Since we are less than a week before we cross the ocean, I thought I had better pick up my camera and take some pictures. Here is a sundry of faces, places and, well...feet. Feet? Yes, because if you look closely, you can see these feet have traveled a lot of places, each bearing their own special story. It has been a joy to walk in Project Life. This has been the heart of my ministry and this last week was spent saying goodbye to these sisters and brothers who live difficult lives but seek the joy of the Lord as their strength. I am thankful to those that support each of the activistas who faithfully minister each week to those who are suffering with the AIDS virus.
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| These ladies from the Macharote bairro were happy to share their feet for the picture. These feet have seen a lot of kilometers! |
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| It has only been two weeks since Anamaria lost her sister and daughter in the same week, also leaving her with her daughter's new baby. Yet, here she was back in the Bible study, even dancing praises to the Lord. |
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| We visited the Savane church plant on Sunday. These are their only instruments they play in the church. |
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| Little ones learn young to play the drums. :-) |
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| I visited each of the Bible studies this week in each of the bairros. Children by the house of the Bible studies always hang out and listen. |
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| She is short and listening from up in a tree to our Bible study. I called her Zaccheus. |
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| A little performance for me. |
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| Snug as a bug in the rug....er...capalana. |
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| I love the fact that they think it is cold here. Their winter is like our summer in Wyoming. |
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| Our activistas have a done a great job ministering to the people in Project Life and leading the Bible studies. |
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| I couldn't resist taking this picture of the women and their babies. |
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| Women of all ages seem to have babies. If they are not their own, they are caring for grandchildren or a relative's baby whose parents have passed on from AIDS, TB, malaria or some other untimely means. |
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| Faces at the Bible studies..... |
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| Contemplating the message. |
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| She missed the answer.....:-) |
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| The majority of the women in Project Life are widows. They usually have children to care for and most do not have jobs. |
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| Very often women lose the men in their lives when they have AIDS, either by abandonment or death. |
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| Project Life meets the needs of these women and their children by providing medical care through the Ray of Light medical clinic and the Tessa Grace nutrition center. The program provides prescription medicine when needed and occasional food distributions. Often we help with funerals and many have received help through the Green Door ministry. The greatest blessing is the spiritual nourishment through the weekly Bible studies out in the bairros and the church services at the Dondo Baptist church and the other church plants. |
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| These dear women are members of the Macharote church plant and come to our PL Bible studies weekly. They have so much personality. Some of them have received Green Door houses. |
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| The hope for the future of Mozambique is the training of the children in the Lord. |
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| Nothing is more beautiful than to see the women learning how to use their Bibles. These are first generation Christians and our prayer is that they will pass on to other generations the truth of the gospel. |
