Um dia bonito no Zimpeto

Finally, we've received some relief from the heat! Saturday brought cool weather with lots of wind and we are so thankful!

Thursday we had a big adventure to the city- we went with one of the Mozambican pastors (a young lad who looks to be about 15 but he's really 26) - for nine years he has been traveling on the "shopper" (a crowded city bus)to the main hospital in Maputo to pray for the sick. He picks up any visitors interested in attending and helps us navigate downtown. We had planned on bringing the girls, but he thought it might not be possible to get them admitted. So, they stayed and played with the girls on the base while we went. We prayed for people with leprosy, burns, AIDS, and other obvious skin conditions. We prayed for the young (nursing babies) and grandmas (whose grandchildren waited in the room for her to heal). It was extremely moving and an amazing testimony to the faith and commitment of Domingos, this young pastor.

Our journey back home took about three and a half hours- first an hour waiting to squeeze into one of these full buses- you should have seen the way they squish every last inch full - literally shoving people up the steps, and squishing the sliding door onto them. I have never felt more like a sardine!

I was worried how we would find the girls, but they were in church, with their friend Lija (I spelled her name wrong before), and tired, but doing fine. They hadn't missed us at all!

Friday was another hot day, and we took a group of young girls to the pool up the road (rather, they took us to the pool, since we had no idea where we were going). They don't really know how to swim, but they love to splash in the water and cool off.

This weekend we've received some more visitors- a YWAM team from Durban, South Africa, and a gal from Ireland. We were able to go out to dinner with another couple that are serving here- picking their brains on what it looks like to be living here on a longer capacity.

We accompanied the directors on a journey off the main road back into the community (what we really envisioned Africa to look like) to check on a woman who used to work here at the center. They brought refrescos (soda) and cookies and we sat and talked with her in her back yard- near the outdoor kitchen, and Savannah played with her two small turtles. We also saw the house her son had built- out of reeds and a tin roof- he is saving up to accumulate enough cement blocks to build a sturdier home for himself, like his mom has.

We visited the lovely babies in the nursery this morning - the girls have really taken to them as well and love getting them to smile.

Tomorrow we head to Kruger for a couple of days of (hopefully) seeing animals.

Please pray for the girls and I as we all three have quite a cough/congestion/sore throat thing going on- we don't want to pass it to the kids, but we desperately want to spend time with them. Savannah continues to be a mosquito's paradise too. The bites bother her, and my greater fear is Malaria, though we've been told they have had very little incidents of Malaria with their visitors.

Love & hugs to all! Tschao!