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THANKFUL

THANKFUL

Sometimes when we see how many people live in this area and how few come to the teaching we get discouraged. When we look at the bigger picture, however, we see many things to be thankful for. Recently as we were reflecting on these things, we were reminded that many of the key village leaders […]
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PINKO!!

PINKO!!

This is BINGO, Mwinika literacy style! It is a fun way for those studying to learn their syllables. To say that they enjoy the game is an understatement! They come early just so that we have enough time at the end to play. They get so excited when they win that some of them burst […]
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A VISITOR

A VISITOR

This weekend we had a visit from a Kenyan missionary who works in Northern Mozambique. We had a nice time fellowshipping together. He was able to participate in literacy class that Elin taught and played a few rounds of “pinko” with them. In the picture he is the one seated on the left with the […]
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ELIAS JOINS IN THE PINKO FUN!

ELIAS JOINS IN THE PINKO FUN!

Elias loves games, so when he heard we were playing Bingo in literacy class, he joined in! The students were all shocked to see him be able to identify the syllables right away and even win!
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CHILDREN OF GOD

CHILDREN OF GOD

This has been an unusual dry season. The main thing missing from this DRY season has been the DRY. It has been cool, overcast, and rainy when we normally expect it to be hot, sunny and dry. After days of wind and clouds it finally rained pretty hard. We even had some hail. Some of […]
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JESUS THE DANGEROUS NINJA

JESUS THE DANGEROUS NINJA

It is amazing how two different worlds can collide. We have been preparing material for an upcoming translation check and we have been working through the book of Mark. As we worked on chapter 14 we came to the section where Jesus and his disciples are in the garden of Gethsemane and Judas Iscariot leads […]
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THE RACE BETWEEN THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE

THE RACE BETWEEN THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE

This is a traditional Mwinika story of the race between the Rabbit and the Turtle. “The Rabbit and the Turtle were good friends. One day they decided together to make a garden. When the time came for their garden to produce it really produced well. They had lots of food, things like sorghum, corn, peanuts, […]
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LITERACY CLASSES UNDERWAY

LITERACY CLASSES UNDERWAY

The literacy classes have started up again. The first week of pre-literacy is complete and this week we will start into the actual literacy primers. We have a total of four primers to complete before the course is over and in order to finish up in three months we will need to cover two lessons […]
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APPLES TO APPLES

APPLES TO APPLES

Here is a picture of our guests playing the game of Apples to Apples with the kids. Did you know that Bert and Ernie, mountains and scratchy clothes are all considered “sharp”? 🙂 Scratchy clothes won out! 🙂
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