Christmas Day

Christmas day 2006, bringing out the gifts for an extremely excited group of our toddlers.

Receiving their gifts from Mama Aida.

Girls full of joy in their new Christmas clothes.

Each missionary is assigned to a room of children to care for. We take the kids to the beach, buy little gifts for them periodically, pray with them, and sometimes tuck them in bed at night. These are the girls who were previously in my room before all the children were moved around according to age in January 2007.

My new room of girls all age 7-10, except Luisa (top L) who is 15 and helps with the littler girls in the room.

Graduation Day

Graduation ceremony in our big tent for the Mozambican Bible School and IRIS International School of Missions in Pemba, December 15, 2006.
Ministry time at the end of the 7 hour ceremony.

Jesus, let your FIRE fall!!!!

More, Lord!

Heidi and Lesley-Anne in traditional Mozambican dresses.

Amina

Amina with her 3 children, Beto-2, Gabriel-10, Helena-7 and neice, Estefania-10 (in aqua shirt). Amina is a friend who has helped a few of us to do housekeeping and laundry for the past year in Pemba. In April 2006 we helped her buy a new house after hers was washed away in a heavy rainstorm. Her original home was a one room dwelling of bamboo and mud.
Amina's new finished house! (December 2006) Most people in Mozambique cannot afford to make their homes secure with good doors, windows and cement, but God provided for her through a visiting team.

We had curtains made as a Christmas gift for Amina to hang on her new windows that were installed before the cement went on the walls.

A few of us went to celebrate with a chicken dinner to bless Amina in her new home. (L to R) Laura, me, Varya, Emelyn

Xima (kind of like mashed potatoes but made from corn meal) and chicken with sauce. Yummy!!

Carlito

A day at the beach with Carlito!

Russia Team

(From top left clockwise) Lesley-Anne, Varya, me, Connie, and Paula at the IRIS International School of Missions graduation day Dec. 2006

Lesley-Anne directs and teaches at the school of missions in Pemba. Paula has been a missionary in Russia for 13 years and started a ministry called Living Waters (see link) to help people suffering from the traumas of war in Chechnya. Varya is her Russian assistant director. Connie is Paula's new P.A.