Maputo, the capital of Mozambique is a beautiful city. Situated on the coast of the Indian Ocean, it has a feel as if on the Mediterranean. This is due to the influence of the Portuguese when Mozambique was a Portuguese colony.
During our visit to explore future ministry opportunities with Community Uplift Ministries (Circle of Light), I was amazed at the beauty of the country in the South. As we drove north from Maputo to Xia-Xia, about four hours, I could not believe how beautiful the coastline and ocean views were. As we drove past small villages and towns, I also noticed how different it appeared than other African countries I had traveled to…
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Praise God, our sattelite modems are up and running again. The company that runs the modems changed how they work without warning and everyone that used this type of sattelite modem was stuck trying to figure out what to do. The normal answer would be to go online and get the solution, but that doesn’t work too well when you need the modem to get online! We all (most missionaries in this area) needed new SIM cards so our provider sent them via DHL and a friend dropped them off in the village on Friday.
On Saturday Jeremy, Mindie and Marci worked at transplanting oil palm trees from our backyard to Kelifa’s farm. Though we had some rather cool days the past couple of weeks, today was a real roaster! Even so, we got 90 trees planted. There are twenty holes left designated for orange trees. Please pray for this plantation endeavor to be successful. If it works as planned, it will make Kelifa (a leprosy victim and local pastor) self sufficient. The initial cost has been more than expected due to the need to protect the palms from the local cattle.
We just had a great meeting with the government doctor and some village elders to discuss Mindie’s medical role in the village. Please pray for wisdom as we set out boundries and as Mindie takes on certain areas of healthcare. We are excited to start introducing a new way to prepare leaves from a tree called “moringa” to the village in order to help stop malnutrition in the area. Pray for wisdom as we search out economical ways to plant the trees and find ways to teach how to use the tree.
Our truck has given some major issues for us to deal with. We needed to change out all of the tires and care for some other normal maintenance issues. Another problem relates to some mice that decided to make their home in the truck. We noticed that the carpet floors have remained completely soaked for several weeks, creating a major mold problem. Jeremy completely took apart the dash and found water coming out at a fast rate from around one of the air conditioner parts (probably a line chewed by a mouse). He also took all of the seats out and removed the carpet and insulation, showing all of the mouse potty areas, mixed in with big puddles of water! This has been a time consuming project to clean and repair and is not yet completed.
Jeremy and colleague Bruce Cluckie will be travelling to Grand Kondebun (a village where teammates are moving) this week to continue the missionary housing project there. They will probably spend 2-3 nights there before returning home. Pray for the wives and children to not have any major problems while the men are gone (the generator is currently misbehaving, but still running).
Love to all!
The Tices
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A Summer in the Psalms – Toward an Endless Summer…
Pursuing the Blessed Life – Psalm 2: “The Lord Rules! Dude
FBC Corvallis Sermon July 5, 2009
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