Thankful for family

With my mom, my sister, and my niece.

Special tea and treats :) 

Japanese Maple outside my sister's house.

I drew my niece and she drew me... 

Then I drew me and she drew her :) 

My nephew and I playing a duet on his keyboard 

(me not very well!)

Helping Grandma prepare the Thanksgiving turkey.

And decorating for Christmas!

At the school play :)   

Last 2 weeks in Mozambique

 With the OMS team in Mozambique, along with co-workers from Kenya and the US at the Africa Regional Retreat.

I traveled to Inhambane with Victoria (pastor Abel's wife, second from the right) and Lilian (who works with her husband at the Tsalala church in Maputo and teaches at the seminary, on the far right). 

We were able to have a very important visit with Graca Mutombene (behind me), who lost her husband, the pastor of the local Nazarene church. We listened, cried, shared, and prayed, and at the end of our visit we even smiled and laughed together.  

I was so thankful for Kara (on the right) who allowed us to use her car for this trip to Quissico, and she came along which was such a blessing! She arrived in Mozambique in February and she's doing wonderful work with music, soccer, and discipleship with youth in Maputo. 

Visiting with my dear neighbor, Cidalia and her youngest son. The rest of her children were at school, so she promised to send them over the next morning to visit. 

The sunset behind the coconut palms through the front window of the house in Quissico.

The next morning, Cidalia's children came over before they went to school and we talked a little about their lives and about the Bible, God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It was such a blessing to be able to pray for them!

Later that day, it was so special to see Ermelinda (on the right) who I had been discipling and training in doing Bible studies with the women in her area. 

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Please pray for God's will, way, and time for my health and for God to send out workers into His harvest.

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On my last Sunday, I went to the church in Mavalane where they joyfully praised God for the 3 people who would be baptized that day. God made people so differently and because of Jesus, we can praise our Father as sisters and brothers! 

Thank you for your prayer and support!

Little Aimee and Cam School

Little Aimee turned 7 in September and I brought the game Uno and heart glasses to remind her that she is beloved 💗

It was fun to play Uno with the family!

Aimee and her family.

It was great to share a message with the elementary school and also with the middle school/high school students at Christian Academy in Mozambique.

Lina, in the middle, was working at CAM when I was teaching there from 2002-2004. What a joy to see old friends!

Pastor's Wives

 

Tina

Elina

Encouraging time in God's Word

       Monica from Brazil is doing a wonderful ministry with these precious women.

Praising God

Praising God here with James, who helped me so much in getting my 5 year visa!

And praising God here with the church in Tsalala, Mozambique!

Mozambique Visit 2022

 

I'm very thankful that I will have the opportunity to visit Mozambique in September and October. 

I would appreciate prayer that I would be a blessing and an encouragement to my Mozambican and missionary brothers and sisters. Please pray for God's guidance for me while I am there.

~ Thank you ~

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

Romans 15:5

Pastor Mutombene

I am so thankful for the life of Pastor Mutombene, who has passed away. 

When I moved to the house in Quissico, he introduced me around the municipal village, and then he made the introductions for me with the local chiefs, the local government, the police, and the head of the hospital and the school. And his oldest son watched over my house at night for safety.

It was special to share with his local church and our ministries overlapped at various times. When my mom came during that year, the three of us went to meet and encourage families that lived near the Quissico lakes. He was such a helpful and joyful person. 

Pastor Mutombene leaves behind his loving wife, Graca, and three grown children, Jaime, Matilde, and Pelagio.  

"If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, God will bring with Him those who have died in Jesus."

1 Thessalonians 4:14

I'm so glad that Pastor Mutombene had given his life to Jesus, and my unshakable hope is that I will see him again.