Watch as Berry Long, Outreach Foundation Trustee, interviews Rev. Carlos Faquione and Sebber Banda. These two amazing individuals are being the hands and feet of Christ in Tete Province and we are so glad to have them as team leaders for our Holistic Evangelism Project. We hope you enjoy this Video Blog!
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Sunday was a very special day. We left the LTC early in a light rain. In spite of the rain, nearly 100 people walked to the new church in the village of Nkondedzi. The three-hour worship service had many greetings, singing, and dancing. Mark Mueller preached, and we presented some gifts to the congregation. We received gifts of chickens, sugar cane, and yams from them. After they served us lunch, we went back to collect our luggage from the LTC. We crossed the border and drove to Blantyre, Malawi, for our flight on Mon-day morning.
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The next day, Friday, we left early to visit wells and schools. 6 wells were located in the Tsangano District in the northern part of Tete Province, along some of the most rugged roads we have encountered in Tete Province. The wells were busy with women and children collecting water for their families. We asked how many families were using each well and the answer ranged from 193 to 600 families. The benefit of these wells cannot be overstated. As the villagers told us, “ Water is life.” We also saw two examples of school construction being done this year. The site in the village of Monequeira currently has two 3-room brick school blocks and a grass pole building being used for classes.
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Our trip to Tete Province, sponsored by The Outreach Foundation, was great. Our four-member team included fellow Trustee Tom McDow, Outreach Foundation Executive Director Mark Mueller, and my wife Elizabeth and me. We gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday, June 10, and departed for Africa the next day. After flying most of Tuesday and Wednesday, we met Sebber in Blantyre, Malawi. After a joyful reunion at the airport, we drove to the Malawi border near Mozambique, stopping on the way to see several wells we had drilled. We finally arrived in Tete Province on Thursday morning. We met up with Carlos and the pastor for the Zobue church district, Rev. Valentim Manuel. We had a meeting with the District Commissioner for the Zobue area, who thanked us on behalf of the government for the wells, schools, churches, teacher houses, and the clinic that had been built in the past few years. Then on to a visit with the Zobue church. The church members greeted us warmly, dancing, singing, and hospitality. Our hearts were full as we left them.
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