This is Celia from Brazil, who has been working with Iris for four years. She teaches at the Bible School and takes the 'chefes' (senior boy leaders) for discipleship classes. She also visits churches belonging to the Church of God denomination throughout Mozambique, who are her sponsors in Brazil. Most weekends she takes a small team on an outreach into the bush to show the Jesus film and then to pray with people. Although a little lady she has a huge heart of compassion for the people of Mozambique. Adam spent a day wiring up a simple portable lighting system for her to use on her next weekend outreach. She then took us out to show us round Maputo. Mozambique has a long coastline with many beautiful beaches. This one in Maputo, is where the fishing boats bring their catch of wonderful Mozambican fish, some of the best in the world.
On our final day Celia took us to the fishing market where we purchased several different types of fish and then took them to a nearby restaurant for cooking - so fresh and delicious! Of course, there was far too much for just us three to eat, so she took the left overs back for her 'boys'.
One evening Celia invited Adam to her meeting with the chefes. This was a party for two of them, who had birthdays during February. Of course many of the boys don't know when their birthdays are so the day they were found and brought to Zimpeto is chosen, until family are sometimes located. Celia and the other long term helpers try to give the children as many special events as they can.
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