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Nadia shows some of the women how to use the MP3 recorder after the Bible lesson for the day was done. The MP3 recorders proof to be a very helpful tool in bringing the Word of God to the Mwinika people for the first time as it give people the opportunity to listen to the […]

One Monday afternoon when we returned from the Bible teaching, we found a little girl and her aunt waiting for us. Maria, the little girl, fell from a tree and cut her tongue with her teeth. She was a mess of blood and tears. I didn’t think that I could deal with this emergency and […]

“On-the-other-side-of-nowhere” 2011 —  The Year the Mwinika people hear the Word of God for the First Time It is Saturday and as I woke up early morning, praying and thanking the Lord about the new day (in which His mercies are always new!), I wondered what the He will bring about today. Saturdays is our […]

On this picture: Some of the people stayed after the meeting. They could not get enough! Here Francois is explaining about the New Testament Greek. On the board is written in Greek and in eMwinika: God (Theos/Muluku) We saw the Lord move in a wondrous why today! May this be the first of many such […]

We praise the Lord for a good week of rest! We went to a place south of us that is doing sustainable harvesting of the indigenous forests. We stayed in a wooden hut in the forest and loved every moment of it. 🙂 On this picture we are visiting the saw mill where they are […]

A good friend of ours and his son came all the way from South Africa (about 2500 km ONE way!) to bring the Mwinika team some very needed things. He brought us things that are impossible to find in Mozambique. He also spend a few days here to fix the Hendersons car and then continued on […]

What a marvellous site for the teaching! On this picture: The teaching site is in the distance as we approach with a group from our community to hear God’s Word. It has been our privilege to learn the language and culture in the community, living and working with and among our neighbours. This has been […]

#1 The teaching today brought out the theme that we cannot appease God in our own power. On this first picture Francois is showing the large group that arrived today Mount Sinai where God appeared in thunder, smoke and fire. The Israelites had to prepare themselves and were not allowed to approach God. Sin may […]

#1 The Mwinika being a people of fishers, the following skid was really well appreciated today. This is something they can relate to! #2 The three actors are getting ready. Behind the tree is the man in the “canoe” with his two friends who will stay on the shore to pull the net back in […]

Our closest neighbour and “champion” in the community during the teaching. He has recently been diagnosed as HIV+. We pray that he will understand what is being taught; that he will turn to Jesus and believe that His blood has already paid the price for his sin. Pray that he and his family (his wife […]