Our church in Mozambique is a sand floor, a crumbling cinder block wall and no ceiling except for a small rusted tin covering in the corner. The bathroom is a small cinder block room with the sand on the ground serving as a toilet. Regardless of the lack of a complete building, this is God’s house. It is very intimate to be singing worship in a language you don’t even understand and be able to look up at the stars and feel him surrounding everyone there.             One ministry day midmorning, our team was preparing the...

Hello friends and family! It's so good to finally be able to write a blog post to update you all about what God is doing here in Maputo, Mozambique! From day one, we have been incredibly blessed to work with a ministry called Africa on Fire Ministries! A day in our life in Maputo looks like this: 6 am Bible Study. Breakfast. (PB&J on the most amazing bread) 30 minute walk to the church to do manual labor! Walk back home. Lunch. (Generally rice and salad) Team time. Free time to ourselves which can include playing with neighborhood kids, personal Jesus time, bonding with other team...

A sea of people before me. Their arms stretched high over-head, letting the presence of God crash on them like a mighty hurricane. This is it. This is my new church, Africa on Fire Ministries. It is not defined by the sand floor under our feet, nor the absence of a ceiling or wall in front of us. It is a powerful fortress that cannot be contained.  I stand in complete darkness but see a beaming light shining out of every single person in the congregation. Electricity isn’t the power source here. “So then, let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of...

The houses here in Maputo are colorless; they hold much sickness and much darkness within the walls. They are made of stone and cement and are topped with tin roofs. We walk by these houses every day on our way to church. We see big eyes peeking around the thorn bush fences and cardboard doors. There is much despair in Mozambique.   But there is also hope. There are pockets of light in the crevices of this city.   Our ministry days include going from house to house and praying over the hurting people. Our team has seen healing. We have seen grace; Jesus is moving. Three days ago, we came...

“Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.” Proverbs 9:6   There is a kid from the neighborhood that comes here and plays in the yard. He is maybe 3 or 4. All of his top teeth are rotten and almost gone.    I woke up angry and annoyed, all because I have fleas.   There is a young girl, who is maybe 9, who carries her younger sibling, who is maybe 3, on her back to church because her mother left them and her father is disabled.   What am I dealing with? Fleas.   Mozambique is a home to millions of orphans. We have...

"Set a fire down in my soul, that I can’t contain that I can’t control, I want more of you God, I want more of you God" Today during worship these lyrics touched my heart in a way that I have never felt before. I have been called to do this. I'm learning that its not about me anymore, it's about God and the purpose that he has for me. I am so ready. I can't wait to see all the plans he has. I want more. I want to feel God in a way that I have never felt before.