We left the Harrells on Wednesday around 10:30 and made it there just a bit before lunch. We stopped before we got there and made a picnic lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Once we arrived we had a group of at least 20 watching us while we set up camp. A total of five tents and two hammocks were our sleeping quarters for the next two nights.
The lessons for VBS were the same as the ones in Nacala with a focus on Creation the first day and on the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus ok the second.
The kids in Monapo were much better behaved than the ones in the city. In the bush the social structure is much more based on the family. The kids listened to the adult leaders much better and games went much easier. The church is about a 1/4th of the size of the one in Nacala, but it is just as lively.
In all we saw about 150 kids and at the end of the second day 53 made some kind of decision to follow Christ. They were counseled by Becky, Brian and also Pastor Domingos.
The church (mission) in Monapo was the first place to apply the methods and teaching away from their home church in Nacala. Two of the guys who attended the training, Salvador and Albertino, live in Monapo and were great. It is great to see the application not only in the city but also in their home church.
The cuisine in the bush was relatively simple. The nationals cooked for us and each meal consisted of a combination beams, rice, xema(shema), potatoes and chicken. The first two meals we had shema, I think because the nationals prefer shema and wanted to only give us the best. Once they found out we prefers rice, they served both.
Overall the food was not as bad as I had hoped. It didn't hold a candle to Becky's cooking, and the variety could have used some work. Connie, Melissa and I were saying we should teach them how to make Chicken Bog (chicken and rice) since they seem to have the ingredients.
Everyone is pretty tired tonight and is a disparate need of a shower. In the bush, the only shower available is a bucket bath. Some took on the challenge while other decided to go with baby wipes and layers of deodorant. I was one of the former.
We made our way back tonight and stopped a the "Thirsty Whale." It is a local 5 star restaurant that makes you feel like you are back home. All the guys had hamburgers and the ladies shared burgers and mahi-mahi.
As the week is drawing to a close,
It is amazing to see the fruits of God's labor. The Harrells have done an amazing job laying a foundation here in Nacala and Becky has done a great job of leading us as a team in this session of Vacation Bible School and also training the leaders of the surrounding churches. I believe each of the team members have grown in their walk and also have a greater understanding and perspective in the world.
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