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In 2007 Jubilee joined with Iris Ministries in building an orphanage in Pemba Mozambique.

Bellow we have included several stories and pictures from the goings on in Pemba.

We will try to regularly update what's happening and your prayers are greatly appreciated.

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 Pemba, Mozambique

May 01, 2007

Dear Friends and Partners in Ministry,

We have a wonderful story of God's love and provision to share with you. Let this encourage your heart as we enter 2007.

Two days ago, I (Don) took a team of medical personnel to the village of Mieze, about a 20 minute drive from the Iris base in Pemba. As you know from our reports, I've been doing this every week for the past 4-5 months. The Mieze church is headed by Pastor Joao Juma, a joyful brother who has planted and oversees about 30 churches in the area. Our makeshift “clinic” was a slightly shaded area alongside the Iris church building. As has become usual, dozens of adults and 70 or more children gathered—many seeking medical attention, others socializing...and children playing on the recently constructed playground in the attached picture.

After a couple of hours in the heat and dust, I gave Pastor Juma some money to send an older boy to the market to buy some biscuits and juice powder as a rare treat for these impoverished and malnourished children. When the drink was prepared, Juma instructed the children in their Makua tongue to form two lines to receive their biscuits and then proceed toward the playground to receive a cup of juice. He then began to pray in exuberant thanksgiving for this gift, and the children joined in loudly and enthusiastically.

The two bags of biscuits were dumped into a clear plastic bag and Pastor Juma was about to begin distributing them. He asked me whether we should give two or three biscuits to each child. I looked at the bag and then at the two long lines and imagined how disappointing it would be if the biscuits ran out before the children at the end had received any. “Two,” I said; and Juma nodded in agreement.

I was only a few feet away, observing the various medical stations and answering questions, and watching the kids scamper happily toward the playground clutching their two biscuits. Then I noticed the bag of biscuits was still very full. Juma noticed my look, raised his hands in a gesture of surprise and began giving three biscuits to each child. A few minutes later, I looked again. The bag was still full and we both began to grin. Our God was doing something marvelous before our very eyes! The kids who had quietly taken their place at the back of the line and waited their turn were rewarded with handfuls of biscuits. And still the bag was full. Juma gave more biscuits to every child in sight and then went around to the several dozen adults and gave them large handfuls of biscuits. And when we couldn't find anyone else to give biscuits to, Juma held up the bag, which was still as full as at the beginning; and we both praised God for His miraculous provision and love for “the least of these....”

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