We've been painting the new swings that some of the workers made, teaching some english and painting the gate that Jonny helped make last week. It looks great. The nicest gate in Mocuba, we'd say. Bernadette even thinks so...so it must be right.
Eveything is going great for us. We have three weeks left here before heading to Quelimane so we're nearly halfway through.
Thanks so much for your comments and for remembering us in prayer. We really appreciate it.
We're putting up some pics of the kids so we'll now shut up and let you enjoy their bonita faces.
Bye bye
Sunday, 12 October 2008
LUCAS
So alot has happened since we last were on here. Some of it isn't so good but God is still at work. Lucas, a night guard that works for Bernadette was told last week just after arriving at work that one of his children had meningitis and needed to go to the hospital asap.
This will begin to show you the amount of need in Mocuba. The system set up at the moment means that you have to apply by letter for the hospital to send you out an ambulance. It was a shocking thing for us to hear so we knew we had to help Lucas and his family asap. We tried to arrange transport for him to get home to get his child and then to be taken to the hospital. This proved to be very difficult. Lucas lived and hour and a half away from where he was and we had no car to take him anywhere. Operation Mobalisation have a base across the road from O.W.Y so we thought we'd check if their car was working. When we got there the car had a flat tyre.
It took over an hour to find and replace another tyre, so as time was passing we were getting more and more worried because every minute counts when it's an illness as serious as this. We eventually got the car up and running and Lucas was on his way to get his son. At this stage he didn't know what to expect when he arrived home as he had no phone to contact his wife.
They reached the hospital at about 2am after running out of petrol along the way but unfortunately his son died shortly after reaching the hospital. His son was 4 years old. We don't even know if he recieved the right treatment or if any treatment was even given to the child. This is because in the hospital in Mocuba there is no doctor. The hospital serves a 4 hour radius with only one ambulance. This can begin to show you the need there is here in Mocuba and the importance of the work of O.W.Y setting up a medical clinic.
Lucas is one of those African men you just instantly love without even talking to him. Our Potgugese is limited so it's hard to get to know someone terribly well but he's got the biggest smile you're probably ever gonna see. He was only off for 4 days and as soon as he came back he was straight back into work with that big smile and willingness to help. He's an amazing man and it would be great if you could pray for him, his family, the hospital in Mocuba and the work of O.W.Y.
Love,
Jonny/Emma
This will begin to show you the amount of need in Mocuba. The system set up at the moment means that you have to apply by letter for the hospital to send you out an ambulance. It was a shocking thing for us to hear so we knew we had to help Lucas and his family asap. We tried to arrange transport for him to get home to get his child and then to be taken to the hospital. This proved to be very difficult. Lucas lived and hour and a half away from where he was and we had no car to take him anywhere. Operation Mobalisation have a base across the road from O.W.Y so we thought we'd check if their car was working. When we got there the car had a flat tyre.
It took over an hour to find and replace another tyre, so as time was passing we were getting more and more worried because every minute counts when it's an illness as serious as this. We eventually got the car up and running and Lucas was on his way to get his son. At this stage he didn't know what to expect when he arrived home as he had no phone to contact his wife.
They reached the hospital at about 2am after running out of petrol along the way but unfortunately his son died shortly after reaching the hospital. His son was 4 years old. We don't even know if he recieved the right treatment or if any treatment was even given to the child. This is because in the hospital in Mocuba there is no doctor. The hospital serves a 4 hour radius with only one ambulance. This can begin to show you the need there is here in Mocuba and the importance of the work of O.W.Y setting up a medical clinic.
Lucas is one of those African men you just instantly love without even talking to him. Our Potgugese is limited so it's hard to get to know someone terribly well but he's got the biggest smile you're probably ever gonna see. He was only off for 4 days and as soon as he came back he was straight back into work with that big smile and willingness to help. He's an amazing man and it would be great if you could pray for him, his family, the hospital in Mocuba and the work of O.W.Y.
Love,
Jonny/Emma
Sunday, 28 September 2008
SO APPARENTLY "MACUBA" IS SPELT MOCUBA
We're now at a Dutch familie's home in town using their internet so it's good to see what you're all saying. Keep the comments a flowing. They make us happy.
So we've settled in well at Bernadettes getting to know her and the locals around Osivela wa Yesu (O.W.Y - the pre school and medical clinic complex) alot better. "The mother Teresa of Mozambique" (as we've named her) loves a good film at night and it's great just to spend time with her.
Our Portugese is improving as you constantly are greeting new people wherever you go. Pray that continues to improve as it makes things alot easier.
Emma has been teaching some English to the kids at the pre school and I have been helping make a gate. The gate is being fixed to the entrance wall we made with the C'stone team in July. The wall is still standing and it's looking alot different. The whole complex in general is looking alot different. The Dutch team that came in Aug worked really hard (probably 'cause they're nearly German) and you can see some of their work in the photos.
Yesterday we had a little trip into town on bikes that Bernadette hooked us up with, liscences and all. A local O.W.Y handyman called Elias took us on a guided tour yesterday which was a pleasure. Mocuba is not the "rural village'' we once thought it was, it's bigger than you think. In July we just didn't get to experience anything other than rats, the road to Malawi, Andrew's farts, Philippe, the wall and digging trenches. Mocuba is 'bonita'.
As always, we don't know when we'll get on tínterweb so I hope all is well and we'll hopefully get on soon. Keep praying.
Love
Jonny/Emma
So we've settled in well at Bernadettes getting to know her and the locals around Osivela wa Yesu (O.W.Y - the pre school and medical clinic complex) alot better. "The mother Teresa of Mozambique" (as we've named her) loves a good film at night and it's great just to spend time with her.
Our Portugese is improving as you constantly are greeting new people wherever you go. Pray that continues to improve as it makes things alot easier.
Emma has been teaching some English to the kids at the pre school and I have been helping make a gate. The gate is being fixed to the entrance wall we made with the C'stone team in July. The wall is still standing and it's looking alot different. The whole complex in general is looking alot different. The Dutch team that came in Aug worked really hard (probably 'cause they're nearly German) and you can see some of their work in the photos.
Yesterday we had a little trip into town on bikes that Bernadette hooked us up with, liscences and all. A local O.W.Y handyman called Elias took us on a guided tour yesterday which was a pleasure. Mocuba is not the "rural village'' we once thought it was, it's bigger than you think. In July we just didn't get to experience anything other than rats, the road to Malawi, Andrew's farts, Philippe, the wall and digging trenches. Mocuba is 'bonita'.
As always, we don't know when we'll get on tínterweb so I hope all is well and we'll hopefully get on soon. Keep praying.
Love
Jonny/Emma
Saturday, 20 September 2008
MACUBA
We're staying at the moment in Quelimane with Oswaldo and Annemaria.
Tomorrow I help with "Soccer" cell group and Emma heads to church. In the afternoon we'll get on a packed out bus and head up to meet Bernadette in Macuba.
Work will begin, internet will be in short supply and we'll hopefully not get sun stroke. It's gonna be great.
Come on the spurs tomorrow. Someone let me know how that goes, we could do with the win.
Loves,
Jonny/Emma
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