I write this from the home of David and Susan Woods. He is the director of Maranatha in Mozambique. They are wonderful people. They had our whole group over to their house for a brief vespers and supper. 25+ in the living room.
Today from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. we visited 3 locations and passed out bags of beans and rice.
It was a neat thing. We started at a completed SDA Church, stopped at a location along the way, and finished at our church location. When we pulled up at our location, two boys were just beginning to skin a goat! I got lots of gross pictures. We distributed 100 kgs of rice and 50 kgs of beans. When the people got them, they thanked us with songs and ceremonial dancing. It was pretty amazing.
At the first stop, we were providing food to people really out in the bush...who mostly live off their own labor. They seldom make it in to town. But they have a new Seventh-day Adventist Church in their community.
I teach the SS Lesson tomorrow...so should be fun....with translation.
That's it for now. This trip is drawing to a close. Tomorrow will be a high day at our church, and then a couple of days looking at Africa's amazing Animals.
Kris
P.S. We have learned connections we have to the other staff here...for instance Mrs. Dederer is related, by marriage, to Ms. Noble, a young adult volunteer here. Tim, the videographer, was in my cousin's son's wedding, and calls Llona "Aunt Llona." The Adventist family is a close one.
OKW
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