Mozambique Trip Journal
Monday, March 27, 2006
The Maputo City Dump
Sunday we attended the church at Iris Ministries and had the opportunity, through what we believe is Divine Intervention, to visit the city dump. It's quite the experience.
"What made an impression on you today?"
Tim: The need for people to have an initial encounter with God was reinforced today. And seeing Zito today (Tanneken used to talk about this little troubled boy name Zito who she discovered at the city dump). It was tremendous to see how he has grown in stature and in maturity.
Ernie: the 8 yr old little boy at the dump without a mom or dad who has lived there all his life.
Jeannie: I could only eat 1/3 of my food off the plate for lunch, it was just too hot to eat with my fingers. so i gave the plate to 3 boys thinking they would put the plate away, but they dove into the food instead.
Gail: When Del reminded us at the dump what God did for us, by sending Jesus to earth as a man, what He gave up to be with us.
Del: The same thing as Gail. The image, the reminder that God gave me. It was so vivid. The sacrifice in a very real way. The transformation from being in a dump, a wasteland into living in an beautiful oasis-like setting is what Christ offers us.
Joan: What struck me was the dump and the city in the skyline. The contrast of it.
Allen: We weren't planning on going to the dump. but meeting Zito, to see the dump and how we met him. The whole thing seemed unreal. Definitely supernatural.
We hope to write again soon. We leave for World Relief sites & projects this afternoon and will not return until Wednesday afternoon. We should have time to reconnect with you thursday, but that's not a promise.
Continue praying for us!
"What made an impression on you today?"
Tim: The need for people to have an initial encounter with God was reinforced today. And seeing Zito today (Tanneken used to talk about this little troubled boy name Zito who she discovered at the city dump). It was tremendous to see how he has grown in stature and in maturity.
Ernie: the 8 yr old little boy at the dump without a mom or dad who has lived there all his life.
Jeannie: I could only eat 1/3 of my food off the plate for lunch, it was just too hot to eat with my fingers. so i gave the plate to 3 boys thinking they would put the plate away, but they dove into the food instead.
Gail: When Del reminded us at the dump what God did for us, by sending Jesus to earth as a man, what He gave up to be with us.
Del: The same thing as Gail. The image, the reminder that God gave me. It was so vivid. The sacrifice in a very real way. The transformation from being in a dump, a wasteland into living in an beautiful oasis-like setting is what Christ offers us.
Joan: What struck me was the dump and the city in the skyline. The contrast of it.
Allen: We weren't planning on going to the dump. but meeting Zito, to see the dump and how we met him. The whole thing seemed unreal. Definitely supernatural.
We hope to write again soon. We leave for World Relief sites & projects this afternoon and will not return until Wednesday afternoon. We should have time to reconnect with you thursday, but that's not a promise.
Continue praying for us!
KimiStar, 3:40 PM
