Water for Living from Our Living God

It is winter in Xai-Xai with temps ranging from mid 50s to the upper 70s.  We have experienced an uncharacteristically large volume of rain this winter which caused our water collection tanks at the church to fill up.  Our people are starting to understand Celebration's concept of "Serve The City" and suggested that we open the tanks to allow people from the community collect water.  Women will otherwise have to walk about 1.5mi up and down hills on sandy roads with the water balanced on their heads.  We are praying that God will open up a well on our property so that we can give water to the community with regularity.

5 Tips for Buying CarePoint Food

We purchase thousands of pounds of food every month to feed our 500+ kids at the Care Point.  Here's Diane's top five things to know when buying food for the Care Points:

5.  The Indian shop owners will always negotiate if you show them the money.  They even sweat just a little bit more when you turn around and start walking away.

4.  Good transport is a must, yes broken down pick-up trucks with bald tires that will carry about 1200 lb of food and a goat will work on a good day.

3.  If you try to buy at noon you will be left outside in the hot sun until the shop opens again at 2.  Everything closes down from 12-2pm here.

2.  She's making a list, checking it twice . . . 

1.  Have a strong back because these dudes weigh over 100lb a bag.

Worship Practice

Tonight I got to spend a lot of time learning a new song in Shangaan, Wa Va Gahna (Jesus Is Ever Shining) with the worship team.  Our staff decided today to start locking the outside gate of the church doors and forgot to give me a key.  We ended up at Joey's place in a small room with great acoustics.  Locked out of my own church, wow, I now know how Jesus feels about some places . . .