So today was MUCH quieter around here. There were cars on the roads and no craziness at least not here in Zimpeto. There are still police patrolling the roads...but that's a good thing! One of our Baby House tias walked over 3 hours to get here this morning. Amazing dedication. There were still some issues in the city (about a 30-45 minute drive from where I am), but nothing close by. Several people were able to leave the center (not me...don't worry) to run emergency errands and stock up on food for the children.
***Side note***Amazing story***Gracie (3 year old daughter of 2 of the missionaries) spoke up at dinner last night and said she wanted to break bread together as a family and pray for there to be enough bread for all our Zimpeto family in the morning. So they did...they stopped dinner, broke bread, and prayed! This morning she woke up and said...while I was laying in my bed Jesus told me not to worry that all of our family would have enough bread to eat this morning. The part of the story this sweet, innocent 3 year old did not know was that in the city there really is no bread to be found. Daniel (the Mozambican guy who does all of our kitchen buying for the center) went out early this morning and decided to go north to look for bread instead of south into the city where he usually goes. He was able to find sufficient bread for all of our Zimpeto family to have 1/4 of a loaf each. They usually get 1/2 if not a whole, but PRAISE GOD a child's prayers were answered and everyone ate this morning!
I had all expectation of a quiet day thinking none of my milk program moms would show up because there are still not many chapas (public transportation) on the road. This was NOT the case. They walked for hours and made it here to collect their milk (all but 5 moms). I was so pleased!
That's about all the excitement for today. Again we are safe and sound under God's protection and I just ask that you keep praying for a breakthrough in the government and in the peoples' hearts. May God reign outside our walls as well! And pray specifically for Sept. 6th (Monday) when rioters have called for 50,000 people to march the streets of Maputo.
Thank you for your continued prayers!
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This is such a precious entry on so many levels: the dedication of workers to come to work even if it means walking 3 hours, the prayers and faith of a precious 3 year old who doesn't have skepticism and adulthood to cloud her faith,and the desperation of dedication of mothers to walk hours to get milk for their babies. This is what I dearly LOVE and miss about Mozambique, and the stories that should be hollered over the rooftops in the midst of the riots. Missing you Meghann- this entry really makes me miss y'all!
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