HUB Team

The Hub team was the first team to come to mozambique this year.  We had such an awesome time together. The people in the group were great.  They just poured out everything they had into whatever needed to be done to get the job done.  I was really looking forward to having them here because they did a major face lift on the facilities.  the church looks great and they did an awesome job mixing concrete and building the sidewalks around the church.  They also did leadership training that has also changed the dynamics of our services. A huge thank you to them.  Great team, great people, great service for the Kingdom.  

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was awesome.  It was so great to see so many families at service and be together to celebrate Jesus' resurrection.  He Lives!!! We have hope, we have life, we have life in abundance because He Lives.  After service we took pictures of all the families.  It's very rare to see families together here.  Even in church families usually don't sit together so it's really hard to know who's actually related.  So it was good to see the families taking pictures together.  After all was over I just felt like God was glorified and His Kingdom expanded.  

Servolution Day 7

We had never done this before and did not know what to expect.  We filled a 500 gallon tank of water and just drove around the community just filling their water tanks with good clean water.  Some people did not want it and others were just confused about what we were doing.  It's not every day you see a bunch of people driving around giving away water.  We had a lot of fun and I think the volunteers were able to see what it means to just give.  

Servolution Day 6

I don't have any pictures of Day 6 but I can sure talk about it.  We gave away small gift bags.  It had in it a pound of sure, tea, kool-aid powder, and a bar of soap.  I used it as an illustration for the Wednesday night service.  All these things are good but none are good without water.  (sugar is good without water but on it's own it not good for much) I went on to say that we are nothing with the Living Water. We had a full house at Wednesday service and used the opportunity to speak the truth and share the Gospel to all.  Each person went home with a small bag of the illustration items.  

Servolution Day 5

This was one of my favorite days.  I'm not a woman but I thought it was really cool.  We have been having women's Bible study for about 8 months now. We have been averaging about 25 women on Tuesdays.  So for servolution we kicked it up a notch and did a chick night flow.  We were expecting more women but not 150.  They played musical chairs, painted fingernails, and heard a great Word.  The food wasn't enough but we were able to divide it up so everyone could have something.  Huge blessing to see so many women and had the chance to reach out to them.

Servolution Day 4

Monday night we rented two busses and bussed about 100 people to an event in the city.  The church is located outside the city so going into the city is a treat.  The Iris Ministries orphanage close to the church puts on a youth event every monday night.  So we decided to once again join up with them and bless those that could come with great worship and a great message. They really enjoyed their time at Sound of Heaven youth event.

Servolution Day 3

got a little excited with the charcoal...

Charcoal is a precious fuel in this community.  It's much better than normal firewood so it's only used by those that can afford it.  So we thought it would be a good idea to give some away.  The place where we bought the charcoal from was really excited because it's not everyday that some one buys 1500 lbs of it.  So before service as the people were arriving at church we started separating it into small bags.  I was so encouraged by all that helped.  They were in their Sunday clothes messing with charcoal.  Then we divided into four groups and went in four directions just giving away charcoal.  One cool story was a house that a group went to.  A young girl was splitting wood with an ax to be able to make a fire to cook lunch.  We arrived just in time and the girl got excited that she didn't have to split anymore wood.  The father came out and hugged the man that brought the charcoal and asked them what church it was that was doing this.  We had a full house and everyone helped distribute the charcoal.  Over 150 volunteers.  At Wednesday night service there were about 20 people that came to church because of the charcoal drive.

Servolution Day 2

We joined up with a great church on saturday to do a youth outreach.  All the youth and visitors from HPC Mozambique went over to the Iris Ministries orphanage church and just had a great time together. We got competitive and played against them in soccer.  We got beat pretty badly.  But I loved the fact that we were able to get together as a body of believers and show everyone that we can have fun as Christians in a world where sin seems to be the only "fun" they know.  We had an awesome service.  Great time of worship.  After everything, we ate together.  Eating is becoming our trend.  Building relationships, building lives, building God's kingdom.

Servolution Day 1

Friday night dinner and a movie.  I was amazed at the response of the people with this event.  the place was full 30 minutes before start time.  that is huge in a culture that everything is at least 30 minutes late.  We showed a great movie that shared the gospel in a simple but powerful way.  Then we ate together.  I love being able to serve people with food.  We will do all we can to reach their souls but not forget their physical needs.  I was so amazed at all the volunteers.  They just saw the need and served it up.  Thank you Lord.

Baby Elena

Peaceful sleep

After her first bath

they finally meet

Right after giving birth.

Yesterday baby Elena was born.  She is healthy and Carol is doing well also.  The whole thing went very well. The doctors and nurses did an awesome job.  Here are some pictures of the baby and mom.  I will post more when I have better internet. 

Baby Dedication

This past weekend I had the privilege of dedicating a baby of a wonderful family in the church.  They have been such a blessing and it's so great to see a father and mother deciding to teach their child in the way she should go.  It's about the next generation and it's awesome to see this generation come to that realization and deciding to do something about it.  To raise up a child in God's ways and love them with all their hearts as Jesus would.  

Initiative

Today I had a meeting with some of the ladies in the church.  They wanted to give me a report of what they had done while we were away.  So they gave their report of how the guard's brother past away and they helped with the funeral and did what they could even to the point of giving some money and food to help the family.  Then another man in the church passed away.  The way they do things here, since he attended church with us we were responsible for the funeral.  We weren't here so we couldn't help much.  Again these ladies took initiative and did what they could to help that family.  Even some of the other leaders stepped up and represented the church.  And then another lady past away who was also part of the church.  These ladies once again showed God's love to the family by washing the body, carrying the casket and praying in the funeral.  

I was so encouraged to hear such a report.  To hear of all they did just because they saw a family in need; they stepped up and did all they could.  No strings attached.  We hear of death just about every week and to be a part of a church that will reach out to hurting families and show them God's love... that's God.  The ladies went on to share with me about how peoplein the community were so impressed at how much a church cared for and loved on those that lost loved ones.  They showed the community what God is all about and what HPC is all about.  Reaching out to the lost and hurting.  

Kids playing with water

it was nice and hot today. like the old saying goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention." I didn't invent anything but we sure made a few kids happy when we put a sprinkler head up in a tree...