In the morning, we held our first structured children’s outreach at Heliopolis facilitated by Tom and Justin teaching on the Armor of God with about 40-50 children. The children were calm and engaged throughout the entire program. Our program included worship in Portuguese with the children, a teaching on soaking including puppets, and a drama … Continue reading
Today we had the opportunity to minister to about 30 children in the City of God favela as well as going through the neighborhood and meeting people. Pastor Dirceu operates a mission house/soup kitchen there and daily serves meals to the families in the favela. We used this building to host an outreach meeting for the children. Before the meeting, … Continue reading
Worship at Pastor Dirceu’s church was incredible this morning! There was such an overflow of the Lord’s presence from the night before. Tom shared further from John 12 about being the seed that dies in the earth in order to lift up Jesus, which will draw all people to Himself. Satan is now defeated. Troy … Continue reading
In the evening our team visited Pastor Dirceu’s church, Casa de Jesus. Mike, Tom, Bethany, and Rachel shared what God had imparted to them during our powerful morning soaking time. Keiji, our friend and translator who has joined our team for the duration of the trip, shared a word from Isaiah 35 (the same word … Continue reading
During our first afternoon in Heliopolis, we walked around the favela and invited children to come to our impromptu program that we were having that afternoon. When we stopped at one house, we met Jessica, a pregnant mother. Their incredibly small house was home for 11 people and she was worried about how to take care … Continue reading
Yesterday after visiting our land, we started the long trip back to Maputo. It is hard to believe we are leaving tomorrow! Along the way, we decided we would stop back at Pastor Jose’s “Linha de Frente†(“Front Lineâ€) Project and spend the night there. Soon after we arrived, we got to witness a beautiful … Continue reading
Years ago on one of Frontline’s Mozambique trips, Pastor Mary Pat’s son, Mike, had a vision of Frontline Ministries International owning land on the sea in Mozambique. In the vision, the land was a place of rest and repose, where one could go to seek God’s face and draw near to Him. This vision became … Continue reading
There are few things more beautiful than palm tree silhouettes etched into the African horizon at dusk. This was the backdrop as we drove into Mafuiane for what would become our last 2013 Mozambique crusade. As a call went out for all people within earshot to join us, we could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit … Continue reading
We awoke early this morning to the sound of roosters calling, children laughing, and music blaring –all right outside our tents. Life in Africa is always a party! We spent the day in the village and got to spend some time with the children there. We taught them “Galinha, Galinha, Cabrito†(“Hen, Hen, Goat†aka … Continue reading
Mambone is a large village located on the Chinde river. During the ten hour bus ride to our most Northern location, the team prepared for our arrival with hours of prayer and impartation, denouncing the presence of witchcraft in Mambone. At the time, we did not realize that it was a central hub for witchcraft not just in … Continue reading