Cossore Baptist Church's Anniversary

This year our home church, Igreja Baptista Jesus é Rei de Cossore, celebrated their 11th anniversary. On Sunday, November 30 we celebrated together with a big lunch after the church service.

First we started with Sunday School. This is Montinho.
He is the teacher of the children every week and does an outstanding job.
(Don't you just love his orange pants!?!?)

This little darling is watching Montinho tell the Bible story.

Lilly sitting amongst the other children.
This is an accomplishment. 

The classroom is outside in the motorcycle parking lot :)

This is the youth class. Lee is the "facilitator".
Each week he meets with one of them and helps them prepare a Sunday School lesson.
Then on Sunday morning he sits with them and helps them teach the lesson.

This is what you do during church to stay out of trouble.

This is Armenda.
She needs your prayers.
She is pregnant with her 4 baby. Her first baby was born healthy,
but the next 2 she lost in the last few weeks of the pregnancy.
This time she is under the care of a doctor.
Pray for this precious child that is growing inside of her.

Tracy doing what she loves…..dancing and singing with the ladies.

Tracy's little friend

The youth and their new "uniforms"

Nap time!

Our yummy lunch!

The cooks

The table that was "set" inside the church. It has the fancy rice (the one with peas and carrots in it), the potato salad,  the grilled chicken, the cake, and the sodas. The men and us missionaries served from this table. Everyone else got their plates behind the church where the cooks were.

These little ones are passing around a bowl of food and sharing.

The ladies eating inside the church.

More children eating out of the pot.

Finally the cutting of the cake by our pastor, his wife, the lady that made the cake and the president of the women.

How do you pass out cake pieces to this crowd?

Tracy's friend, Ereba, and her 6 children.

Another one of the ladies and her two daughters.

It was a long, but sweet day at our home church here in Nampula. Come visit and we will introduce you to everyone!

Blessings,

Tracy