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The party… Heide-Marie is turning 10 years old this week-end! She has been so excited that we decided to have her party today (Friday, April 1) during our normal Mwinika team meeting time, although her birthday is April 3. Our family tradition is to wake the birthday girl (or boy) up with “happy birthday!” gifts […]

In preparing the Bible lessons, Francois was teaching our helpers this week from John 3… This includes verse 16: “for God so loved the world…”. Wow, imagine the impact of these words to a people who have never heard that God loves them!! Thank you for your prayers for the Mwinika! Please continue to pray […]

We have asked you before to pray for our helpers, but want to take the time to introduce you better to Salimo. Salimo is our main helper in translation and Bible lesson development. He has a extraordinary talent for communicating his language and culture and learns super fast. In fact, he types faster on the […]

Heidi’s birthday party was a huge success! Last night she declared that it is the best 10th anniversary birthday party she has ever had! 🙂 #1 (IMG.1527) On this picture (from left to right): Elias, Elin (Henderson), Waldo (trying to be funny!), Francois, Heidi, Nadia, Franco and Callie. Phil was taking the picture, but we […]

If you find it weird that we post our blog news in spurts – or that the news is long since “old news” by the time you see it, it’s simply because we live in a pretty remote place! Like missionary friends said when they got out of their vehicle, dusty and tired the first […]

We thank God for our team! We are two families ministering under the Mwinika people – the only missionaries (or “white people” for that matter!) who are living here or have ever been accepted to stay. What a privilege. We know that this is God’s time for the Mwinika to hear his Truth. Pray with […]

Since we have started with the Phase 1 Chronological Bible Teaching a month ago, the number of people going from our community has steadily increased. Rather than the novelty diming and people losing interest, more and more people want to go and hear God’s Word! The local man (Abu’s grandfather) who has the highest religious […]

Heidi has been with us now for over 2 1/2 years and has taken to life in the bush like a fish to water! We can’t imagine her in a city set-up… If she’s not up a tree (big, tall ones!), she is digging up remains in her and her brothers’ “archaeological” site. Where other […]

Amina is one of our students who could not read or write at all before starting our Literacy class. Most people have had some exposure to Portuguese literacy through the local government schools, however some people, especially women, either did not have the opportunity or for some reason were not able to learn to read […]

Have you ever seen a baby dying of Aids? We have written about 2 months ago about Carolina who died of Aids, leaving several children including baby Abu – then just 4 months old. Abu’s aunt adopted him, and in the process her husband left her… She then was also diagnosed as being HIV +. […]