Em Moçambique existe muita carência e dificuldade. Mas ao mesmo tempo pode ser um lugar muito bom para descanso. No começo deste mês, fizemos uma viagem para Xai-Xai, uma praia linda no Oceano Índico. A água estava perfeita e tivemos a praia só pra nós. Foi maravilhoso.
Monday, October 29, 2007
A little R & R/ Um pouco de descanso
Em Moçambique existe muita carência e dificuldade. Mas ao mesmo tempo pode ser um lugar muito bom para descanso. No começo deste mês, fizemos uma viagem para Xai-Xai, uma praia linda no Oceano Índico. A água estava perfeita e tivemos a praia só pra nós. Foi maravilhoso.
Friday, October 05, 2007
New things/Novidades
We finally have the roof on the veranda.
Finalmente temos telhado na varanda.
Now the kids can be out of the sun and in a clean area to eat and have Sunday school. We are averaging about 250 on a weekend service. The kids are fast learners and are learning a lot about God's Word. God is changing the lives of the next generation.
We now have the young people in the church leading worship. Before Carol was leading it. Now she teaches them songs and they lead worship. They also teach us new songs in their own language. They are stepping up into leadership positions.
This is a picture of a Sunday service. This is a great encouragement to me. After worship the kids go to their class and the adults and young people stay in the church. This is encouraging to me because the adults are coming to church. They are hungry for the Word. They want to taste of God's goodness and more and more people are coming to God's house. Also if you notice in this picture there is a fan on the wall. That has been a huge blessing to all of us. We plan to install more also. We've been having electricity for about two months now. Every time I go to the church and see the lights and all I'm amazed at the favor of God in this place. As I look back on it, out of the blue, they started putting in light poles and wiring. And now we have electricity.
This house belongs to one of the cooks at the care point. Her roof was caving in because she had several bricks on top of it to hold it down. She couldn't afford nails and wood to make a decent roof. The church has given her the wood and nails to make a better roof for her house. Two guys that work at the church have fixed her roof for her. The other section still needs to be finished but now she has a good roof that won't get blown off. We hope to always be able to help those in need. I strongly believe that the church is established to reach both the spiritual and physical needs of the people.
Esta casa é de uma das cozinheiras do centro.O telhado da casa dela estava caindo porque ela tinha colocado muitos tijolos em cima para segurar o teto, pois ela não tinha dinheiro pra comprar pregos e madeira para ter um telhado decente.A igreja deu a ela madeira e pregos para que a casa dela pudesse ter um telhado melhor. Dois homens que trabalham na igreja concertaram o telhado. O outro lado ainda precisa ser terminado, mas pelo menos agora ela tem um telhado melhor que não vai ser levado pelo vento. Esperamos sempre poder ajudar aos nescessitados. Eu acredito fortemente que a igreja foi estabelecida para ajudar ambas necessidades, a espiritual e a física.