not so silent

I have spent many happy and friutful hours in my local schools in Birmingham. I had presumed this work would be behind me in SA but as you can see that is not the case. These are some local children we at Mercy Air hosted It gave us an opportunity to tell them of the work we do and how important Jesus is to us. 

L->R  Nigel, Dario, Paul, Chris, Erin Our first trip to Sam ministries in 2014 seems a long time ago. Since then we have traveled 6 times to partner with the mission team who work there. It is always a privilege and a learning experience. Pastor Dwight and the team run two intensive training   weeks for pastors in Mozambique seeking to complete a course of training. The group includes Monitors, who oversee the work in their local areas and churches. There is no specific church denomination represented but a broad spectrum of God’s people. Pastors accommodation With cafe area under cover on the right Water heater on for washing! In total there were 66 pastors, of whom many had traveled over 500 km on poor public transport to be together for the week. For some the journey took three days. Their passion to learn and grow as disciples of Jesus was humbling. Many spent the week in a tent during some very heavy rain downpours. During the week others were...

   Just trying to connect the dots of what we do here at Mercy Air. This article is in a newspaper in South Africa it is talking about a place Limpopo., see map.  We at Mercy Air will be flying to in 2019 each month to a village there ans will be working in partnership with Flying for Life https://www.mafsa.co.za/index.php. We are seeking  to work with isolated people in need. I have been part of two flights this year to a place called Tshikondeni in Limpopo. more news to follow how we do up there. 

let’s get this out there now. We have a domestic to help us here in South Africa. After 33 years of marriage and having no paid help to assist us run our household and family and lots of visitors and Erin working full time we NOW have a domestic. Our old house was a 5-bedroom large house and we now live in a very comfortable  3 room Wendy house.  We have a lovely lady who helps us keep the house in order. not long after we arrived she came and asked if we had any work as she had a spare day and would like to be working, so we said yes. We were unsure what she was going to do in such a small house, but it is working fine. She comes to us each Wednesday, she is quiet as a mouse and listens to Jacaranda FM on the radio as she puts our house in lovely tidy order.    The reason I write about this is because I just found out what the minimum working hourly rate is for a domestic here in South Africa . But before that to give you that  something to contras...

I recently took the opportunity to take my first long African road trip. One of our mission partners who we have visited a number of times offered me the opportunity to go to their place for 10 days leaving Erin in South Africa! You can find them at   https://samministries.org/mozambique at their base in for 10 days. This trip would normally be a half day flight with a Mercy Air plane. This time we travelled  by car, a 3 day journey including two overnight stops with a friend who works at ASAM called Andy' who has made this trip many times. The first night we stayed in a very nice potting shed on a secure well-appointed site just outside Xai Xai. The second night we stayed in a lovely place on the beach at Vilankulos. Then on to the mission base. Xia Xia  The challenges on this sort of drive are; border crossing from South Africa to Mozambique, varying speed limits, (without signs) lots of police stops and speed traps, Narrow tarmac roads w...