Special Trip While We Were In Mozambique

While we were in Dumela last week for the Annual Mozambique Pastors Conference,  William asked if Mark and I would like to go with him to take Pastor Albert, his wife Joyce and their little girl to the clinic in Pafuri.  (Sorry I wish I had taken a family picture of them.)  Pastor Albert is the pastor in Xicumbane and their daughter had been sick.  The clinic is on the top of the mountain in Pafuri (which was back across the river from Dumela) and this was our first time to go up there.

Joyce and her little girl

Pastor Albert

For those of you that have been with us to Mozambique, Pafuri is the village at the border.  You might remember after leaving the border and starting the journey down the main road, to the left you can see the old Portuguese house on top of the mountain ... that is where we went.

this is the house you always see as you leave the border

Once we got to the top we drove past several buildings and they were all dilapidated.  They were once occupied by the Portuguese before they were forced out of Mozambique during the War of Independence.  Later a Civil War took place between the RENAMO and FRELIMO political parties in reference to socialism/communism. Click here for some background info on Mozambique.

Mark and I just finished reading a book title, In the Killing Fields of Mozambique by Peter Hammond.  (side note, Amazon was the only site I could get to pull up on my computer and it is too high unless you buy used.)  This book gave us great insight into the history of Mozambique.   We are thankful for David, a missionary and friend from CBC that serves with Frontline Fellowship here in South Africa who let us borrow this book. 

We just wanted to share with you some of the photos we took while we were up there.  Standing on the balcony overlooking the fields of Mozambique, I was overwhelmed with the fact that the Lord would choose to send us to serve HIM here in Mozambique and South Africa.  What a MIGHTY GOD we serve! 

clinic and yes, William is on a scale

patient rooms getting a new roof

exam room

exam room

 These ladies just finished seeing the nurse and they were waiting so we could give them a ride back across the river to Dumela.  William enjoyed chatting to this sweet baby. 

This is the box where the medicine is stored.

After leaving the clinic we headed down the other road that took us back down the mountain to the main road.  Here is what we saw ... 

YES, that is a swimming pool! It was a nice entertainment area at one time.

view from the front side of the mountain facing the Limpopo River

view from the back side of the mountain

you can tell there was once a beautiful garden

drainage

Military Cantina

Yup, bullet holes ... they were everywhere

indoor plumbing in Moz!

view from the balcony of the house you see from the main road

I really wished that we would have had more time to walk through the other buildings that were there.  (I know my mom is shocked to read that right now!)