llowing the meeting we moved to another place about 2 hours away. we stayed in Montepuez. there is a very very strong presence of banditos there so we had to be a little more cautious.there was a band in the street welcoming some important person to the town, but all the kids were dancing and having fun outside so i decided to join them, but 2 of my friends went closer to see with some of our mozambicans and they soon got pulled out because 2 of the mozambicans saw from afa
r that they were beginning to be encircled by banditos!it was very very hot here too!! we were staying in the courtyard of one of the pastors of that area.
we went to consencrate and pray for the pastors of the church there. it just so happened that when we were dancing outside i noticed that the neighbour of the church was a witchdoctors house! there are white flags that hang outside their houses so that people know where they are.
then in the evening we did the film, but i didnt like the dancing here there was such an evil spirit that was there, and there was also a witch doctor prancing around too. we showed the film, and after as soon as the film had finished by the time the pastor finished a very very short talk, everyone was gone. this was the first time that ever happened, usually they stay for the prayer and stuff , but this time they just all left. so we went bac
k to camp quite surprised....the 13th, the leader of the band that had played the day before became a christian, and he went home and his wife who hadnt slept well in more than 15 years slept the best she had and he even had to wake her up in the morning, then they rang the pastor and they went over and all that family received jesus into their hearts!!!
we moved to another place on the 14th, a place where there are no latrines...noth
ing...so you have to pee in....well...wherever.... on these trips you realise that there is no privacy at all, and you just have to do what you have to do otherwise....well you can imagine!!we were able to take a brief bucket shower in the place in montepuez , it was the most 'luxurious' place, if you can call it that, that we stayed in!! a laterine, which did have the occasional huge cockroach that would crawl out whilst you were.....anyway!!
so, focus.....this place had huge amounts of children also...and they looked so so poor and dirty in general.but with a little miriam and screaming they managed to smile and have fun!! i made a skipping rope with some little bits of rope and so that opened the way for a little communication and then once a little trust established we had so much fun!!running and screaming around, laughing, falling over, dancing!!!! i really really loved the children!! then in the evening we did the film.
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vourite part of the trip i think, the children and then the team from the school that i went with was just so great and united. it was a little hard with the mozambicans. three of them were excellent and there to bring god to the remote parts, but others were there just to have fun time with their friends, and 2 of those were just terrible. it was such a struggle. but it taught us girls to excerp a little more authority than we would
usually, and just to be firm and not let ourselves be trampled on.but they were just in your face, irrespectful, they were aggressive, spreading disunity amongst everyone, and just so awful, but it was so tiring. but in the end they were seriously talked to and they wont be doing any outreaches in the near future. but our little group, we were brought so much closer because of the harsh conditions, we were able to encourage and h
elp each other, pray for each other, and be compassionate! but also spread the joy and love especially when really needed!!then in the morning we did a little dancing with the children and then we went on our way home!
we were relieved and so happy to be going back, but we had so much fun and saw so much on the tr
ip that we were certainly changed, it challenged us to our uttermost cores, and our eyes were opened wider,and we were just able to see God move in us and the other people and touch them. we would at certain points just realise what we were doing and where we were, like on the camion in the night...what on earth, in the african bush bush travelling on the bumpy roads to spread the gospel....how on earth did i get myself into this!!!!!!!! it was hard to grasp, but always ended up putting a smile on my face!!!!!The evening we got home we all took showers!!! had to clean ourselves twice we wer
e so dirty!! and then we went out to the restaurant, in the end we were only 7 to go. But we ended up having the best time! We really needed some fun and relaxing time. we learnt that our dinner was offered and because we were only 7 it meant that we were going to be spoilt! All the 10 days it was spagets (spaghetti with tomato stuff and some kind of fish bits) and rice and beans,its all nice but it was a nice change, especially as we have had rice and beans, and rice, rice, rice since the beginning of the school too... so we had lobster and wine and we had dessert and the owner offered another 
bottle of wine and coffees, and we had dessert and we laughed and had so much fun, and felt like royalty, i think that God was blessing us and understood what we had gone through and so was just blessing us!!! had we have known that we were gonna have this at the end it might have been easier to face the last few days!! but on the 6th night, i pulled out a jar of nutella!! to help the girls psycologically!! it worked!!the team was: Veronique and Vasco from France, they were our leaders, Debbie and Brad Simpson and their 3 children Aaron, Anna and Ryan who was the youngest at 4 from america and Tyler also from the US, and then Tammy, Paula and Chrissy all from Canada.
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