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From: “Mapfumari Mtsenga (chris)”To: Julia BerrySubject: Re: September Weekend Seminar (Sept. 19-21)Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 04:41:23 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings Mrs. Berry
Pastor Berry’s flight took off at 18h30pm. NOTE, the flight number was changed, this one would probably have gone straight from Johannesburg to Washington D.C. and NOT via Frankfort. He is expected to get there by the morning.
Objectives
The objective of the conference was to prepare a people for the final crisis through character development. The emphasis were put on the Bible teaching that we can conquer sin through the power of God.

Local Conference Delegates
We had three delegates from the local conference on our meetings. One also verified whether pastor Berry was indeed authorized by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. For the fear that they had was that the goal of our meetings was to encourage divisive spirit but they all were satisfied with the way pastor Berry vindicated our historic doctrines. One of them even purchased some of the books that the pastor came with from Hartland. Pastor Nhlapo, the one who only came on Sabbath said, “I feel humbled to hear our message presented in such a simple, straight-forward manner.” He pushed himself to come to the meeting after hearing of the Friday evening message, probably from pastor Mbedzi. He came although he was supposed to conduct a crusade on the very day. He stated that, “If I were not conducting the crusade this afternoon, I would be with you throughout your meeting.” On Sunday pastor Mbedzi requested that Pastor Berry’s presentations (on video) be given to our local conference so a s to clear away the> cloud of misconceptions about us, and most importantly to be a challenge and a blessing to fellow pastors who could not come.
Attendants
We did not have only students in our midst, but also old mothers who love the Lord. Students were mainly from the University of Port Elizabeth and Wits, few were from Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Durban. The people who were in the meetings are those who were invited personally by the members of Masupatsela Ministry, but most came with their friends and families. We could not make formal invitations to churches since our local conference earlier said that we were not in a capacity to invite international speakers.

The Program
The meetings convened on Friday evening; prior to sunset the people who were already in the facility (about 30) welcomed the Sabbath by a song service. However, pastor Berry did not immediately start his first presentation for many people from Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, and Lesotho were just arriving in Johannesburg. So we had to delay his Friday presentation by an hour and half so that there could be no disturbances of arriving guests during the meeting. By the time he started there were about 60 to 70 people. All those who attended on Friday were lodging on the facility except for two. The first topic addressed was on the “First Angel’s Message”. People believed the message to be a call for consecration.
On Sabbath we had about 20 day visitors on top of the initial number. Pastor Berry addressed us during the Morning manna very early in the morning before our breakfast at 7h30. At 09h00 he taught on the remnant church and its identifying marks. This clarified most of those who had a problem with the SOP before, and gave those who already believed more reasons for their faith from the Bible to continue believing. We had a 10 min break then Pastor Berry took us on part one of Daniel Chapter eleven just before lunch.
After lunch we only had one presentation, part 2 of Daniel 11. At sunset we sung our parting hymn.
On Sunday we had our morning manna as before. After breakfast we had one presentation, “without an Intercessor.” We had our farewell service at the dining hall from 12h30 to 14h30.

Revival
Beyond all doubt, all who attended were revived by the message. I (Chris) personally felt the presence of the spirit of God in the meetings. I pray that this flame will continue to burn until the character of Christ is perfectly reproduced in us. With an assurance that we can conquer sin by the power of God, I saw God’s people, especially on our final message, “Without an Intercessor,” pleading with God to give us access to the Most Holy place “to obtain mercy in [this] time of need” while Christ is still our intercessor. Many of us were challenged by Pastor Berry’s life testimony before God’s grace got a hold of him. Most of the people realized the importance of literature evangelism. We are now planning to start on this branch of the work. We believe that the Lord will sustain us in this work although we do not have money to start. But because we heard God speak to us in the meeting, we are consecrating ourselves to do His will at whatever cost. We are looking forward to seeing pastor Berry again. To us he was not just a pastor but a loving father and friend. We are thankful to Mrs. Julia Berry and the Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for having allowed him to come to us. He said that he was coming here only by faith, not having seen anyone of us before. We believe that the Lord was leading him to this field for a purpose. May the Lord bless you in the name of Jesus.

***We will send you the videos as soon as they are edited, I still have to enquire when the digital pictures will be emailed.
God bless
Your in Christ’s serviceChris, on behalf of Masupatsela Ministry

From: “Mapfumari Mtsenga (chris)”To: Maurice BerryDate: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 03:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
Greetings Mrs. Berry
We thank you very much on the efforts you made for the conference, this I say because those who did not attend the conference are requesting the videos after hearing about from friends; others suggest that Pastor Berry come next year December for a ten day seminar. We can’t measure the effect that the conference had on our lives, and I believe that revival will be refreshed day by day on our Christian walk. I was impressed last Sabbath upon visiting Pretoria technickon to find that one brother who attended the conference was presenting the lesson on Revelation 12 the way the pastor presented it, it was a good presentation. I hope that the next time the pastor comes, you will be with him – I believe you have some lessons for us young people, esp. for our sisters.
We are currently experincing a problem with our digital camera but what we’ll do is to scan the manual photos we have at the moment. We will send you all the videos of the conference.Books from Hartland were a blessing, I will see how we get another order since there is still a demand for them. Please tell Pastor Berry that the brethren appreciate his tape “Foreshadowing World Crisis”, it became an eye opener to current issues. Whenever you get time, please give me the titles and prices of his video presentations. Is it possible to send EGM donations via credit card?
Finally, may he clarify us on the issue of enrolling with Hartland college, there are three people that are interested including myself.
Please note that Frances Lundberg wrote to me about the books and also about other projects they do through Hartland World Mission. We thank you for having contacted them. I’ve forwarded his email.May the Lord bless your family and also pastor Berry since he’ll be going to New Zealand

From: “Frances Lundberg”To: Chris MtsengaSubject: GreetingsDate: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:34:53 -0400
2203 Mhinga Street18/8 Chiawelo Ext 2Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Chris,As I was returning from an itinerary of Africa (So. Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana) I met Pastor Berry in the Frankfurt airport. We both had about a 7 hour layover so we had time for a good chat. He told me of your group and the zeal that you have in sharing the 3 angels’ messages. He also told of your appreciation for the books that the Standish brothers have written. He indicated your need for books. I am not sure how we can help you but I thought I would e-mail and ask about your specific needs, i.e. for a lending library or for outreach?
I passed through Johannesburg on my way to Botswana. I spent the day and one night with the Vincent Stanley family. Are you familiar with them? A group there in Johannesburg is planning to establish a training program using video classes from Hartland College. I wanted to meet them and see the property that will be used for the project.

Three of us from the USA went to Botswana to conduct a one-week training program. We have conducted about 25 such programs in Africa and other parts of the world (Fiji last year). We arrange a local coordinator who rents a venue so the students can live with us for the week. It is quite an intensive program but the students go away with a lot of knowledge and a zeal to share what they have learned. We teach anatomy and physiology, God’s 8 laws of health, natural remedies such as uses of charcoal and hydrotherapy. In the area of Bible classes we teach Righteousness by Faith, Daniel, Revelation, Sanctuary, and specific Bible doctrines such as Sabbath, state of the dead, tongues, secret rapture, music principles, etc. We had an all-SDA student body in Botswana but in Nigeria (2 of us went there to conduct another program) we had about 20 non-SDA’s some of them pastors of other denominations. There were 85 students in Nigeria (much less in Botswana) and we had man y (TOO MANY!) requests in Botswana and Nigeria to bring the program to other areas of the country. We will probably come back to Botswana next year to conduct a program in Maun, a remote area.
Excuse my verbosity but I am on my last leg of the journey (9 hours in one seat) so I am trying to get ahead on my work. I will have a lot to do after being gone for 5 weeks!May God bless you and your group as you stand for truth.In the blessed hope,
Frances LundbergDirector, Hartland World Mission

From: Leeto NtesoSubject: Revival weekend at Henley on Klip Johannesburg.Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:15:46 +0100 (BST)
Dear Brother Berry,We never had time to talk because of time constraint and many people who wanted to talk to you. Your message was terrific. You were really fireworks. We could feel that you were inspired by the Holy Spirit. You were something way out. I felt tears well up inside me. Why can’t your colleagues down here preach your type of message? I’m sick of their Love Gospel. It bores me stiff. In fact every time a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor climbs the pulpit and preaches about the Love of Jesus. I usually stand up and walk out, because the way they preach it you can tell that it is not the Jesus of the Bible.
It was the first time in my life to hear somebody preach about the Heavenly sanctuary and the closing of probation without reference to E.G. White and using the Scriptures only, yet proving Sister White right. The Holy Spirit did a perfect job in helping you prove scripture with scripture. It was unbelievable.

I’m a student of Bible prophecy. I am a third generation Seventh Day Adventist in Lesotho. My father is a retired pastor of SDA church. I was brought up by God-fearing SDA parents. I was exposed to the inspired writings of E.G. White at a very early age. I read most of her works and I was blessed, but I refused to be baptized. Why? Because of apartheid system in RSA, whose influence was very strong in the church’s organization and administration at the time. This influence was even felt in Lesotho. I did not understand how the leadership that embraced such a serious message of salvation and end time crisis could live with contradictions. I did not want to associate with hypocrites. I still do not understand how even today our leadership can still live with contradictions. At that time when you complained to the leadership about discrimination in the church they warned you about mixing religion with politics. They intentionally ignored the fact that the martyrs o f the Dark Ages fought against a religio-political system of their time. Rev. 13 is about a religio-political power. I broke away completely from SDA church in the 1970s. I joined the liberation movements which fought for the liberation of a black man in Southern Africa and in the US.
I read Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Louis Farragan, Marcus Garvey, Donald Woods, Joel Carlson, Alex Halley (Roots) etc. I became angry and bitter. I came to realize that a black man had been taken for a ride. Even today I still respect most of the ideas of the above authors. Our church was silent about a system that was a crime against humanity. Where was the love of Christ? “By their fruits ye shall know them.”

For some highly personal reasons difficult to understand I read about 666 from a book written by a non-SDA, Dr. Stewart Relph – The 666 System is Here. After reading the book I knew there was a church that had a better rational explanation about 666 than Evangelicals, and that was Seventh Day Adventist faith. I devoured Daniel and Revelation (Uriah Smith) in one week and then The Great Controversy. I just could not ignore the practical fulfilment of Bible prophecy in world events. It is prophecy which brought me back to the SDA movement and it is prophecy which is keeping me in this church. I got baptized in Nov. 25th. 1995.
I was excited I had wondered far away from home for 25 years I was coming home with bitter tears of repentance. I started to preach about Prophecy, Three Angels’ Message and gave lectures on Mystery Babylon the Great to my fellow SDAs. I shared the information with the church from the following books: The Two Babylons (Alexander Hislop), Babylon Mystery Religion (Ralph Woodrow), The Great Controversy, The Keys of this Blood (Malachi Martin), Fifty years in the church of Rome (Charles Chiniquy). The Secret History of the Jesuits (Edmund Paris), Chick publications and Alberto Rivera etc.

This message was strongly prohibited by the ordained pastors of SDA church in Lesotho because they could not see how Jesus was uplifted. Some of them told me that the Sabbath was not important any more, it was just an additional and the emphasis was to be on Christ’s love and Christ only. Honestly I did not see how prophecy was divorced from Christ, and even today I still do not see how prophecy does not accommodate Christ. I was disillusioned and lonely because I discovered that the types of doctrines preached in our church today were not the same doctrines which convicted me of sin, which got me converted to SDA faith. In fact today our church does not preach the doctrines which form fundamental pillars of our faith such as The state of the dead, The Sabbath, The second coming of Christ, The Three Angels’ message, The ten commandments etc. The doctrines which were preached 25 years. ago. They preach social or love gospel which was developed by the Jesuits at The Vatican II council. It is the message of the Evangelical Movement.

I have discovered that there is apostasy in the SDA movement even at General Conference level. I am also convinced that our movement has been infiltrated by the agents of the Vatican. I obtained most of my information from the internet, from http://www.sdadefend.com, http://www.seventh-dayadventism.com, http://www.adventist4truth.com, Hope International, Eternal Gospel church, Some Independent ministries in the US, Chick publications and Alberto Rivera’s testimony and some other related sources. I am still a staunch Seventh Day Adventist and I think God has helped me to be more firmly established in SDA faith than before. But I seldom attend church because of the errors that are preached nowadays (New theology). As Jesus views the state of His professed followers today, He sees base ingratitude, hollow formalism, hypocritical insincerity, pharisaical pride and apostasy (5TM, 72). I cannot live with contradictions. And after listening to you it will be even mor e difficult for me to listen to my New Theology pastors. I’m however encouraged through you to learn that there are 7000 in Israel who have not bowed unto Baal nor hath kissed him.
Why do I write all this? To humbly request you to tell your fellow pastors that people need the type of message you preached when you were down here. We need Three Angels’ Message. We are bored with the Love Gospel. The radios preach it. TV channels preach it. Newspapers preach it, in fact it is the in thing. We need our peculiar message.
Finally I’m writing to you because I desperately need your authentic source of information on the former President Bill Clinton’s involvement with Monica, that it was a blackmail for his exclusion of the Seventh-Day Adventists from the Sunday law!! I believe you but I only need your source of information.
May God Bless you run the course and fight a good fight.
From Your-Brother-in-Faith,Leeto Nteso

FROM SWITZERLAND

We are so thankful for you! You, our supporters, are what has made our transition from Hartland to Everlasting Gospel Ministries easier to endure. So much has been going on in the past three months I hardly know where to begin. We know you want to know what is going on with this ministry because of your prayers and financial support you have a vested interest in our contribution to the Lords’ work. The preparation of a formal newsletter is very time consuming. Time is something that EGM and the brethren assisting us on the newsletter have very little of. Because of this, we are sending you this letter instead to keep you apprised of what your prayers and support are doing.

Germany!
I will start off by telling you that my time in Germany was without question, ordained of our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of souls and a revival among the youth there at the Edersee meetings. I will let these testimonials tell the story: This fist one is from a young brother; we’ll call him T.H.. He wrote to us later on in a n e-mail, “It was really a blessed time for me to be at Edersee. Thank God He made it possible…. It was a blessing for me also the youth meetings you had with us. I listen to them often on tape…. It is hard to find such youth meeting that are good and so deep in truth, that speak to the young people. You know what you tell is what we really need to hear, even if some are not willing to believe it….” May God be glorified. This is the type of young man who needs to be quickly and effectively trained to work among his people to hasten the coming of the Lord.

Much to our rejoicing we received this e-mail from K.W. shortly after our return from over sees. “Hi Pastor Berry!, At first I want to say thanks for your blessed teachings at the Edersee meeting. I appreciate especially the hours you spent with the youth. I was amazed at all those re-baptisms….I gave my life to Jesus again and the end of this week.” I can only thank God for what He has done for K.W. and what He has ordained EGM to continue to do both in the U.S. and abroad. Thank you for making that trip possible with your prayers and support.
These two are not the only testimonials we have received since the German camp meetings. As a result of the ministry there this summer, we have been invited to return to have a special youth camp meeting in December. We are amazed at the desire of some of the German youth to be trained in the Lord’s service quickly. We don’t know how realistic it is to invite them to our school once the doors are officially open but one thing is for certain; the Lord need these young people and those like them around the world prepare for what is soon to burst upon this earth.

Lake Charles Louisiana
As you knew from our last newsletter, we were down in Louisiana in August immediately after Germany, holding a three-week evangelistic crusade hosted by a small church. We faced A Lot of difficulty down there. The people attending the meetings were predominantly Catholic and Voodoo practitioners! The stories of child abductions for sacrifices were horrible. We also had to deal with opposition to the messages, opposition from some of the most unexpected sources but all we can say is …God over rules.
We had several commitments and some baptisms and overall the meetings were a huge success. I will let this note from the mother of our host family speak as to what really happened down there as we allowed Christ to shine through us. “I would like to say thank you so much for coming to Lake Charles. This little city will no longer be the same. I appreciated the hard work that both of you did while staying here. Our home will not be the same since you both blessed us with your presence.” Thank the Lord for having his saving hand upon us.

Ontario Camp Meeting
At the time of this writing I am just coming home from a Camp meeting held in Ontario CA. Those meetings went very well and I am looking forward to making those messages available to you soon. We met this young Lady out there and she found that the Lord had ordained her attendance at my meetings out there. She sent us this e-mail just before this newsletter was published. “Hello Pastor Berry & Julia, I have been blessed to be able to see Pastor Berry preach at the Colton CA Camp meeting, September 19-22…. I am very much interested in attending you first training center. I would like to know how to become a student … at Everlasting Gospel Training Center….I am extremely hungry for the truth and need to start studying. The Lord has asked me to throw out the things I own that are of this world. Thank you for your ministriy and may God bless you, your family, and your ministries. You all will be in my prayers. Sincerely, your sister in Christ. VN” The Lord be praised. As you can see our mailing list is growing rapidly and quickly becoming a lot for Julia and I to look after, considering all the travel and planning for the school etc.. . The Lord gives us grace for each day and we are praying for added office help to work on the newsletter, mailings, and some of my scheduling. This would be the ideal for a young person who is consecrated, dedicated and willing to help a fledging project soar. (Please e-mail us if you might be the answer to our prayers.)

Web Site in the Works, Praise God.
There is much work in the fire and we want to keep you informed as much as possible so here is the latest blessings. As a result of the first newsletter, a brother in VA, Dick Vaughn, has helped us establish a domain name and is building a web site for us. All the information that needs to be posted there is not up yet, but very soon you will be able to check our itinerary and read testimonials and maybe even order our tapes. The web address is http://www.everlastinggospelministries.orgRemember that it is still under construction but check back from time to time as it will be constantly updated.

Hartland Seminar Tapes Now Available
Tapes of my seminar on witnessing out of the book of Revelation are available now through us. It is three videos so if you want them or of the two sermons I gave on the “Church and State Issue” Just drop us a note. We ask that you send a fifteen-dollar donation for each video and this will cover your shipping as well. Also something we did not realize that you all would be so interested in was our class notes on prophetic topics. We were able to provide those for many of the brethren at Hartland’s camp meeting. If you are interested a copy of my well-structured class notes on the Seven Seals or the Seven Churches just send Julia a note via e-mail. BerryJulia@hotmail.com. Each one of these commentaries took about sixteen to twenty hours of hard study to prepare. We are asking for a $20.00 donation for each them. We will make more of my notes available in the future.

Update: Everlasting Gospel Training Center
What true student of end-time events would argue the idea that schools of the prophets are precisely what is needed now? I’ll tell you who. Satan. Satan being the diligent Bible student that he is, is furious with the idea that the knowledge that the Lord has given me, I will soon be able to give to others to better prepare them for the times right ahead of us. This opposition from him however will by no means prevent the schools opening. This only means redoubled efforts on our part and more of all our collective prayers. We expected Satan to oppose but we also know that God will triumph. We are also claiming the following promises in the name of the Lord. Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” The faith of the consecrated worker is to stand every test brought to bear upon it. God is able and willing to bestow upon His servants all the strength they need and to give them the wisdom that their varied necessities demand. He will more than fulfill the highest expectations of those who put their trust in Him. Acts of the Apostles page 242
Right now our delay is due to location. The location we initially prepared for, completely unexpected has been closed as an option. God being the Almighty opened another door almost immediately after that bad news came to us. We are working out the details and we will keep you posted with a tentative start date and location. The new place will still be on the eastern seaboard but probably not in VA as it stands right now.
Although at the time most of you are reading this we will have already completed it. We have decided to go full speed ahead with our first 18 day training session in Late October. It will be a small group; however we are expecting the blessing of the Lord. This first group is a team of our supporters who really wanted to see the school get started without any further delay. We will let you know how it went.

A Book?
There is a brother very serious brother who has stepped out by faith in preparing a much-needed book on both Daniel and the Revelation. It will be a text by text commentary with many interesting supplements that can be used for preaching. The book on a whole can be used as a syllabus for teaching Daniel and the Revelation starting with any verse and hopefully it will be prepared as a book that can be colporteured to non Adventists. I will be helping him in this project and I am asking you to lift him up in your prayers because this is a large work but a needed work. The devil has already opposed him in the first two weeks of his work by destroying his computer. Thank God he was able to reconstruct much of what he was working on and at the date of this writing is fully operational with a semi-new computer again.
His Saving Health
God’s miracles do not always bear the outward semblance of miracles. Often they are brought about in a way which looks like the natural course of events. When we pray for the sick, we also work for them. We answer our own prayers by using the remedies within our reach. Water, wisely applied, is a most powerful remedy. As it is used intelligently, favorable results are seen.2 Selected Messages page 346What said Christ to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well? . . . “The water that I shall give . . . shall be . . . a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” The water that Christ referred to was the revelation of His grace in His Word; His Spirit, His teaching, is as a satisfying fountain to every soul. Every other source to which they shall resort will prove unsatisfying. But the word of truth is as cool streams, represented as the waters of Lebanon, which are always satisfying. In Christ is fullness of joy forever

Food for Solemn Thought
The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity by sea or land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events opening before us? The Lord is coming. We hear the footsteps of an approaching God. {Mar 220.1}

This knowledge of the nearness of Christ’s coming should not be allowed to lose its force, and we become careless and inattentive, and fall into slumber–into an insensibility and indifference to realities. In slumber we are in an unreal world, and not sensible of the things which are taking place around us. . . . {Mar 220.2}There are those who have the blazing light of truth shining all around them, and yet are insensible to it. They are enchanted by the enemy, held under a spell by his bewitching power. They are not preparing for that great day which is soon to come to our world. They seem utterly insensible to religious truth….The rapidly diminishing space of time between us and eternity should more deeply impress us. Every day that passes makes one less left us to complete our work of perfecting character. . . . We believe without a doubt that Christ is soon coming. This is not a fable to us; it is a reality. We have no doubt, neither have we had a doubt for years, that the doctrines we hold today are present truth, and that we are nearing the judgment. We are preparing to meet Him who, escorted by a retinue of holy angels, is to appear in the clouds of heaven to give the faithful and the just the finishing touch of immortality. When He comes He is not to cleanse us of our sins, to remove from us the defects in our characters, or to cure us of the infirmities of our tempers and dispositions. If wrought for us at all, this work will all be
accomplished before that time. When the Lord comes, those who are holy will be holy still. Those who have preserved their bodies and spirits in holiness, in sanctification and honor, will then receive the finishing touch of immortality. But those who are unjust, unsanctified, and filthy will remain so forever. No work will then be done for them to remove their defects and give them holy characters. The Refiner does not then sit to pursue His refining process and remove their sins and their corruption. This is all to be done in these hours of probation. It is now that this work is to be accomplished for us. Maranatha page 220-221
Please, Let the Lord Use You.
Above all in this ministry our goal is too help our brethren and those who don’t know the truth for this time to be reconciled and restored to the image of our God that they might behold His face without fear one day soon. Brothers and sisters, we cannot over come sin without helping others to overcome. We have a part to play in our own salvation and in the salvation of countless others. Each and every one of us…you included. Every detail counts in this matter. We implore you to unite yourself fully in the work of the Lord. In your business, at the supermarket, in gas station, please be a witness for Christ and His truth.
Use your time, your energy, your resources and your money to win souls to Christ’s kingdom. We are working towards the goal of being 100% self supporting, (that means not dependant upon donations for existence) but understandably this does not happen overnight with a two person staff and only sparse volunteer help.

In establishing a school and teaching globally and locally, we incur huge expenses that at this time only God’s people can provide for. God has given some of you the means to run ministries like ours and we are only asking that you would pray and consider if it is EGM or another worthy ministry that the Lord has called you to help, one time or on a systematic plan of giving. Brothers and Sister’s we covet your prayers and solicit your financial support on behalf of the Lord and the work for this time.