, hello everyone!! This is zach. Just wanted to give you an update on what is going on over here in the beautiful country of Zambia, and wanted to fill you in on what is happening in my life.
First off, I want to give a big thank you to my lady Mallory, for being the most supportive and encouraging woman ever, and she has been updating this from the e-mails I sent her. So thank you love!
Now, to fill everyone else in. I have spent the past 3 weeks traveling around the country of Zambia, sharing the deep love of our saviour Jesus Christ with beautiful people who have never heard his message before. We went into 3 different villages: The first was named Kambulu, the second was Canchela, and the third was Sibuto.
The first village took about 6 hours to drive too. While we were there, we would do door to door evangelism during the day, and have meetings with the villages during the night. People would welcome us into their homes, and we would encourage them in their faith, answer questions they had, or pray for healings.
The second village we went too, Canchela, was about an 8 hour drive. There were a few churches established in this area. One was a church of Christ, which we were invited to speak at. I shared a message with them from Hebrews 12, and talked about Gods love and how He treats and views us as His sons. The second Church was a Zionist church, which isn’t really a church. It is actually a cult. Now, for us to even be welcomed in there was an act of God, because they are such a tight cult. They believe in a lot of works from witch doctors and ancestral worship. But the Lord gave us an opportunity to speak, we ran with it, and we saw an AMAZING breakthrough. Strongholds were broken, and the Bishop realized how wrong the theories and teachings were, so he was calling a meeting in a few days to straighten everything out. PRAISE THE LORD!!
The third village, Sibuto, was an 11 hour drive. We literally had to make our own roads to get to this place. This was the most challenging village, but the most rewarding. We were the FIRST visitors to ever enter this village. We would walk up to children, and they would run away screaming because they had never seen white people before. The adults were also scared because they had no idea why we were there.
The people of this village had only heard the gospel one time in their lives, and it was through the Pastor we were with, Pastor George. So we called a meeting the first night we were there, and shared some testimonies of the Lords goodness with them. Then I got up to preach the Gospel to them. At the end, 20 people came forward to receive the Lord, which is amazing, but that’s not even the best part. So while I was talking, there was this one man who was just receiving EVERY word I was saying. He came forward and the Lord told me to pray influence over him, and to pray into his heart to get a church started in the area. Well, after we were done playing, he went up to pastor George and said that they needed a church in the area. So the Lord used us to plant a church!! PRAISE HIM!!!! He is soo faithful and so amazing!!! Its so incredible to think that before this time, there was a people who some had NEVER heard the name of Jesus Christ, and now there is a church there!!
The second night was amazing too, because we shared another message with them. At the end people went up and were trading their witch doctor beads (which they believe to bring protection and healing), to receive the Lord. The awesome thing was that a girl on our team had a dream from the Lord that this was going to happen. So it was just amazing to see that come!!
As for now, I am serving on the base in Livingstone, and getting ready for the next adventure! I will fill you in on what this is as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your support!! This would not be possible without you, and know your prayers are felt EVERYDAY!! Much love!!

FOR THE KINGDOM!!

Man Jesus is AWESOME. update!

He just got back from 2 villages and I'll just share with you a bit of what hes said so you can join in praises and prayers.

"so, this has been one of the most challenging things of my life. i
have been going through the most intense time of spiritual warfare out
here. it is amazing though, because the Lord is just speaking to me so
much through it. just continue to pray for stregnth. so its tough and hard and challenging, but sooo, SO
AMAZING and incredible and transforming. i dont even know how to
explain to you how incredible it is here. i dont even know where to
start!! we went to 2 different villages, one of which NEVER had any
visitors before. strongholds were broken, the sick were healed,
spirits of oppression and religion and deception were broken, demons
casted out. His truth is taking hold. JESUS IS REAL!! and He is
AMAZING!! and I LOVE HIM!!"

PRAISE JESUS!

Ok so now he is leaving for his next mission. He will be gone from the
15th until the 18th (July)
Some details:
They are going inot an area with a pastor named george to plant a
church. George is the only one ever to share the gospel in this area.
So they will be doing a lot of evangelism alot of door to door.
He said pray for perseverance, sensitivity to his spirit, deeper
knowledge of his love.
His team changed hes now leading: amythst, paige, natalie and jaime. (so continue to pray for leadership and team unity, that his team would minister in love showing a reflection of Jesus Christ to all they encounter.)

thats all for now but Ill keep you all posted for sure.

FOR THE KINGDOM

Zachs really in Zambia now!

Hey family,
well i got an email from zach about 5 days ago and he has made it there safely. PRAISE THE LORD! He didnt have much time to write because he was leaving for his first village the next morning. But he says that he absolutely loves it out there, and he did give some prayer requests.

So here are some details about the first village he will be visiting:
The village name is Makatutoni.
They are the first missionary team to ever go to the village
they have huge strongholds of ancestral worship, and the ones that have heard of Christ have completly wrong views. so pray that these strongholds would be broken and the the love of Christ and His message would spread and their souls would BLAZE!! that new, vibrant churches would be raised out of these villages, the sick would be healed, and that the team would walk in the fullness God has called them too.
They will be in this village for 8 days.
Zachs team was so big that that had to split up into 5 teams of 5. Zach was chosen to lead his team.

So prayer requests:
leadership, that he would stay humble and open to the spirit to lead him and his team, insecurities, and that pride wouldnt arise. His team member names are Maree, Catherine, Rebecca, and Yana.

That's all for now, he or I should be updating this in a couple of days when he returns to the base, if he can get access to a computer.

Thank you all again for your prayer and support, I know Zach is blessed all the way to Zambia and back.



FOR THE KINGDOM

In the air

Hey all!

Well Zach asked me (Mallory) to write on this tonight and just let everyone know that he's officially outa here. The flight left at 9:40 tonight and he should be arriving in Livingstone Zambia within the next couple of days and he should be in contact so either he or I will keep everyone posted.

But for now, things to keep in prayer would be:
Travel safety (hes making a lot of connections and having some pretty extensive layovers)
Making flight connections
strength and sanity!

Love from him to all.