Coalane Church Dedication

Last Sunday was a great day for our church in Coalane.

Technically it is not a church yet. It is still a "mission". There is process to becoming a Baptist Church here. One step is that you have a physical building for the people to gather for worship and it needs to be a "permanent" structure. That is the reason that for many Saturdays over the past 6 months, church members have been working to get the mud on the building to make it more of a permanent structure.

Sunday was a day set aside to dedicate the building as a house of worship to the Lord. Other Baptist Churches from other communities were invited to come and join in this day of celebration.

The bicycles of all of the people that came from far away.

Jenni and Eliana worshiping

Sweetness!

More sweetness!

April and Sheldon

A group of ladies sharing a song with us

A group from Coalane and Temane presenting a song/dance

It got REALLY hot inside the church so I sent the kids outside.
Eliana got a little rest on Sheldon's back.

Lilly and a friend...

watching from the doorway

After around 4 hours of worship, preaching, and prayer 

we left and all went down to a church member's house for lunch. 

Some women from the church had been cooking all morning for everyone.

Jenni, Eliana, and Lilah 

So ready to go home after lunch....but being troopers!

After all the adults were fed, they gave big plates of rice to the kids.

Tracy

Taking the Gospel to Temane

Temane is a neighborhood/village on the far edge of what we think of being Quelimane. It is about a 30 minute drive from our house. To get there we go past our church in the community of Coalane.

A few months ago a Believer came to the church in Coalane. He and his family had moved from an area on the other side of Quelimane to Temane. His family had attended a strong Baptist Church in that community. They were looking for a new place to worship.

He ask if it would be possible to have someone come and teach and evangelize in Temane. It is quite a long walk to the church in Coalane. That is how the work there got started. 

Not long after that Lee and his teacher, who is the pastor at Coalane, began going there on Thursday afternoons to teach. They gather in the yard of this Believer. 

Now, all of our family is going on Thursdays!

Two weeks ago we took the Jesus film out to this community one Saturday night. We had a great crowd to hear and see the greatest story ever told!

Heading out of Quelimane

Further out

More sights heading out of town.
Because it was  Saturday afternoon, the streets were very busy!

Coming into Temane

Loaded down with the equipment to show the film

Getting the frisbees out and starting to play with the kids

The men starting to get the equipment down 

Meghan moving the kids to an open area so the film can be set up 

Meghan and Emma playing with the kids

Having fun!

These two....watching everything that is going on...buddies

Just about ready

Painting nails....always a favorite!

We quickly lost daylight while doing nails.
Look at the little girls showing each other their nails.

The film was a great! The generator cut off a couple of times, but Lee was able to get it going again! Several people made decisions for Christ. We pray that these were real and that the people will come and join the other Belivers for the teaching time.

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The next Thursday Lee had commitments to go with the other missionaries to another location for local leadership training. So the girls and I went on with our pastor friend to Temane.  We took the camera along so you could see what it is like.

They got the frisbees out again to play with the kids when we first got there.

They really love this simple toy!

Sheldon and our friend and language helper, Flora.

This is the meeting place under the trees.
Only a few are here so far...

A few more

About 30 minutes later....a nice little crowd has gathered and we are starting with a song

This is what it looks like

My two champions! Sitting on a sack in the dirt with the others.

The whole time we met, this little girl was pounding rice behind us.

Working really hard!

Keep praying for these believers. They will have their first worship service this Sunday. They have been asking and asking for someone to come and lead worship on Sundays and this week it starts. They are very excited! I will keep you updated...

Tracy

Our Meat Treat by Meg

One day a guy that we know called us and said that he had some game meat that he was selling in town. So we said that we would buy some. Some of the missionaries here buy meat from him and we had some at their house and it was REALLY good! So my dad went and picked up our Reedbuck. 

We got everything but the head and the guts.

This is a Sable

So then dad came home and he and Pascoa cut it into pieces. 

The next day we bagged it all up.

Here are some pictures of what we touched, smelled, and experienced!

Warning!!!! If you get queasy easily don't move on! 

Trying to unfreeze the meat.

Yuck!

Then Pascoa comes to save the day!

Gross!!!!!

Lilly came to check it out.
She didn't stay for long! :) 

Even more meat!

Now cutting!

Now bagging it all up!

I bagged up most of the meat! When I started I was grossed out! It was nasty!!!

I didn't want to bag the next things....you will see why! 

These are the ribs.

I hope you liked getting to see what we touched, smelled, and experienced!

Meg