A Wonderful Time in Nacuia -- By Meg

This past Saturday, our family, and 19 people from our church 

went to our church's mission church. 

So we piled in our 2 cars and headed out to Nacuia. 

It took about 1 and 1/2 hours on dirt road to get there. 

This is where we picked up most of the people.
The pastor's house is right down there. 

Some of the youth in the back of our truck.

 After jostling around for over an hour, we got there. 

They just put up this structure in the last week. 

 We went inside to introduce ourselves to the members of the church. 

Dad introducing us.

He always makes people smile when he speaks :)

They were very interested in the old white folks! :) 

After we introduced ourselves we spilt into 3 groups. Children and Youth, Men, and Women

It took a lot of courage to go outside and sit with the girls from church.
But, we did it!

Dad and his group.

Mom teaching. 

 After we got used to being outside it wasn't so bad! 

Can you see us?

We played a couple of games.

 Everyone stayed in their groups for about 3 or 4 hours!! 

Dad translating for Granddad

We then had lunch.

Rice, Shema, Chicken, "Salad", and Beans

These were the cooks.

Lunch was cooked and served in a "chicken house".....as in a long house
where a chicken farmer would raise 1000s of chickens at a time.
This particular chicken house, which is adjacent to the church,
is empty for a few days, so we used it for lunch!

The church's children

These are the girls that I have started a friendship with.
Eunice, Lilly, Me, Sulangi, Zinha, and Rute 

Some of the women from church eating.

Some of the youth and men from Nacuai.

Some of the women from Nacuia.

After lunch we sat and waited for everyone else to finish eating.

How sweet?!?
Nanna loved holding this sweet little girl.
The funny part is that just after Grandma took this picture, she wanted to hold the baby, too.
Within minutes the baby did a "major number" and the diaper leaked and poo got all over Grandma's shirt.
She had to go next door and borrow a lady's blouse and so that the mother of the baby could wash her shirt!

Then I decided to get the nail polish out. The girls from our church LOVED it! 

They were painting and painting their nails!! 

Then it got a little crazy and the kids just kept on coming in, so I put it away. 

The men had to go visit a sick boy so we waited at the church. 

Montinho has really tried to help us adjust to being at church and he has helped us get to know the kids some.
He loves to draw so Emma has been helping him. 

I think we wore Nanna out!

This is the church's well.

We had one more time for offering and reviewing the day at the end.
Grandma was asked to pray at the end of our service.
Then, we packed up and headed back to Nampula.

Please pray for this mission church in Nacuia. Pray that when we go back in October that many people would come see the Jesus film and come to church. 

Also pray that our friendship with the girls at church would grow quickly.  

Hugs,

Meg