Greetings to everyone who is reading this letter.
I hope you are having a great day, wherever you might be and have planned for this. I was reminded today, to just take a moment and to look back at 2009 and thank God what He has done in your life and other people's life and how He has used you to show His light towards others.
This has been an amazing year for me, grew closer to God, made great friends and became even greater friends with friends I've already had, I saw God moved in many hearts, and of course had the priviledge of going to Russia twice. And being part of the story He is doing in Russia. It is a priviledge beyond words, to be used by the king. I pray that God will bless you also, by using you more and more, daily in His work. Because there is so much more of God for everyone of us.
I would like to share with you about the exciting plans and ways of God, and how He is proving Himself faithful for next year and the fututre, aka long-term in Russia.
Firstly, I want to thank God that He has already provided just more than half of my monthly needs, financially for Russia, and I just want to praise God for that, because that is already a testimony in itself. (In the line of this, I wat to thank everyone who commited to support me in any amount possible, it is truly an answer of prayer and I am excited to see how God is going to bless you and what He is about to do in St Petersburg, Russia with all the investments. It will be impossble to go if it isn't for your suport in prayer and financial help.) (I would also like to ask you to trust with me for another R4000 a month which is still needed).
Otherwise, I am in the process of enrolling into a language school in St Petersburg where I can learn the language, which will also provde a visa for me, so please pray that God will open the doors for me. I am also in the process of booking an airplane ticket (looking at the 25 of January), I am currently in the process of 'unlocking' my savings for the ticket and visas, please pray that God's favor will be evident in the whole process. I am also currently looking for accomadation, so please keep that also in prayer (many prayer requests :)).
Some friends of mine, who has a web-desining company is blessings me by desinging a website for me, free of charge. It will be hopefully on the internet, before 1 January 2010, please pray a blessings over them. The website will be www.stpetersburgcall.co.za
I want to thank all of you so much for the role you have played in my life this year, in whatever way, you have it is truly appreciated.
I wish you a wonderful festive season and blessings from our mighty God and Saviour
Johan Seyfferdt
Contact Information: Email (jseyfferdt@yahoo.com) Cell Nm (+2779245332 RSA) ( +79052307502 +79052307502 Russia) Skype (johanseyfferdt) Facebook Group (The St Petersburg Call), blogspot (http://jseyfferdt.blogspot.com/)
Bank Details: J.J.C. Seyfferdt, Cheque Account, Account Number: 4072520941, Branch Code 632005, ABSA
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Feedback of some of the things God is going to do in Russia and some feedback of my first journey there
During this 3 months, I can just stand amazed in the presence of God how He just revealed His heart of love, hope and vision towards these people. Truly God has plans of peace and prosper towards every person of that nation.
This mission was mostly a “spying out the land mission” like Caleb and Joshua who went to spy out the promise land. And I can testify that God has great plans for that nation and He has esthablished in my heart and in the hearts of others that He has called me to the city of St Petersburg (SPB).
I had the great honor to travel to many cities and towns thoughout Russia, in tradtional Russian train (I was 72 hours on long-distance trains). I was also blessed to work with different ministries from “Orphanges” to “teaching English to Russian students”. I was also blessed to make many friends in Russia (other missionaries and many Russian people) God has trusted me with the vision He has for the people of SPB, and that will have noticeable impact on the rest of the world.
I am confident that God has called me to go again to Russia, and I believe that my second trip to that nation will be early next year for about a year to learn the Russian language and to join a ministry there, called 'WEG'. Until I go again to Russia, I will be for most of my time in Wellington where my main focus will be, to find sponsors for this calling God has upon SPB, and Russia.
Here is a list of the ministries I met and worked with during my time in Russia, this will give you a good idea of what I've done:
Moscow (I was in Moscow for 2 weeks):
Corrie Zaayman: a South African missionary in Moscow, who I was submitting my plans too, during my time I would also go to them just to regain my strenght and to bless him and his wife.
Rassa Church youth: I was serving with “the youth church” of that church, by helping at one of their Sunday's meeting and going to one of their prayermeetings.
Kazan (I was in Kazan for 4 days):
A Church: I was serving at a church in Kazan, meeting some of the youth leaders and interceded for the church
Ufa (I was in Ufa for 10 days):
Streetkids Ministry which is part of a Baptist Church: I was on a summercamp with nine other laders and about 9 streetkids and other kids of the community. The summercamp was 8 days long and we went down the river on rafts for the first 4 days and for the last 4 days we were on a campsite next to the river. T was a great time of just serving them and loving the children, like Christ love them.
SPB (I was in St Petersburg for about 2 months):
New Frontiers: The New Frontiers church group, is in the process of a church plant in SPB. I attended their meetings during my time in SPB, from prayer meetings to evening dinners to built relationships with the people of SPB. I also went with them to orphanages and I spent some quality time with them, just to built friendship relationships.
Lyle Thomas:
A missionary, whom I met 3 times. He was a great help but opening doors for me to meet different ministries in SPB.
WEG:
It is a ministries in SPB, which I met through Lyle Thomas and I serve with them at a conference for orphanage leaders. After that I went with them to an orphanage, attended a weekly prayermeeting and a monthly prayermeeting. I also went with them once to a village to evangelize their.
Their vision is to reach the orphanages in SPB, interceding and their long-term vision is to go and stay in a village and to spread the Gospel their.
Campus Crusade For Christ:
It is a ministry, which use the English language to evanglize to people. They have a weekly “English movie night” where they build relationship with Russians who can speak a bit of English and through the relationships points the students to Christ. I met them on a Bristish camp and events after the camp, hosted by Campus Crusade For Christ and a team of Britian and we shared the Gospel to the Russians and taught them English. It was also a time of building relationships with Russian students.
Wycliffe Bible Translations:
I served at Wycliffe for 2 weeks, they had a seminary for Russians speaking people all over Russia, who wants to enlarge their skills in speaking in English and belief that they are called as missionaries and this course helps them to learn the basics of being a missionary in practice. I served their as a volunteer.
YWAM and Students for Christ:
I met a husband (part of Students for Christ) and wife (part of YWAM). It was a short meeting at the end of my time in Russia, but it was quality time and they gave me possible ways of working with them in the future.
The one thing that stood out for me, in this time is this: The calling God has upon SPB and Russia is FAR to big for men, but possible for God, and the part I should play and every Christian is simply intercession and trusting God to established revival in that nation. Secondly, to love them like Jesus.
This mission was mostly a “spying out the land mission” like Caleb and Joshua who went to spy out the promise land. And I can testify that God has great plans for that nation and He has esthablished in my heart and in the hearts of others that He has called me to the city of St Petersburg (SPB).
I had the great honor to travel to many cities and towns thoughout Russia, in tradtional Russian train (I was 72 hours on long-distance trains). I was also blessed to work with different ministries from “Orphanges” to “teaching English to Russian students”. I was also blessed to make many friends in Russia (other missionaries and many Russian people) God has trusted me with the vision He has for the people of SPB, and that will have noticeable impact on the rest of the world.
I am confident that God has called me to go again to Russia, and I believe that my second trip to that nation will be early next year for about a year to learn the Russian language and to join a ministry there, called 'WEG'. Until I go again to Russia, I will be for most of my time in Wellington where my main focus will be, to find sponsors for this calling God has upon SPB, and Russia.
Here is a list of the ministries I met and worked with during my time in Russia, this will give you a good idea of what I've done:
Moscow (I was in Moscow for 2 weeks):
Corrie Zaayman: a South African missionary in Moscow, who I was submitting my plans too, during my time I would also go to them just to regain my strenght and to bless him and his wife.
Rassa Church youth: I was serving with “the youth church” of that church, by helping at one of their Sunday's meeting and going to one of their prayermeetings.
Kazan (I was in Kazan for 4 days):
A Church: I was serving at a church in Kazan, meeting some of the youth leaders and interceded for the church
Ufa (I was in Ufa for 10 days):
Streetkids Ministry which is part of a Baptist Church: I was on a summercamp with nine other laders and about 9 streetkids and other kids of the community. The summercamp was 8 days long and we went down the river on rafts for the first 4 days and for the last 4 days we were on a campsite next to the river. T was a great time of just serving them and loving the children, like Christ love them.
SPB (I was in St Petersburg for about 2 months):
New Frontiers: The New Frontiers church group, is in the process of a church plant in SPB. I attended their meetings during my time in SPB, from prayer meetings to evening dinners to built relationships with the people of SPB. I also went with them to orphanages and I spent some quality time with them, just to built friendship relationships.
Lyle Thomas:
A missionary, whom I met 3 times. He was a great help but opening doors for me to meet different ministries in SPB.
WEG:
It is a ministries in SPB, which I met through Lyle Thomas and I serve with them at a conference for orphanage leaders. After that I went with them to an orphanage, attended a weekly prayermeeting and a monthly prayermeeting. I also went with them once to a village to evangelize their.
Their vision is to reach the orphanages in SPB, interceding and their long-term vision is to go and stay in a village and to spread the Gospel their.
Campus Crusade For Christ:
It is a ministry, which use the English language to evanglize to people. They have a weekly “English movie night” where they build relationship with Russians who can speak a bit of English and through the relationships points the students to Christ. I met them on a Bristish camp and events after the camp, hosted by Campus Crusade For Christ and a team of Britian and we shared the Gospel to the Russians and taught them English. It was also a time of building relationships with Russian students.
Wycliffe Bible Translations:
I served at Wycliffe for 2 weeks, they had a seminary for Russians speaking people all over Russia, who wants to enlarge their skills in speaking in English and belief that they are called as missionaries and this course helps them to learn the basics of being a missionary in practice. I served their as a volunteer.
YWAM and Students for Christ:
I met a husband (part of Students for Christ) and wife (part of YWAM). It was a short meeting at the end of my time in Russia, but it was quality time and they gave me possible ways of working with them in the future.
The one thing that stood out for me, in this time is this: The calling God has upon SPB and Russia is FAR to big for men, but possible for God, and the part I should play and every Christian is simply intercession and trusting God to established revival in that nation. Secondly, to love them like Jesus.
Contact Information
If you have any questions feel free to leave comments of the facebook group or to email me.
Request
This calling that God has bigger than one person and I want to invite you to join into what God is doing in St Petersburg. As you most probably realize I am in need of finances and prayer support while I am in Russia. As for the finances my monthly accomadation, public transport, food, studies (adds up to R10 000 which is a massive amount I know). It is diffucult to get a work in Russia, and if I work and study together I wont have time to minister. Therefore I would like to ask you to consider the option of commiting to sponsor, any amount, on a monthly base or once-off. I know it is a difficult time financially for everyone so I want to ask you to consider it prayerfully.
Please let me know if you are willing to commit to support God's call upon St Petersburg in prayer or in any amount of finances, by sending me an email to jseyfferdt@yahoo.com. And I promise you that I will keep you up-to-date.
Please let me know if you are willing to commit to support God's call upon St Petersburg in prayer or in any amount of finances, by sending me an email to jseyfferdt@yahoo.com. And I promise you that I will keep you up-to-date.
Personal Information
I am a 23 year old, South African male, who completed my BTH last year (2008). My name is Johan Seyfferdt. During my studies, I clearly heard God calling me to Russia for ministry. I submitted the calling to many Christians and it confirmed in their hearts. I had the honor to go to Russia from the 2nd of May till the 27 of July 2009. During that time God envisioned me with what He has planned for St Petersburg and God broke my heart for the people of that nation. I am planning to go back, early next year for a year, to study the Russian language and to lovem and see them walking into what God has for them.
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