david & alisa lopez

With high hopes of posting updates daily other tasks became priority. The project went really well and brought home many stories and new friends. Besides finishing the church we also completed half of the Liberdade school. Those were the tangible tasks but besides those we also ran a STORM Co program (kids program) using puppets and skits. The STORM Co team from Australia not only put on a program but taught the local youth group how to put on a program in hopes that it will continue well after we have left. Dr. Hill lead the medical team and instead of just handing out med’s filled the patients hearts with love. Pastor Phillipe was there to pray with the families and invite them to church dedication on Sabbath.

Having a vehicle in the US is so common that most family’s have two or three or more in each house. In Mozambique however it is a luxury. Another project that we took on was restoring Pastor Smokey’s little Toyota. It kind of came naturally after working with CARS ministry back home. Well the car was a real disaster. Two tires were flat and had been repaired more than ten times each, the driver’s side did not have glass in the door and the rear view mirror was missing. There was only one windshield wiper and it had been adjusted so that it could clean half of the drivers and the passenger’s side. We raised enough money to change the shocks in the rear, purchased four new tires and replace the missing items listed above and do a major tune up to the motor. Sabbath morning when Pastor Smoky came to pickup his car he was so excited he couldn’t contain his joy. He shouted big thank you’s to God for the Maranatha angels who helped give him a new car. To help you understand how special this car was to him and his work. There are three pastors who have cars. Two of them are owned by the Union making his car the only pastor in Mozambique to own a car. It would have taken him, six months of full salary to do what we did, which would have never happened.

Another neat thing that we did was purchase a motorcycle for Pastor Phillipe so that he can get around to his twelve churches and eight companies. I can’t imagine how he could reach that many congregations with good transportation let alone on a public bus. He was also overjoyed and speechless.

After work we went to Kruger Park and to Swaziland to play. What a relaxing enjoyable way to end the project.

I can’t wait to tell everyone about Mozambique and how they can also make a huge difference in the lives of so many not to mention your own.

Tags: mozambique maranatha

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