This week we received an update from Pastor Mel Stauber and family from Swaziland! Here are a few highlights on Celebration Xai Xai!

We have obtained our visas and are headed to Mozambique on Tuesday to start the next leg of our journey! Thank you for praying. God’s hand was all over this process and we’re grateful to be crossing the border in the morning. This is the first of 2 visas that are required. A great blessing is that we are actually registered as a church, which is very fortunate as many other churches have been in Africa much longer and have not been able to attain this status! The Lord has already given us great favor!

We are headed to Maputo for possibly another 2 weeks while we await our passports. Once we obtain our resident visa we’ll be able to purchase a vehicle. We have received word from local Mozambiquans that the people in Xai-Xai are excited about us coming. They have seen how we have cared for the kids for the past several years and are now sending pastors to move forward and they are ready to welcome us with open arms.

Diane and the kids are doing well. They are adjusting well and developing some great friendships over the few weeks that we have been here! The locals are having a great time giving us a hard time about the US in the World Cup! We’re looking forward to many more great reports! If you would like to support us in prayer, here are some ways that you can pray for us:

* 2nd Visa for our 1 Year Residence to go through quickly and with favor
* Reliable and affordable vehicle
* Affordable and secure home in Xai-Xai
* God’s hand on our family and on our church

If you would like more current updates on the Staubers and all of their adventures you can follow their journey both on twitter (Visit www.twitter.com/mstauber or http://twitter.com/DianeStauber) or on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1053216806 or http://www.facebook.com/diane.stauber.