Majika, MozambiqueTuesday, September 15, 2009
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Scouting Trip from Assumane to Majiga
Today, seven us from the IRIS base, on four motorcycles, including Jonas and I on our new motorcycle, “Acceleration,” headed out just after 8:00 am to scout out 13 villages from the village of Assumane to Majiga. The trip was over 75 kilometers long over crazy terrain, including a broken bridge made of logs over a river. I found a way to fasten our Garmin GPS with all the map-sets for Africa onto our motorcycle, and marked all of the villages we rode to.
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Some of the villages we rode to and marked are villages that Jesse and Tanya and the other missionaries here have already began and/or established a work, including evangelization through the Jesus film, like Assumane, Kazigwa, Luica, Chigonele and Mikoko. The farthest village that Jesse and Tanya have ever traveled is Ntuili, though they have not yet done any outreach there yet. We went four villages further north than Ntuili today, the last of those villages being Majiga. Please see the map I took from our GPS of all the villages marked. The villages marked by a red square have not ever been exposed to the gospel of Jesus
Some of the villages we rode to and marked are villages that Jesse and Tanya and the other missionaries here have already began and/or established a work, including evangelization through the Jesus film, like Assumane, Kazigwa, Luica, Chigonele and Mikoko. The farthest village that Jesse and Tanya have ever traveled is Ntuili, though they have not yet done any outreach there yet. We went four villages further north than Ntuili today, the last of those villages being Majiga. Please see the map I took from our GPS of all the villages marked. The villages marked by a red square have not ever been exposed to the gospel of Jesus
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The purpose of today’s scouting trip was to find and mark these villages on the GPS, pray for these villages and ask God for a strategy as to how to reach these villages. We are in the process of training leaders who we hope will be able to do follow up discipleship, and even church planting in these villages. But it is so important that indigenous Christ-followers are raised up for this task.
The purpose of today’s scouting trip was to find and mark these villages on the GPS, pray for these villages and ask God for a strategy as to how to reach these villages. We are in the process of training leaders who we hope will be able to do follow up discipleship, and even church planting in these villages. But it is so important that indigenous Christ-followers are raised up for this task.
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We prayed in these villages, talked to friends that have already been made and prayed for the sick. We got SO DIRTY on this scouting trip. We didn’t have any major mechanical problems with the bikes and count this scouting trip a success. We have pioneered works in new villages, where they probably have never seen someone with white skin, and definitely have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. Please pray for us, that God would give us favor in reaching these villages. And please pray for the hearts of those in these villages, that He would prepare them to hear and respond to the gospel. Thank you all so much.
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We prayed in these villages, talked to friends that have already been made and prayed for the sick. We got SO DIRTY on this scouting trip. We didn’t have any major mechanical problems with the bikes and count this scouting trip a success. We have pioneered works in new villages, where they probably have never seen someone with white skin, and definitely have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. Please pray for us, that God would give us favor in reaching these villages. And please pray for the hearts of those in these villages, that He would prepare them to hear and respond to the gospel. Thank you all so much.
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Christian Young
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