President of Mozambique visits!

PHOTO: Even the flags are waiting in anticipation!

Photo: The president arrives with 6 helicopters in formation.

Photo: At last they all land! Who will meet him first? By the looks of it the men are winning the contest.

Photo: The president, excellencia Amilio Gabuzu greeting the long line that awaits. Tribal chiefs get the first opportunity.

Photo: Ok, it is our turn at last. While the private bodyguards look us straight in the eye we dare to greet the man of the hour.

Photo: Everybody turned out to meet their leader.

When you get the news that the President of Mozambique is visiting and is requesting to meet our staff (although be it a handshake and a few words) an expectancy quickly fills the air. Everyone wants to meet the President! They even asked that our truck would be used to carry the communities to take part in the festivities.

PHOTO: Even our police commandant made some time with an adopted baby that are being taken care off by Rick & Heather on the mission base.

Anyway .... yes we did greet him and waited in the long queue to shake his hand. He stopped .... shared a few friendly words and off they went to greet the other multitudes. What is it with politicians that when you meet them they are so likable?

PHOTO: Our mission staff team that accompanied us to see the President.

Special note: Thanks to Heather for borrowing some of here photos to get the whole picture of the day!

Charlie Company: 25 amazing men!!

PHOTO: Leaders getting ready for a training session.

Ever watched the series Brothers in Arms? Well if you are a guy I suggest you get to see it! The most amazing story on friendship and loyalty through troubled times I have ever seen. Really worth it.

PHOTO: Recieving more Bibles

We have men like that in Mozambique. They are poor, their income are beneath the breadline, their homesteads are far off in the bush but year after year they influence their communities and try their best to uplift everyone around them. They are men of great influence and more important men of great character. I know them by name and after 10 years we have become more than just friends. These are our Pastors from northern Mozambique. Many situated around the Zambezi river and others in areas which is not even shown on the map. They fight death, hunger and dangers daily. They are real transformational agents working in Mozambique. And they work for FREE, VOLUNTARILY - with God as their employer. These men together leads another 400 leaders in their Bible Schools - influencing more than 25 000 people in churches in the north.

PHOTO: Sharing a lunch together with Community leaders.

We had the privilege to have them with us again as they keep on studying. They are currently busy with their 6 year Bible Diploma. The most amazing thing is that we have never had a dropout with any of our core leaders. Some died ..... but they all kept on studying.

My roots!

If I'm really spiritual I should have said that my roots are ...... well in heaven. But I am still on the planet and Cape Town will always be the place where I fought to open my eyelids and breathed in the good old fresh south easter from around the mountain. I got this great picture from Hennie Groenewald and well ..... could just not resist sharing it.

By the way ..... be on the lookout for many articles the next few days as I am getting ready to surprise and blow the socks off of our leaders as they will receive some scarce Bibles. Currently busy with our leadership seminar for our Northern/Central Mozambique leaders. They are the REAL Transformational Engineers.