To Espungabera (Mozambique)

I have successfully completed a four-day visit to Espungabera, (Mozambique) my mission being mainly to meet our two brethren there and to encourage and strengthen them spiritually. I also had the opportunity of strengthening and consolidating my large contact base there, encouraging them to work together with those requesting correspondence lessons, which is very difficult in a place like Espungabera, a place with no postal services or addresses. In such a place definitely correspondence courses rarely work, but we have to make them work. This we do by regular home visits, leaving the lessons and collecting them after completion and post them to the overseas tutors.

On my arrival at Espungabera I only managed to meet Bro. Average Maducu; when I asked after Bro. Arone Muchanga I was told he was at his rural home. I went there, a distance of 18kms, by foot. I was very happy on arrival to see that my Brother was around and the reason he could not come and meet me at Espungabera was that he had a swollen leg. We had our daily readings together as well as being joined by the family members.

We then quickly arranged for a Bible Seminar, which I thought at first would not be a success, but to my surprise several people attended. Overall, every one was very pleased to have come and the overwhelming feeling was one of good, genuine fellowship. I noticed an ease amongst people and a true commitment to being there for the sake of the scriptures, not for gain of any sort.

It is my hope and prayer that by keeping on preaching in that area we are laying the foundation for a future ecclesia. The people who attended also had the privilege of seeing us breaking bread, showing them the way we remember our absent Lord, and we had the opportunity of explaining to them that this was for baptized members of our community only – the Christadelphians.

Our new Brothers will be happy to receive letters of encouragement from Brothers and Sisters world-wide, using the address: P.O. Box 320 Chipinge, Zimbabwe, E. Africa. Bro. Arone speaks and writes Spanish and has been in S. American for four years.

Bro Moses Dhlakama (Zimbabwe)