Merry Christmas!
But the angel said to
them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for
all the people. Today
in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
This
will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the
angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the
highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” (Luke 2: 10-14)
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| A little of Jill's Christmas artwork |
What a great reminder that the arrival of Jesus is reason
for GREAT JOY for ALL people. Without
the baby, we would not have the Savior!
Thank you so much for your encouragement and support over
the last year! So much has happened and
we are grateful for our friends and family, as well as strangers we barely know,
who care, pray, and continue to support our work in Mozambique.
We are having a pretty low-key Christmas holding down the
fort while our colleagues are on furlough in the US. We plan to enjoy a
Christmas dinner with some friends to celebrate. Friday our staff did our annual distribution
of cookies and cokes to the various workers at the airport. We went to dispatch, up in the tower, the
airline offices, the fueling stations, to the police and military posts, and the
parking attendants to share some Christmas cheer and hand out the Christmas
story as a reminder of why we are celebrating.
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| The coke/cookie delivery team |
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| Cookies for the firefighters |
While our friends in North America are turning up the heat
and maybe even playing in the snow (I saw the fun pictures on Facebook!), we
are in the middle of our hot season (for some reason I still have trouble calling
it summer in December). November and
December are quite warm with many days over 100 degrees. In mid-December, the rainy season gets going
and shows us where the leaks are in the house!
The rain does cool things down a bit, but with the high humidity it can
get quite balmy. Charlie is a bit
neurotic when it comes to storms and Lobo doesn’t mind running around in the
rain and then rubbing his drenched fur on us!
Laundry takes forever to dry and the roads get potholes or turn into rivers, but after a
long dry season, things really start to green up! The foggy mornings and stormy afternoons can
be a pilot’s nightmare, but it is also beautiful.
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| A nervous Charlie |
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| A wet Lobo |
One cool thing that happened a couple of weeks ago was
flying the President of Mozambique. This
was the second time for Ambassador Aviation, but the first time for Dave. He was able to shake his hand and have a
brief conversation with him. We are now
calling our Caravan “Ambassador One”!
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| Procession for the President before he left on our Caravan (to the left) |
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| Dave with the President in the background at the airstrip at Memba |
And a couple of birds pics that didn't make the cut on the last blog...
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| Green-Backed Heron |
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| Weavers enjoying the water |
Love you Dave & Jill! What a blessing seeing all the pictures and short tells of what has been going on over there. I'm praying for you and thanking God on how He is using you.
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Tricia