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We only have 1 more week of classes left before we graduate! The time here in Africa has went by so quickly. We have classes Monday-Thursday and then we head to outreach in the bush Thursday-Saturday and graduate on Tuesday, Dec 6th! Then the next day we fly to Uganda for extended outreach. Phew! It’s going to be a whirlwind week, but we plan to finish strong :) We’ve really been enjoying the culture here and getting to know the Mozambicans better and better. We’ve so enjoyed hanging out with the Iris kids, as well as the kids from the village. They’re so special - full of joy and life. We’ve been able to build sweet relationships even without always being able to communicate verbally…love truly transcends all barriers. These Mozambican people are so beautiful - they are friendly, hospitable, generous and caring. It’s been a joy to immerse ourselves in the culture as much as we have. Iris is so big on incarnation missions - not going into an area to change it, but first going in and learning the language and building deep relationships, learning the culture and becoming one of them, rather than trying to change people into fellow westerners. It’s been beautiful to see it played out here at the base. So many well meaning people have done it wrong in the past, but God is raising up sons and daughters who are willing to lay their lives down and truly love and give of themselves to see the multitudes come into the Kingdom. We’ve been learning so much over the last 2 weeks. God is beginning to reveal more and give deeper revelation, however, we need time to process it all until we can put it into words. Although we’re learning a lot, this has been such a restful season for us. We know we’re being changed as we rest in him. He’s pouring into us…we can tell because we’re feeling like we finally have something to give and love to pour out on the people around us. It’s so necessary that we sit before Jesus every day and get filled with Him so that we have something to pour out - something real and fresh, new oil every day. However, let us not come to him just to receive something to pour out, but to KNOW Him. So often, as believers, we come to Jesus and ask him for things, then we get what we need and leave Him lonely. Could He possibly be the loneliest person on the planet? Think about that for a minute. I realize how often I (Erika) leave Him lonely and I never want to again. I want more than to get what He gives, I want more than seeing the sick healed and the lame walk…I want HIM. There will be many people that say on that day, “Lord, Lord, we’ve healed the sick and cast out demons….but He will reply ‘I never knew you’”…oh may that never be you or I. Ask Him to know His heart, to know what He feels about you, to share in His joy and sorrow…ask Him questions and allow Him to answer. Sit before Him and just be. He’ll change us in the process. :) I (Erika) wanted to share an amazing testimony from my practical mission last Friday…A few girls and I pray at the clinic here on base. Last Friday we had the privilege of praying over some of the patients. One person that we got to pray for was a little 4 month old baby boy. He had a hernia in his stomach and it was quite visible. So we began praying for him and we noticed that the baby was wearing a necklace and bracelet given from a witchdoctor. We learned that the momma had spent quite a bit of money at the witchdoctor for her baby to be healed, but nothing was helping. So we asked the momma to remove the bracelet and necklace and thankfully she did. We continued to pray and as we did, we watched the hernia disappear. Yes, disappear. We lifted our hands from the little one, and the hernia was GONE. Hallelujah! Then after that 2 other people were healed from pain in their bodies. It was so amazing the see and just the beginning :) Alex has had the opportunity of discipling a young boy on base. This boy has a had a very rough past - years ago a witchdoctor in the village told his dad to kill his mom so that he’d become wealthy. So this young boys father killed his wife in order to become successful. Apparently he did actually become successful for a season, but a few years later he died (What profit is it to gain the whole world but lose your soul? Satan’s tactics are always the same, it doesn’t matter which country you go to - he always promises something that sounds pleasurable but ends in destruction). In a moment this young boy became an orphan. Thankfully God sent a few of His children to Mozambique and this young boy found a home at the Iris base. Now Alex has the opportunity of pouring into his life. And not only him, but so many of the kids on base. Hundreds of the village kids spend their days here…the love of Jesus is quite attractive :) Life here is full...we can't take one step out of our room without encountering people and then once we step out of our student compound we're met with many, many more...but it's a beautiful place of the presence of Jesus and an amazing training ground for selfless living :) We're so grateful to be here! That’s it for now! We’ll post again before we leave for Uganda. Thanks again for reading and may you enjoy a wonderful, joy-filled week :) Pictures below of our time here in Mozambique!
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