Bem Vindo Moçambique!

I'm writing from Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. We arrived here yesterday morning after a 15 hour flight from Washington DC, and a 1 hour flight from Johannesberg South Africa.

It's true what they say about Africa...it does find it's way under your skin. Somehow it burrows deep down into your core. It may even lie dormant for awhile - at least that is what happened to me. I didn't realize how much i missed it until we touched down in South Africa a couple days ago. I saw the tall grass out the airplane window, and it all came rushing back to me. Africa will never leave me now...for as long as i live.

Yesterday I saw and touched and smelled the Indian Ocean for the first time. That was an incredible experience! But, yesterday I also saw and touched and smelled hundreds of African children from the village of Nkobe. Their faces will never leave my mind... Faces of such happiness in the midst of HIV, starvation, being orphaned, living in reed huts. I felt to engulfed by my own selfishness and pride... But more than that I was engulfed by the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. I am beginning to understand a little more about how Christ loves...

I got to hold little babies with runny noses and play games with the children. I stood in line with 100's of children waiting with their empty bowls in hand for their meal of meager rice. I was holding Ushi, a one year old, for his sister (probably 6 or 7) so she could stand in line for food. For some, that is the only meal they eat everyday. This meal is provided by the Children's Cup care point. Check them out online (www.childrenscup.org). This is the organization that Healing Place works with in Africa.


Today we will go back to Nkobe, and we will go back the next day, and the next. Please pray for us as we work on the new church building and love the children in this village. This is one of the most incredible experiences anyone will ever have. I will try to blog again soon...