Saturday Update - Football, frisbies and first aid

We spent the day at Magodane with pastor Jussa and his elders. We practised
hymns all the way there, George tried to write down some of the words but
was beaten by the bumpy road.  In the end we decided we would sing Amazing
Grace for the congregation.
The pastor came on his bicycle a few moments after we arrived but apparently
they had not been expecting us.
We played frisbee with the kids and then with the adults. We laughed such a
lot!
3 Elders arrived and showed us round the church. Libby produced a photo in
which one of them looked very proper in a suit and tie. Libby gave it to
him.
We talked about their needs, a Portuguese dictionary and a Shuabu/Portuguese
bible, apparently available in Quelimane. They would also benefit from a
typewriter. They explained that the tin roof makes the church really hot and
they were thinking of raising the walls and the roof. Libby sketched out an
idea of adding a bamboo structure over the roof to give shade and to grow
trees in the long term.
We also spoke about spiritual problems and they explained that elder
training and materials would be good.
They have lots of children at church - so we left two frisbees behind and
encouraged them to buy a new football. Apparently they had one , with
scripture verses written on it in the past. If the ball went out of bounds a
verse had to be read before the throw-in.
We sang several hyms, some in Shuabu.
The Lord's my shepherd, Amazing Grace, etc.
Just when we were ready to leave Nicki saw a young girl with a horrible leg
wound where a bicycle spoke had gone through. The wound was terribly
infected with flies all over. Nicki got the dressings from the car and
dressed the wound. This drew a huge crowd and we left two weeks supply of
dressings with the family.

We thank the Lord for a wonderful day where we again renewed our connection
and that Nicki managed to help the injured girl.

 We pray for the congregation at Magedane and that they will continue to do
well. We also pray that the little girl will recover quickly and completely.