A Few Days in SA -- By Meg

After ACM we had to make a four day trip to South Africa to have 

some medical appointments and to have some work done on our car. 

We had fun doing stuff that we can't do in Nampula. 

We saw two movies, shopped at the mall a couple of times, and also 
went out to eat for almost every meal! 

We had pizza delivered at 10:00pm one night. It was AWESOME!

I was able to see my sweet friend Anna this time! We have been wanting to both be in SA at the same time and it finally worked for us to get together! It was so awesome getting to see her!

We then headed back up to Nampula after less than a week in SA. 
It is so good to be home!

Hugs,

Meg

ACM -- By Meg

A couple of weeks ago, our family traveled to Malawi, for our Annual Cluster Meeting. 

This meeting is for everyone in Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, and Angola.

 It was so much fun to get to see everyone and hang out with friends 

that we haven't seen in a while! 

We went a couple of day earlier because our parents had another 

meeting that they had to go to.

It took us about two days to get to the place where our meeting would be 

on beautiful Lake Malawi.

On the road, there were tons of people drying out tobacco.
Apparently this is big business in this part of Mozambique.

We arrived early in the afternoon. 

We had some late lunch then went and hug out with our friends! It was so good to see them!

Meghan, Hannah, and Hadassah

The most amazing part of being on Lake Malawi is seeing the sunsets!

Before ACM officially started our parents had a three day meeting. 

So, us girls walked around trying to find stuff to do with our friends! 

Then tons of people arrived and the meeting got started. I don't have any pictures of what the adults or children did all day, but I do have a few from what the youth did.

We then started on another adventure. 

After ACM we headed down to South Africa for some medical appointments

 and to have some work done on our car. 

Hugs,

Meg

In Our Eyes -- The Girls

Last Friday, we went out to do a seed project. 

(See our parent's post for more detailed info.) 

This post is to show a little about how we feel going out to villages 

and doing projects like this.

We were partnering with BGR to give out seed in the village where our mission church is. 

We left our house at about 7:00am then went to pick up some church members to go along with us. 

When we first found out that we were going to be going to distribute seed, to be 

honest, we were not super excited. 

It is very hard for us to feel like we belong when we go out to the village. 

When kids are staring at us constantly we feel very out of place. 

We try to have joy while sharing the love of Christ, (who wouldn't) but when it is hot and you feel like the whole world is watching you, it can be uncomfortable. 

We prayed and asked God to give us peace about the heat and people looking at you and He really did help us find joy. 

Lilly and Meghan love to take pictures!

Let me just tell you how many flies there were. I mean hundreds! 
And we were sitting up against a mud wall with many ladies pressing up against us.

Poor Emma had some cultures shock and had to go outside for a moment to regroup herself. 

We think that they were attracted to our shoes (who knows why?!?) and then they found us. 

I tried to take a picture, but you are going to have to use you imagination. 
Try to imagine 100 flies trying to land on you!

Some of the flies that were landing on us and the women around us. 

We then went out side to watch two trained men teach the

 Mozambicans how to plant a good garden. 

There wasn't very much shade there and it was so hot. 

The women watching the demonstration. 

We were thankful for clouds that gave us some relief from the sun.

Eventually the sun just kept on coming so the girls headed over to a shaded spot.

Then we walked into the church to get away from people and 

the heat for a couple of minutes. 

A nice lady from church gave us some of this stuff. 
It was peanuts and some kind of orange sticky stuff. It was very good at the time. 

Enjoying a snack and a break form the heat.

Then, we started distributing the seed. We were able to bless about 75 people with seed.

 We all wanted to see what was happening outside, but it was just so hot. 
Here everyone is trying to get in the shade, right before we left to go back to Nampula . 

Mom fanning her shirt in the heat, Emma scratching a mosquito bite and lot of boys staring at us.
FUN!

A little on-looker.

Please pray that we will be able to find joy in going out to villages. 
It can be challenging at times to enjoy the heat, flies, dirt, and people staring at you. 

Hugs,

The Girls

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