A mission station in the North West of Mozambique.
A mission station in the North West of Mozambique.
WHAT AN HONOUR IT IS TO HAVE TWO PARENTS WHO ARE SO OBEDIENT TO GOD’S VOICE! HOW MANY TIMES PER DAY DO WE NOT IGNORE THE VOICE OF GOD BECAUSE WE ARE EITHER TOO BUSY, TRYING TO SATISFY OUR OWN SELFISH NEEDS, TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE. TOO AFRAID TO TAKE THAT FIRST STEP IN FAITH! LIVE YOUR CALLING… WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND TRUST IN GOD FOR THE REST! ED, AMANDA & ANDREAS (PROUD SON-IN-LAW, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON)
(UPDATE ON WEB SITE 22 FEBRUARY 2012 CHANDAME MOZAMBIQUE) WERE ARE BACK IN CHANDAME AFTER A VERY SATISFYING VISIT TO OUR HOME, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRAND CHILDREN. WHEN WE RETURNED, OUR WORK TOOK OFF WITH A BANG, ALTHOUGH RAIN MADE IT DIFFICULT. IT RAINS DAILY FROM ABOUT 11:00 UNTIL 15H00. NORMALLY IT RAINS ABOUT 20-30MM AT A TIME, MAKING THE ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. WE HAVE, HOWEVER, ALREADY VISTED 2 PRAYERHOUSES SINCE WE ARRIVED BACK ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY 2012, THE FURTHEST OF WHICH WAS TSANGANO. TSANGANO HAS RECEIVED A PERMANENT PASTOR, PASTOR JOACHIM, AND IS NOW A FULL CONGRAGATION. ON HIS INAUGURATION, WE PROMISED TO HELP THE CONGREGATION WITH THE TRANSPORT OF BUILDING MATERIAL TO THEIR SITE WHERE THEY WOULD START BUILDING A CHURCH. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH THE BUILDING THEY ARE HAVING THEIR SERVICES AT [SEE PHOTOS] AND TRANSPORT FOR BUILDING MATERIAL IS VERY COSTLY, SO WE HOPE TO GO WITH THE TRACTOR AND TRAILER TO DO THIS FOR THEM. IT WILL MEAN WE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE THE 70KM AND STAY OVER FOR 2 DAYS TO FINISH THE JOB. THE CLINIC [SEE PHOTOS] IS FINALLY AT ROOF LEVEL WITH THE LAST OF THE BRICKWORK ON THE RAMPS AT THE ENTRANCE BEING FINISHED TODAY (23 FEBRUARY 2012). THE LOCAL POPULATION IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND THEY HAVE CLEARED THE FIELD AROUND THE CLINIC. WE WILL START TO DEVELOP THIS AREA AS A WAITING ROOM AND MAKE A COOKING SHED FOR PEOPLE […]
1 OCTOBER 2011 A MESSAGE RECEIVED ON THE EVENING OF 29 AUGUST 2011 SET UP A MONTH FULL OF EVENTS – MOST OF THEM TESTING OUR FAITH TO THE LIMITS. LOOKING BACK OVER THE PERIOD WE HAVE NO ILLUSION HOWEVER THAT OUR GOD IS ALIVE AND IN CONTROL, EVEN THOUGH IT SOMETIMES FELT LIKE WE WERE ALONE. LEAVING CHANDAME AT MIDNIGHT WITH LIMITED FUNDS WE TOOK ON THE 3,089KM, TRUSTING THE LORD FOR FUNDS. WE EXPERIENCED HIS GRACE AS HE BLESSED US THROUGH PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE BY FORWARDING FUNDS TO OUR ACCOUNT. WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SUSAN`S FATHER WAS OPERATED WITH CANCER IN HIS ABDOMEN , AT 5H45 ON WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST. WE HAD TO BE BACK IN CHANDAME ON 15 SEPTEMBER TO TRANSPORT THE WOMEN FROM OUR CONGREGATION AND THE OUTLYING PRAYERHOUSES TO MAPATSA, A CONGREGATION 60KM FROM US IN THE PRESBETERY. PA FLIP WAS NOT RECOVERING SO FAST AND SUSAN AND I MADE THE DECISION THAT I WOULD LEAVE AND SHE WOULD STAY BEHIND TO SEE TO HIS RECOVERY AND DISMISSAL FROM HOSPITAL TO THE OLD AGE HOME. HEAVILY LOADED WITH IMPLEMENTS FOR MY TRACTOR DONATED BY CALLA BOTHA AND WIT PIET, I DEPARTED FROM RAWSONVILLE ON SUNDAY 11 SEPT AT 03:00 IN THE MORNING. MY ROUTE WOULD BE JOHANNESBURG, MAPUTO, CHIMOIO, TETE AND THEN FINALLY CHANDAME. I REACHED MEYERTON WITH A LEFT REAR SPRING WICH SNAPPED 300METERS FROM MY DESTINATION. I STAYED AT JAN AND ANNEMARIE, WHO TREATED ME WELL (MANY THANKS!) AND, […]
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23 AUGUST 2011 A MONTH HAS PASSED AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH OUR PROGRESS. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE SLOW SOME DAYS, WE LEARNED THAT THE LORD`S TIME IS NOT OUR TIME. AS ANGUS BUCHAN HAS MENTIONED MANY TIMES, WAIT ON THE LORD, MAKE TIME FOR HIM AND WAIT ON THE LORD!!! THIS DOESN`T MEAN WE MUST ONLY SIT BACK BUT INSTEAD THAT WE MUST ADVANCE AS HE LEADS. GET OUT OF THE BOAT AND KEEP YOUR EYE ONLY ON HIM! WE INCLUDED A FEW PHOTOS THAT TELLS A STORY OF SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES. THE WATER PROJECT NOW CONSIST OF 10 WATERPOINTS OVER A DISTANCE OF 2KM. THE FURTHEST THAT WE SUPPLY A POINT, IS 4,7KM FROM THE SOURCE. MAINTENANCE IS CONSTANTLY NEEDED, BUT THE LORD SUPPLIES THE RESOURCES. OUT OF NOWHERE I FOUND CONNECTORS AMOUNG MY FITTINGS AND THEY WERE DEFENITLY NOT THERE THE PREVIOUS DAY! Water project needs constant maintenance Two additional taps added VAALJAN OUR FORD HAS DONE 333,000KM AND ALSO NEEDED SOME ATTENTION. THANKS TO WILLEM DE VILLIERS, I RECEIVED THE NECESSARY PARTS VIA AIR COURIER, AND COULD FIT THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHES. BEING OUR ONLY BAKKIE IT IS RATHER INPORTANT FOR HER TO RUN! Vaaljans upper control arm bushes shot THE PHOTO OF THE CHILD THAT BURNED IN A FIRE AGAIN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLINIC TO BE FINISHED. WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY ABLE TO DO FIRST AID, AND WE REALLY DON`T NOW […]
WE LEFT FOR MOZAMBIQUE ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, ACCOMPANIED BY CALLA AND HETTA BOTHA AS WELL AS WILLEM DE VILLIERS OF OUR CONGREGATION IN GOUDINI. GOD HAS BEEN WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AS WE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE TRAVELLING TO DO! WE FIRSTLY ARRIVED IN CAOXE, 8KM BEFORE LUABO, TO FETCH OUR TRACTOR AND TRAILER. ON ARRIVAL, WILLEM AND I (JANNIE) REPAIRED THEIR 5640`S 4×4 WITH THE CORRECT PARTS, SUPPLIED BY BOLAND AGRI OF WORCESTER (COURTESY OF INFO SUPPLIED BY JAN OF RCL TREKKERDIENSTE OF PATENSIE – THANKS JAN FOR THE MANUAL THAT YOU SENT ME!) WITH 500KM LEFT TO TRAVEL, WE LEFT IN HIGH SPIRITS, THE ROUTE BEING MOPEIA ZERO FIRST, THEN MORRUMBALA, MUTARARA AND DOA ON TO THE 103 LEADING EAST TO MALAWI, AFTER WHICH TURNING OFF 10KM BEFORE ZOBUE ON THE 223 FOR 62KM TO OUR DESTINATION, CHANDAME [S15,8952 DEGREES, E34,3118753 DEGREES]. WE HAD TO SLEEP OVER WHEREVER WE CAME, ASKING THE LORD FOR GUIDANCE. HE SUPPLIED SAFE POSITIONS EVERY NIGHT. SLEEPING OVER FOR THREE NIGHTS AND DOING 130 – 150 KM PER DAY, WE COMPLETED THE JOURNEY WITH NOT EVEN A FLAT TYRE, EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD WAS VERY BAD, ESPECIALLY FROM DOA TO THE 103. A SPECIAL THANKS TO HETTA AND SUSAN, THE ONLY 2 WOMEN ON THE TRIP, FOR THEIR ENDURANCE – BEING IN THE BUSH FOR 4 DAYS ON DUSTY ROADS, RAIN DURING THE END OF THE TRIP AND ABLUTION IN THE BUSH TAKES SOME DOING! BACK AT CHANDAME, WE […]
The date has finally arrived, and by the Grace of God we are permanently moving to Chandame on the 29th of June 2011! We are currently still in the final stages of packing and preparing, and will be accompanied by fellow Christians Calla and Hetta Botha, Paul and Maritha Maarten, Willem de Villiers and Chris Jonker for approximately two weeks, after which we will be settling in our caravan at Chandame. One of our first priorities will be finishing the clinic, which is ready to accept a roof. This 230 square metre building will be run as a clinic for the local community. Funds are badly needed for this project, but we believe that the Lord will supply, as He has done in the past. Outbuildings for the residential sister and supporting staff are still to be built. Our current water project, which supplies about 15,000 people with fresh, running water, also needs some maintenance, an additional filtration system and further expansion, as the above mentioned clinic and local community relies primarily on this fresh water source. Our main priority however still remains the spreading of the Gospel, as well as missionary support. We ask for your prayers in the above and praise God for this opportunity Be Blessed Jannie and Susan Smit To contact us, please send an e-mail to jannie@chandame.com Any donations can be made to the following bank account: Bank: ABSA Bank South Africa Account Name: JA Smit Account Number: 906 7612 392 Branch Code: 503 107 Account Type: Savings Account
Welcome to Chandame.com Chandame, a mission station in the North West of Mozambique, has been supported by the Goudini Dutch Reformed Church for several years and a Church and Hospital buildings have been built during several visits and outreaches. Here we will keep you up to date on the different projects that we are running.