01 September 2006

Mozambique Outreach to Espungebera, Mozambique : †

 

Team: Consisted of people from Pretoria, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Knysna and Cape Town

Outreach work done: Optometry, Children’s ministry, Women’s ministry and Building ministry

Highlights: Starting construction on three buildings, two in cities and one in a rural area.

Five members of the team getting baptized.

The optometry team and the work they did in reaching over 400 people.

Meeting the TIMO team.

Seeing people committing their lives to Christ after the showing of the Jesus film.

Linking with team 1 members in Pretoria

Special friends and friends I made

Disappointments:

Attitude of the border officials – having to deal with corruption and bribery.

Optometry team being stopped from doing their work by the local authorities

due to a delay in the arrival of their permission papers from Maputo.

Fasting (I didn’t feel comfortable with the unorthodox manner in which it was brought about) 

Getting sick.

Missing my week 1 friends.

Certain people insisting on having their way, not considering that outreach depend on a one-for-all-all-for-one approach.

Having an accident 38 km’s from the R S A border.

Internal conflict between leader & team members.

Our team leader leaving the team stranded on the last day because of personal differences.

Leaving my friends in Pretoria 2 come home

 What did I get out of it?

I met and became friends with wonderful likeminded people.

I got to spend time with the T I M O team which is part of my

Long term goals.

 Special thanks to:

The organizing committee for making me part of the team.

People of Mozambique for allowing us to work with them.

DDJ for fetching us in Musina after our accident in Zimbabwe.

DDJ and family for their hospitality in Pretoria.

EDP my friend. 

Each team member in their own unique way.