My trip started on February 1st, , departing from Washington, DC via Johannesburg, ZA, and reaching Maputo β the capital and largest city of Mozambique, as well as the main financial, business and commercial center of the country.
It is located on the western shore of the Bay of Maputo, in the southern end of the country, near the border with South Africa and Swaziland. I praise God because in his mercy He not only makes us learn of the need of the local people, but also gives us the blessing of meeting those missionaries who are giving up their careers, families, places of comfort, and who are here trying to help, trying to give love, trying to teach the word of God.
They are found to be praying to God and asking for strength to continue on, their lives are full of hardships and they often feel forsaken by those who offered friendship, company or sustenance.
I continued my trip to Lichinga , located in the province of Niassa km to the North of the country, and from there to Itepela, about 4 hours from Lichinga, on a road in very bad shape, result of rains. We arrived at our place of work among the Yao. The Yao are close to 2 million people spread in three countries: Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. They are predominantly Muslim, and most live in utter poverty. In fact, in some villages, the local people still practice and conserve their roots to the occult.
They are currently considered a people group not reached by Christianity. We arrived in Itepela and found the missionary who invited us, our sister Catherine, with malaria.
