Another Mercy Tech Mission accomplished

It's hard to believe that it's been almost 5 weeks since we left Canada for Mozambique, and here we are on our way home.

Due to unforseen internet problems, I haven't been able to post for the past week, so now that Todd and I are in a modern hotel in Maputo, I thought I'd better post a few wrap-up photos for the home crowd!

It has been another amazing time here in Mozambique and the mechanical training program went extremely well (thanks to the great teaching efforts of Todd Green and Ed Hyslip). Here is a class photo of all our students:

First, the serious Mozambican photo...

...followed by the crazy Canuck version! (Ed, wish you could have been here for this)

With the teaching duties being handled by the other guys, I was able to concentrate on getting the repair pit started for the new maintenance building.

Checking out the newly-poured floor

Peter and his crew making good progress on the repair pit walls

Texas Todd making sure things are done correctly

To keep things moving, one has to make the obligitory trip to town for supplies...

Carrying bagfuls of money to buy construction materials...

A typical auto parts store in Chimoio

Discussing carburetor issues with Domingo, whose water pump keeps quitting.

There were other great moments as well. Chris, a man in my church, had donated money for a new guitar for Fani, a young man with a passon for music. I have been teaching Fani to play the guitar, and have encouraged him to write new songs for the Mozambican church. This past Wednesday we had the joy of presenting Fani with his guitar. Thanks, Chris!

Presenting Fani with his new guitar

A round of applause was in order

One item I neglected to mention earlier was a one-day seminar that we conducted on worship music for the local bush churches.

Worship seminar