MOZAMBIQUE 2009 - Made It To Pemba Safely

Pemba, Mozambique
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Made It To Pemba Safely
On Sunday evening, we pulled into the IRIS Ministries Base safely. It was a thirteen hour trip across Mozambique. We were four hours on paved roads from Lichinga to Marrupa. Then about seven hours on washed out, crazy roads with sand traps and very sketchy log bridges over rivers. And then another two hours on paved roads from Montepues to Pemba. Our wheel bearing came very loose from the seven hours of rough road driving and only started making a whole lot of noise as we entered Pemba. But praise the Lord! He sustained us and kept our vehicle intact.

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We live in a house here with Jesse and Tanya. We actually have electricity and running water, which is nice. There are no windows, only screens on our house in Pemba as the weather is hot and humid. Pemba is right on the Indian Ocean. Our house is in a gated compound where other students live in houses, too. Our school schedule isn’t too crazy. We have classes all morning long from Monday through Thursday. The cool thing is, there are awesome times of worship before the teachings, where the glory of the Lord just falls. We have been sitting under the teachings of Charles Stock, Heidi Baker and Rolland Baker this past week. They have been imparting many wonderful things of God to us. We have been studying the Scriptures with them, and reading books that are required reading on our own. Our worship and teaching times are held in a gazebo with a grass roof. Often the wind blows through as there are no walls. We have evening sessions a couple of times a week. On Fridays, we do practical missions; I teach carpentry at the other IRIS Ministries Base. It is such a blessing to be here to just receive and get recharged for the next season of our journey as full-time missionaries in Africa. We were so blessed to receive a scholarship for our family to attend the IRIS Harvest School of Missions. God’s favor is truly with us, and we are celebrating in that fact.

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We were able to go to the beach and swim in the Indian Ocean. The kids along with Antoinette Wilcox all had a blast swimming in the warm, shallow water. Jesse and I attempted to go spear fishing, but only saw small schools of fish. We will need to take a trip by boat, with our spear fishing gear, to an island where there are many coral reefs and try again. God is doing amazing things in and through our lives. Our children are able to attend all of the classes with us as well, and as a family, we are able to just sit at the feet of Jesus. He is so good to us.
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Christian Young