We are so thankful that you remember our Iris tribe and us. Holding a chubby baby God placed in our care on Sunday with perspiration dripping down my face, dancing up a praise storm with leaping children all around, I was reminded of why we are here.
Lying on a grass mat worshipping the Lord, praying with one of the girls I brought home from the garbage dump years ago, reminded me of why we are here. When we got her she had five STDs, major anger issues, and she had never known what it was like to sleep in a bed or feel safe at night. She just turned fifteen and celebrated her birthday with all her sisters at our house Sunday. There was a huge slumber party, lots of chocolate cake and singing and life all around us. Watching our children, old and young, crawling up on the bed and laying hands on their Papa Rolland praying for his healing, drawing him pictures, reminded me we are family -- and our Father has brought us together.
Walking through the mud hut village just above our Village of Joy, dedicating a shoe project and hugging hundreds of children in our village feeding program reminded me of why we are here. Teaching our Harvest Missions School and Harvest pastors and watching them open their hearts and dedicate their beautiful lives to bringing the lost home to the Father's house, reminded me of why we are here. Thank you for believing in us, supporting us and this ministry.
Thank you for praying for us, and making it possible for us to be here. We are so blessed to be here for such a time as this! School is out. This is the challenging time of year where we reintegrate our children into the local towns and villages. We have a desire to build seven houses for our older youth all together in Maputo province. God has strongly put it on our hearts to plant a church in the capital city where we could minister to the hundreds of street children and also reach out to the educated youth of the city. We have a heart, we have a powerful team, we have a vision - and we found a building! Now all we need to do is purchase the building. Nothing is impossible with God.
Please keep praying for us and this ministry. We are so privileged to be alive to see what we are seeing now. We love what God has entrusted for this ministry to do. Thousands are coming to Jesus every month. Orphan children are being brought into our villages weekly. They are finding out they are adopted by Father God as they meet His Son Jesus. Wells are being dug bringing fresh water, and children and pastors are graduating from our many schools. Thank you again for being such a very important part in all this. Much love in Jesus,Heidi