Here is an update from Pastor Mel Stauber and family over in Mozambique!

We have been here for 14 days and we are still working on submitting our paperwork for our visas! We spent some time in Xai-Xai last week.  After seeing the kids in their real state of poverty I thought you would want to know that what we are doing as a church is a great thing.  Many of our kids don’t even own a pair of underwear and the shirts they have are filled with holes and are thin to the  point of being see through.  We will be purchasing some clothes for the kids in the next few weeks to give away.  Their state of poverty could be overwhelming if one were to take their eyes off the Cross.  Celebration Church is doing a good thing. 

True to his nature, my son Matthew jumped right in there and started playing with the kids and my daughter Rachel had a bunch of younger kids following her all over the property.  Diane was in there also ministering to the cooks.  I won’t lie, there is an incredible amount of work to be done here before the Grand Opening in August and even more work to be done afterwards.  In a humble way, I feel a sense of pride coming from a church that really cares enough to send one of their own to care for the forgotten.

We’ll have a vehicle in the next couple days (woo hoo!)

Please keep us and the Church in prayer.  We learned from a very credible source, that Xai-Xai is like the epicenter of witchcraft in all of southern Africa.  Witchdoctors in training come from all over to train from the mentors in our province.  It’s like being in the midst of a Frank Peretti novel as the spiritual climate around here can literally be felt.  I thought before we left that we would be in the midst of some pretty heavy stuff, but to hear it from a missionary who’s been working there for 13 years takes it to a new reality.  Pretty cool to know that God has trusted our church to be thrown into the middle of the hornet’s nest to bring Light into the darkness of this land.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support! We love you guys!

 

Stay tuned for more updates from Pastor Mel Stauber and Celebration Xai-Xai!