While in Quelimane, we connected with the pastor, Pr. Arcanjo, we were to meet and after loading his bicycle on top of our car, we headed back out of town. Just out-side of Quelimane, we turned off more or less elevated road down into a swampy type area, finding our way through narrow muddy roads to a place where we left the car. We then walked single-file through tall trees, tall sugar cane and grass, across small wooden foot bridges, finding our way to a church. We sat in the church with this Pastor who has been leading the church for a number of years. We met most of his nine children, some of whom were suffering from Malaria.On the floor at the front of the church were some of the training materials we had sent up on the 
bus over this past year. This pastor is putting these books (Chronological Bible Story Telling, Omega Church Manuals and Theology books along with Bibles) to very good use and we are overjoyed to see how God connected a willing servant with these books. This man knows Pastor Antonio and through him, he began attending our ECC training seminars in the Mocuba area. He then latched on to the church multiplication training method and is now training his own group of church planter/pastors in the Quelimane area. Several have started small churches in the area as well although we were unable to visit any of them.
bus over this past year. This pastor is putting these books (Chronological Bible Story Telling, Omega Church Manuals and Theology books along with Bibles) to very good use and we are overjoyed to see how God connected a willing servant with these books. This man knows Pastor Antonio and through him, he began attending our ECC training seminars in the Mocuba area. He then latched on to the church multiplication training method and is now training his own group of church planter/pastors in the Quelimane area. Several have started small churches in the area as well although we were unable to visit any of them.This pastor has attended seminary, has many years of experience, and would like to join with our Mozambique denomination. We asked lots of hard questions and felt quite good that this man was using our ECC materials to do church planting and training in this new area for us. So, 
we will continue to pray for this man, his church, and that God would bless his ministry as we stand beside him. Our Mozambican denomination will stand with him for a year before accepting his church into the Evangelical Church of the Living Word (IEPV) fold. I think this is another case of God putting the pieces together and we praise God for this new work that He found, not us.
we will continue to pray for this man, his church, and that God would bless his ministry as we stand beside him. Our Mozambican denomination will stand with him for a year before accepting his church into the Evangelical Church of the Living Word (IEPV) fold. I think this is another case of God putting the pieces together and we praise God for this new work that He found, not us.It is so incredibly exciting to see how God connects all the dots in His work.
A bright spot in a spiritually dark area!
Blessings!
Dave & Ann
"Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus christ." Php 1:6
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