In 2010, during our first trip to Mozambique, Jason and I served as Interim Directors of a well-known ministry's missions base in the central part of the country. One of the many facets of life and ministry there was a home for boys who had been orphaned, abandoned, or whose only family could no longer care for them. It was there that we first met Lourenco, one of the boys in the ministry's care.
We Americans are blessed. Truly, we are so blessed! While we may have been distanced from our church families for several months during the Covid-19 lockdowns, most of us have still had access to livestream, recorded services or podcasts, a bible or two in our home...
Early into our plans for Hope of a Nation, we had decided to bring our Mozambican leaders to the U.S. for ministry and to raise awareness of our work in Mozambique. After months of planning and coordinating, our team arrived in the U.S., but then, something so unexpected happened that it seemed the world was turned completely upside down - a global pandemic.
Shortly after completing his travel quarantine earlier this month, Dr. John, in cooperation with government authorities, held a medical outreach to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other chronic diseases.
Update: Thank you to everyone who provided the requested items. We are not currently in need of any additional at this time.
Are you in a place of learning how to surrender to God? Does the process of letting go and just trusting in the Lord sometimes feel like an insurmountable feat? If so, I want to encourage you, friend, and let you know that you are not alone.
We would like to give a HUGE thank you and shout-out to Hope House Children’s Homes for their recent sponsorship of a group of 38 orphan children in Mozambique!
“Don’t forget about my birthday,” his message read. It was Tuesday, March 12th, 2019, and as we navigated the Atlanta airport to get to our departure gate, I responded back, “Friday, right?”