When I arrived in Maputo, Mozambique in 2002, the city was dealing with the after-effects of a terrible civil war that ended in 1992 which left the city with much destruction and little infrastructure.
Overflowing trash was piled up right outside of the Bible School in Maputo where Bruce and Mabel Callender taught Bible lessons to young Mozambicans (many of whom are now leaders).
Every week, we as a team, would get together to pray, and every week Mabel would ask us all to pray for the removal of the constant overflowing trash.
She would also ask us to pray that a particular man would sell a corner lot of land to the Mozambican church so they could have space for a building.
These two prayer requests were so consistent that some of us even started to chuckle because they were always on our list.
After many months of prayer, one day we heard the news...the trash had been removed! And then another day we heard the news that the man would sell the corner lot of land to the Mozambican church!!
I thank God for Mabel's modeling of persistent prayer.
Always pray and never lose heart.
- Jesus
