Hello from Team Less. Sorry it’s been so long since we’ve written. Internet was off limits during out time in China and it’s taken us awhile to get back to this. Since we last wrote we’ve arrived in Africa, done training for a week in Swaziland and made our voyage into Mozambique. Jackie and Lindsey also celebrated birthdays in January and February!
Here’s our latest update and some pictures for you…
Ministry and Team Activities – CF
The past two weeks have been full of different ministry opportunities and times of learning and being filled up by God. Last week we spent two days and two nights at the orphanage. It was a great time of playing with the children, cooking, and at night having a time of songs, games, and a Bible story. This week we 
spent three days teaching at a local church. We each taught one or two lessons and the topics were things like children’s ministry, prayer, God’s comfort, the Kingdom of Heaven, distractions, etc. We also have spent time at this church the past two Sunday’s and another local church. This has given both Danny and Kyle the opportunity to preach to both congregations. The days we have not been teaching at the church or at the orphanage, we have been focusing on the Elijah House Christian Counseling course we are taking on Inner Healing. This consists of video seminars, small group discussions, and personal reflection. We have all gained from these teachings and God is teaching us and growing us individually and as a team. A highlight this week was Friday because it was Lindsey’s birthdayJ! We spent the day at the markets in town, went to lunch, and spent time at the beach. It was a fun day of relaxing and being “us”
Lindsey reclaimed her pirate identity on her birthday
Coming Up- LM
Tuesday thru Friday we will be going out to the Bush in Mabouti, which is about 3hrs from Vilanculos, where we will be splitting up into three groups and teaching at three different churches. We will also be showing the Jesus film at night and hopefully getting the chance to get to know the people who live out there. We are looking forward to spending time out there.
Jackie preaching at church
Danny playing a log at the orphange
Spiritual Discussions – DG
We have all been growing here in some pretty awesome ways. Having to preach so much has in many made us all sit down and really process what God has been teaching us and laying on our 
hearts. Additionally we just finished doing a 25 lesson course dealing with inner healing called Elijah House. Not only has it been good for healing in our own lives, but God will surely use it to better understand and help heal the lives of other. Many seeds have been sown this month. Seeds that come harvest time will yield some amazing fruit in our lives and others.
As far as prayer goes
Pray for continued healing in all of our lives
Pray this upcoming week as we are heading into the bush to preach Christ crucified and encourage the local churches
Pray for people in the bush as they will be seeing The Passion and The Jesus Film for the first time.
Pray for guidance as to where in Africa we are to go next… there are many open doors.
Pray for continued unity among the team… that God would continue to knit our hearts together.
Pray for the Orphanage that Jaco and Maria have started here. Right now it is running off bare essentials, and there is a huge waiting list for more Orphans to receive aid.
Pray for continue health in our team.
Much love to all who read this. Thank you for your prayers and continued support. We love you guys.
Cultural Quirk- SB
Running water is something we’ve recently added to the list of things we take for granted. At the house we are blessed with running water… but even here it comes in via pump and if the generator isn’t running… no water. This makes the first toilet flush of the morning a special experience. Then… we visited the orphange they are building in the bush. The kids load up containers into their wheelbarrows and head off to the pump several times a day. It’s about a 10 minute walk and the pump looks like the cartoons of what you pump to move little carts through mines… I can only hope you followed that! Then they haul the water back and store it in big tupperware tubs that get used for all water purposes.
Special feature- Classifieds
Now presenting Michael Black… our extreme makeover World Race edition… I think you can see that being around Team Less has really helped our 14 year old friend find his true identity. 14 year olds girls can contact Michael through his fathers blog… only those with 5 year plans need apply.
