Thursday 31 July 2008

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!

1 comment:

Darren said...

Hey Mim,
Good to hear from you again. Glad the Lord's still blessing you all out there, but what're all these reports I keep hearing about some kinda wedding thing going down. Hear it involved thousands. What have you been up to!?!? Love'n'hugs, D~