We greet you in Jesus precious name.  As I write this letter, I feel that the Lord wants me to encourage you to keep running the race.  We have got one more month left and then the year 2009 goes into the history books, and what a chapter it is going to be, especially for our beloved continent of Africa and indeed, the whole world.  I have never been so excited in my life before!  God is moving all over this nation and indeed overseas.  My young daughter picked up a secular women's magazine recently and there was an article about 'a spiritual awareness taking place in the nation' (very tactfully put) and we thank God for that. We thank you all for your prayers, phonecalls, emails and greetings in the streets, please don't stop, it means so much to us.

So much has happened in these last few weeks, I don't know where to start .....

Hillcrest: What an event!  I was asked to be one of the speakers at a conference at Hillcrest Christian Fellowship and we saw the power of God come down in a very awesome way.  Christian leaders from all over the nation, and indeed the world, gathered together to hear the simplistic message of God.  The Lord did something very interesting, He challenged me in my heart to make an altar call to the church leaders and I did so because I am an evangelist.  About 10 folk came forward to the altar to confess their faith in Christ publically for the first time.  Always make an opportunity for people to make their peace with God in whatever line of ministry you are involved in.

Amanzimtoti:  A young man whose uncle tragically died after a MMC a couple of years ago, picked up the baton and asked me to come and speak at a Men's Breakfast in Amanzimtoti.  He booked the Civic Centre and I don't think anyone was more surprised than he was when over 400 men arrived.  It was an awesome experience to see grown men weeping and raising their hands before God and bolding saying the Zulu 'Amen!'.   There were many first time commitments and we all recommitted our lives to Christ.  We also prayed for the sick.  The word the Lord gave me was teambuilding.  We committed ourselves to building the team, first at home, then in the business sector and then indeed in the world.

Third Day Concert:  I was honoured to be asked to bring a word and make an altarcall at a gospel concert at Gateway in Durban.  The band, Third Day, are probably one of the top gospel bands in the world today and very humble young men.  It was a wonderful honour for me to meet them personally.  I laughed, Mac the band leader stopped in the middle of the concert to say that he had just come from Brazil and had met a missionary friend there who asked him if he knew about 'Faith like Potatoes'.  Mac admitted that he had never heard of it or Angus Buchan in his life before.  His friend rebuked him and told him to wake up as they even knew about it in Brazil.  When he opened his itinerary on the plane, there I was as the speaker.  It is a very small world - we had a good laugh together and swopped some books.  Who knows, we might still meet up again in the future.  Isn't God amazing?

Vredendal: - the land of the Namaqualand daisy.  We thank God for those honourable men, those farmers, who stepped out of the boat and walked on the water.  They say they had the biggest turnout for a Christian meeting in the history of Vredendal, approximately 8000 people.  Again there were many first time commitments and much weeping, a lot of broken hearts.  God is on the move, we are in revival!

Just continue to use what you have got for Jesus.  Do not compare your life, your business or your ministry with any other person.  God used a widow and her son to feed one of the greatest prophets who has ever lived, Elijah the Tishbite.  She only had enough for one more meal but she chose to give it to the man of God and as a result the Lord promised her, through Elijah's voice, that she would never go hungry again. (1 Kings 17:8-16).  In this time of hardship, recession, political unrest and climate change, remember that Jesus never changes.  He is the same, yesterday and forever (Heb.13:8).  He loves you so much, enjoy Him and spend more time with Him.  He wants you to because He loves you.

Thank you so much for being part of us and allowing us to be part of you.  Please pray for us, I know that you do, as we are extremely busy at the moment, and please pray for MMC 2010, 16-18 April, we are expecting no less than 400,000 men for our last MMC.

Yours in Christ's service

Angus & Jill and the Shalom team