The 7 Highways is a prayer project that aims to pray along the physical highways from the “Ends of the Earth” to Jerusalem for God’s Highway to be made known to all creation (John 14: 6 & Mar16:15) and for the sons of God to be revealed (Romans 8:19). Three of the seven journeys have been completed including the Southern Highway in 2005 and the Northern Highway Parts I and II in 2008.
On 17 July 2009 the Western Highway Part I will start at the furthest westernmost tip of the North American continent at Wales in Alaska. From there the journey will go along the Western Coast of North, Central and South America to Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of the South American continent. In November and December 2009 the Western Highway Part II will cover the stretch from Spain and Portugal along the North Coast of Africa to Jerusalem.
The team for the Western Highway Part I initially comprises of Cecilia, Rene and Jansie (Johanna) who will start in Alaska and travel together to the Mexican border. At the border between the US and Mexico Cecelia and Rene will say goodbye to Jansie. From there Cecilia will return home to New Jersey and Rene may go with Cecilia or visit some other friends in US. Jansie will travel by bus to Mexico City where she will meet Eugenie. From there they will travel through Central America to Costa Rica from where they will fly to Venezuela via Panama. Ethie will join Jansie and Eugenie in Caracas, Venezuela and the three will travel together from there to Lima, Peru. From Lima Eugenie will return to South Africa while Ethie and Jansie continue to the southern tip of South America from where they will go to Buenos Aires and then back to South Africa.
Praise reports and prayer requests:
Finances: Since our previous prayer request via email our basic budget seems to be covered. All our flight tickets are bought. Some uncertainties about the actual cost of land travel in Central and South America makes it hard to draw up a budget. Please continue to pray that the Lord will provide what He knows we will need in the way He sees fit to do so.
Visas: Jansie and Rene got their Canada visas, Cecilia’s is still process. Jansie and Eugenie have their visas for Mexico, praise the Lord! Panama initially proved to be a mountain too high since they need more than 6 weeks to process visas and we only had three weeks left. But then the Lord opened a door for us to set our feet on Panama soil when we got transit visas to fly via Panama to Venezuela. (Please pray for Panama! They are the only country south of Mexico that requires visas from South Africans. They charged us $50 per person for a transit visa that would allow us to set our feet on the Airport for one hour. They are the gatekeepers between the North and South American Continents as well as the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and things around these gates seem to be complicated! )
Overland transport: Our questions on overland travel in North and Central America are mostly answered, but we still need the Plan and much of the information about our journey from Venezuela southward. Since much of our contact with the people of the different countries are made on the busses we share with them we, we need to be on the right bus at the right time. Please pray that the Lord would show us His route and transport for us.
Contact with local believers: Praise the Lord we have contact with believers in 5 out of the 7 places we will stop in the USA, including Wales! We still have no actual contacts in any of the three towns we stop at in Canada, although a few Canadians have responded to say they will help us look for believers there. In Central and South America we also have no clear contacts yet and we are asking the Lord if He wants us to be more covert there? Please pray that the Lord would open all the doors He wants opened, and give us and His body in these nations the Wisdom and Grace to know and do His will in every contact we seek and make.
Protection: Cecilia’s Father was hospitalised with a possible obstruction in his digestive tract, but was discharged after a miraculous turnaround and is fit to fly to the States in the 4th of July. Cecilia’s parents will take care of her children in the time that she is travelling. If her father is not healthy enough, Cecilia will not be able to join us on the Highway. Please continue to pray for his complete restoration. Please continue to pray for the protection of the whole team and their families.
EN-ROUTE!
Send-out Meetings: Thank you for the various send-out prayers that we have received so far from various gatherings of the Body. The following meetings will be held in the next two weeks:
19:00 on Friday 3 July at Michael & Linti Vincer’s house in Hartebeespoort, South Africa
11:00 on Saturday 4 July at Jansie, Ethie & Eugenie’s parents’ home in Waverley, Pretoria, South Africa
Sunday 12 July at Cecilia’s home in Randolph, New Jersey, USA.
Updates: From today all updates will be sent by SMS. If you would like to receive these SMS updates, please send us your mobile number as well as your country code by replying to this email. All SMS and other updates will also be reflected on the blog:http://7highways.blogspot.com/
Input en-route: We really value the input of the people who pray for us while we are travelling. If you would like to communicate with the team during the Highway you can simply reply to the SMS messages you receive from your cell-phone, you can email us at this address, you can comment on the blog, or if it is really urgent you can SMS us on +27825298668.
Thank you for all your love and support!
Shalom!
Jansie (Johanna)
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