MOZAMBIQUE
MISSIONS REPORT
 By
Pastor John Maziri
Missionary in
Mozambique
Fri, 9th March 2007
Vincent Nyariki and I have for the first
three months (October to December) concentrated our energies
on learning Portuguese. Along with that, we have also been
working with the Youngsons Church,
doing a lot of evangelism especially on door to door witnessing
which led to a water baptism on the 31st of December. We
have also been doing spiritual mapping though the city and
the environs.
We have also been preaching and creating awareness of what
we are doing in various churches and creating rapport with
the pastors and all the church leaders.
We have also been holding prayers for the needy people and
the sick. On one of those occasions, we prayed for one man
who had been bewitched by her mother since he’s childhood
and as a consequence, he could not leave the house for whatever
reason, even in search for employment. It is a common cultural
belief here that for every family, one man must remain at
home “must be tied at home with the parents”.
We praise the Lord because this man got delivered after
we prayed for him. Following that he was employed by one
of the biggest companies in Beira where he is now working.
We have also had opportunities in offering
counseling services to families as part of evangelism. One
lady that we took to the VCT was found to be HIV+. We offered
he home-based care but unfortunately she soon passed away
leaving behind four children without a father.
What next?
We are now planning on soon starting a church. We will begin
with a small fellowship starting March 2007 and we hope
to officially launch a church on the 20th of May 2007. We
are organizing a crusade within the same month. We have
found a house to rent for the fellowship for which we will
be required to pay a monthly rent of 10,000mtn (US$392).
We also intend to purchase furniture (chairs and a table)
that will cost approximately 6,000mtn (US$235). We hope
to have had a membership of 500 by May (or for a miracle)
so as to be able to register the church.
We are also hoping to start Bible
and leadership training courses for the church leaders.
We have noted and even they have confessed to be lacking
in this area and they desire to be trained. We already have
30 pastors who are ready to be trained.
The other issue that is of priority is
on managing HIV/AIDS. It was recently announced in the local
media here that HIV/AIDS has increased by 30%. The most
affected, according to the media sources, are the women.
Expectant women are even more vulnerable.
Other diseases that are a major concern
are the waterborne diseases, malaria and skin infections.
It is also quite risky and expensive for a foreigner to
be treated in Mozambique.
Floods are also a major concern. Several
people are affected due to floods. We are also experiencing
strange winds with a velocity of 200 to 240 km/hr. This
is very dangerous because many building have come tumbling
down.
We desired to begin teaching English commercially
as a way of raising income for the mission work that we
will be doing here. However, we have discovered that there
are already many schools offering that and they already
have issues with payments. This therefore cannot support
the ministry here. We are hence praying for new direction
in this area.
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