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Mindy Hebron (left) and Elise Ritchie of Port
Coquitlam spent several weeks in Mozambique this summer, ministering at
orphanages run by Iris Ministries. This photo is from a memorable
encounter, recounted as follows on their blog:
Our first day here, we set out on the streets of
Maputo, after dropping off our stuff at our guest house. Within an hour, we
had acquired five little followers.
They started by asking for money; but within half an
hour, we were all just laughing together and they were showing us around
the city. One of them spoke English. They were our translators, tour guides
and friends.
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As we came up from the beach, heading towards the
information centre, they stopped at a booth and bought us candy. They
wouldn’t even let us pay for it! They went from asking for money from
us to refusing to let us pay for a little bit of candy.
They were so sweet. And strangely enough, we felt safer
walking through the streets with our little entourage.
mindyelise.blogspot.com
October 2007
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