Hello precious people,
Maybe it has been difficult for some of you to keep track of us in the last year and a half.
We have had a wonderful year with a lot of different training and ministry opportunities in different nations around the globe.
A glimpse through our rear mirror…
· As you maybe remember we started our first training after we got married in August 2008. We spend three months in Amsterdam, being part of a leadership training school (LTS) with Youth With A Mission where God has been teaching us and showing us different aspects of leadership. The main thing in this training that has blessed us so tremendously in our life and ministry has been the revelation that the Holy Spirit has given us about unity and partnership with the Body of Christ.
· After the LTS we felt God was leading us to travel to Canton, Ohio in the United States to connect with the church and the senior pastor (Chuck Schumacher) that has been part of Kevin’s life from the first day of his salvation. Kevin met pastor Schumacher in Armenia in September 2004, two weeks before their meeting it was prophesied over Kevin that he would meet a pastor from the United States on the day of his salvation and that this pastor would take him to America to disciple him. All this happened and Kevin spent one year (2005) studying in the school of ministry in America.
· During our three months visit in Ohio we had many ministry opportunities and new learning experiences. We felt that during this time we could apply things that we learned during the LTS about unity and working together in partnership with the church. As you can maybe recall the incredible report of testimonies of the faithfulness of God’s love and power that was manifested during the services and conferences that we were having.
· After these three months of ministering and connecting with different leaders in Ohio we felt that God wanted to take us into another season of schooling. We did a four months School of Intercession and prayer (SOIP) with Youth With a Mission in South Africa. This season of schooling was not only for training but also a time of inner healing and deliverance. Since everything that we did during the school had to be done in a team, it has been for Kevin a very challenging but key learning experience. For Mariëlla it has been a blessing as she learned to choose to walk in the fear of the Lord and how to recognize the spirit of intimidation in her life. As we look back we can see that this season has been a very important part of our life and ministry so that we can be more effective and released into the things that God has prepared for us.
Where do we go from here?
· During our journey around the globe we have been praying and asking God where He wants us to be based with our ministry responsibility but where we also can settle down as a family. During this season of traveling through many different countries we had the opportunity to be with each other almost all the time, but as you might understand, we are also longing for our own home and a place where we can be stationed.
· For the first time during our stay in South Africa we felt that God was leading us to be based in a nation for a longer period of time. Through much prayer for the past months we feel that God is leading us to make at least a two years commitment to the church in Ohio under the leadership of pastor Schumacher which we mentioned earlier on.
· At first when God was speaking to us concerning this we took time to really pray because it never came to our mind to go to America and stay there. During this time Mariëlla did not feel the peace to just go there and move immediately but to go for a one month testing time to pray even more.
· After being in America for one month as we spend time praying we both felt the peace to go after our visas. God really poured a passion in our hearts for the youth
as we were ministering.
A new training period and apprenticeship…
· We see these coming two years not only as a opportunity of ministry but also a training ground where we can apply the things which we have learned during our education and where we can serve in the local church and be under the leadership of a local pastor and leadership team. God spoke to us that before we can fully be released in the calling He has given us we must first serve under another man’s vision.
· In September 2007 during an encounter with the Holy Spirit Kevin saw in a vision the whole earth being covered with the fire of the glory of God. The Holy Spirit has been speaking to us about the end time harvest and about the army that He is raising up in our generation. He has spoken to us clearly that we are mistaken if we believe that this is about one man or church or organization but that through unity and partnership within the Body of Christ we can see the glory of God cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
· We believe that we have a role to play, as many other people within the body of Christ, to see this vision being accomplished. That is why our heart is unity and partnership within the Body of Christ so that we, as a body, can see millions of souls come to the knowledge of our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Where the rubber meets the road…
· Right now we are in a waiting process for our visas and using this time to connect with our families and friends and to seek God’s face even more.
· How will you live you might wonder? Will you have a paid position in the church in the USA?
No, we will actually continue to rely upon the prayers and financial support of friends, brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ and (hopefully) some of the churches that know us. As we shared with you before, the time in the USA will be a time of apprenticeship where we will learn and serve under the leadership of the local church. However, they will not be able to pay us wages. It is therefore that we ask you to consider supporting us for this period of time as we prepare for our missionary ministry assignment.
If you are interested I supporting us, we ask you to let us know and we will make sure you get regular updates on what is happening in our lives and ministry, we can also more detailed information how such a support can be given,Of course, please pray and seek the Lord´s direction in all things!
We pray that this may bring clarity for you in the things God has been doing and in the things He is leading us into.
May God bless you,
Kevin and Mariëlla Kazemi
