Hi!!

hi!!
sorry its been so long again!
well alot been happening again, school finishes on monday and people are already leaving.
on tuesday i do my extended outreach for 10 days in the bush bush so that is exciting! no shower for 10 days, we stay 3 nights in one village, then 3 in the next and then 4 in the next one, in tents and so that should be fun, rice and beans and rice and beans! i just have to get a good cusion to sit on!
we had the solemn assembly here where everyone, mozambican pastors from different towns and areas came, international leaders and missionairies and everyone fasted and prayed last saturday for the nation, that was amazing!shofars opened and closed the day, it was really really quite strong! the fasting lasted a week but the finalie was on saturday with everyone. pastors got their feet washed by other pastors and they were just honored for the work that they do.fasting and prayer for mozambique and the pastors.its not easy to be a pastor in mozambique, there is alot of opposition, alot of warfare, and alot work far away from anywhere and so they are quite alone, and it was just great to have them altogether so that they could see that they are not alone and that they are all part of the team and all working towards the same goal and for the same God and that miracles are happening and so many are coming to Jesus. they have amazing testimonies.

i have been making friends with a lovely girl from the village called Angela, she is crippled but has a lovely smile and half her family are crippled too and so me and my friend have been spending time there, its just so fun to get mixed in with the people, they are really friendly! ive made a friend fom the chicken shack who takes us and he translates for us too, so that is great, and he doesnt try to sell us stuff anymore which is a true blessing, as the chicken shack vendors always try to harrass us with souvenirs! we took a huge bag of rice the other day to her family and we carried water from the well also as they cant walk to get it and it was just lovely to see them happy and smiling. there is a lot of struggle for them as not many of them can work and so its hard for them.

if not classes have been really good and challenging as usual, we have mel tari this week, who wrote 'like a rushing wind', he is from Indonesia.

we had a prawn fest in my house the other day as a final house party, it was really fun and joyful! its sad to leave them all, we really did nearly all get on well and we lived so much together. it was just such a bundle of craziness and laughs!!

things are a little hectic in these last days but we're all quite excited about all the outreaches that are going next week. there are some all over the place, china, hong kong, indonesia, south africa, israel, malawi, sierra leone,different parts of mozambique, sudan, and more....its amazing!

hello!!

hello everyone!
im back
things have been great here, last weekend i went on another outreach in the bush bush bush, it was so remote and quite an excruciating ride, but it was great! its was not so so far away which always helps.
Heidi's team came for the evening evangelisation on the 1st night we got there. It was really amazing, there was a girl who was deaf that got healed, and many other healings.

in the evening we went to all went to ask the man and his wife on whose land we were staying their testimonies, turns out that they were actually muslim!! to cut a long story short they both gave their lives to Jesus and got healed from pain they have had for years. he was a chief of the town also, so open door to Iris to send pastors over to teach and God to do amazing stuff!!

the next day we went to do some baptisms but we had to find water!! we walked through such a dry place then followed a little muddy trail and then after a while we came out into the open and there was the most beautiful remote beach!! about 20 or so got baptised. it was amazing. and then one of the cars got stuck and so for about 5 hours they were trying to get it out and then finally it got out of the thick mud and all the 17 men helping they got saved too!

the next evening i saw several healings, and they were so joyful afterwards, which for here is quite something! they dont show emotions alot when they are healed, we later found out that this is because when they go to the witch doctor, they have to pay an entrance type of fee, and if they are healed then they have to pay an additional fee, so they pretend to look sad so that they dont have to pay it. so in later outreaches we did stress the point that they did not have to pay but that Jesus already paid the price and that it was free!!! had a lot of fun dancing with the people too!! that village no one had gone to evangelise there before and so many people came to Jesus.there were 1000 people on the second night and it was amazing and so so many got healed.
so it was fun but my bum and back hurt from all the bumps!!

i shared a tent with my german friend, Heike and that was so fun except that she invited an army of ants in by accident after leaning against a tree, so we had fun killing them all! but it was great fun with my friends and her, we are all so mischievous, that its hilarious!

the next day on the way back we visited the local iris church to encourage them a bit. it was really nice and even our children were able to encourage the people there and pray for everyone.

i got my baggage!! that was 3 weeks ago now, some stuff was stolen but it was good to get it!
still lots of classes and homework and we had some funny presentations we had to do this week too so hmm lots to do, shall try to write again when i have more time!!