On Wednesday the 9th, the worker at the pump station at Linthipe river informed us that the river dried up. They had to switch on the pumps. The next morning, they switched on the generator with the 3 pumps. God has provided again! Everyone praised and worshiped God’s goodness.
On the 14th, Rian and Saretha Terblanche slept over at Chandame. Rian does Veritas training. He is empowering leaders to spread the word of God.
The 16th, Jannie transported loads of sand and wood for the locals. It seemed like the rain was coming. We have been praying for rain because the locals needed rain before they could start with sowing.
I had about 50 patients on the 17th, most of the cases being malaria. This time of the year, malaria is bad.
On the 18th we drove to Tete for a dentist appointment and to do some shopping. We visited evangelist, Joshua at Nkondedzi. We gave him bananas and 4 bags of instant soup. His ministry’s people are poor and in need of food. We now get rain every day and is so thankful for it! About 40km from us, Frelimo killed 19 people! One must pray for Mozambique in these difficult times.
On Sunday the 20th we had a big downpour and we thanked God for the rain!
The 22nd, Jannie use the road-grader to level the road. It was raining and Jannie ended up drenched but he was satisfied about work he did.
On the 23rd, Jannie finished off levelling the road to the farm (Mwala Madzi). Driving to the farm is easier and quicker! The clinic is still open from 9 to 12pm daily. Every day at 1 o’clock it starts to rain and all the farmers are in their fields. All the locals are so dependent on the rain for their crops to grow.
Hennie and Elsabet Smit from Nkhoma, came to visit us from 25-28 of November. On the 26th Hennie helped Jannie to move a 40 foot container with the towing truck. We want to use it for storage. The roof of the container is bent but it is still in a good condition. They worked for 7 hours to get the container back to Chandame. The container is now ready for storage. Thanks to Hennie for helping with this huge task, Jannie wouldn’t have been able to move the container on his own.
On the 27th, Jannie had to help with a breakdown. Luckily, Hennie was around to help. On the 29th, Jannie had to fix the drive shaft of the broken truck recovered in September. A tow in truck from Zimbabwe assisted and we had a difficult time completing the job at hand. This job continued until the 30th of November.
God Bless!
Susan