Week 1

Salama! (greeting in the local language, Makua)
We've spent our first week here in Pemba and we LOVE it! thank you all for your prayers as we travelled. God is doing amazing things among the poor and satisfying their deepest need - His love. It's such a blessing to be part of what He's doing in the nations.
Things have been pretty busy here with the children, helping, meetings, school, worship... today we had a 'dance party' with the Mozambican men in the pastoral bible school on base. they taught us lots of african dances and we taught each other our languages.
For me (Heather) i've loved seeing the faces of the kdis i got to know last time i was here, and spending time iwth them again. they've grown so much!]
Yesturday we took a swim with about 30 kids jumping all over us, had lots of fun. David's already been adopted as a 'staff'' member (surprise, surprise ;)
as he helps a lot with worship and sound equipment.
there are students in our missions school from 17 nations!! our expectations are very high for waht He's going to do in our hearts and in the future.
Oh, the other day we helped wtih the 'village feeding' program - it's amazing to see almost 500 beautiful, dirty children of God sitting in the dirt acutally listening to Bible verses, worhips songs and memory verses in their language. Lorina and George are a couple that teaches these kids from surrounding villages and then feeds them every day sun-fri. it is tough but they are so precious and worth the time and energy it takes - to be part of their Father's kingdom.
thanks for reading , we'll write more after this 10 day trip the school is going on - 3 days travelling on a flat bed truck, stopping in villages to preach on the way to Beira, then helping for 4 days at a conference hosted by Hillsong!! it'll be awesome (and david's dream come true haha!). then 3 days back home...
Jesus is truly the Hope of the Nations!!
david & heather