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Thursday, July 22, 2010

interns and meetings and moving, oh my!

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Hi again from northern Mozambique!  We have been keeping a busy pace the last few months, and have been reminded how much having a small bab...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

back home in Mozambique

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Hello once again from Mozambique! We are home!  Transitioning back to Mozambique after an absence isn’t always easy, and coming back wi...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Katie Joy

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We’re happy to announce the birth of Katherine Joy Howell.  Katie was born on January 19th at 5:55pm.  She weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

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We're safely back in the United States getting ready for the birth of what we are told will be a baby boy! He's due in the middle of...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

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Greetings from northern Mozambique! It is hard for us to imagine that most of the people reading this are experiencing cold weather right no...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Alan's solution (?) to global poverty

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A few weeks ago Rachel sparked a lively conversation on Facebook. She posted a link to an article by Michael Moore on capitalism and povert...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Frontier Missions article

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Over the past couple years I have been thinking a lot about the atonement - the significance of Jesus' death on the cross. I've bee...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Putting it into Practice

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In August, my teammate Jeremy Smith and I went to a seminar in Rwanda where we learned a lot about Church Planting Movements and what we can...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

resolution of our sticky rental situation... for now

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Thank you so much for all your prayers and encouragement in our unpleasant dealings with our landlord (see the background info below). God ...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

our rental situation (but the newsletter is still below!)

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Hello again, As we mentioned in our newsletter, we are in a difficult situation with our landlord and the house we are renting. We want to ...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

September 2009 Newsletter

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Wow! This year is our busiest to date – we are thankful for our God who sustains us and for a few moments in between events/travel/visitors...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Giants in our midst

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I have been thinking about the story of David and Goliath lately. There is a reason why this story has captured the attention and appreciat...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009

starting something new...

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We have had an exciting past couple months here in Montepuez. I (finally!) finished up my master’s degree, our team received 7 interns, and...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

April update

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Hello again from northern Mozambique! Whew! The pasts two months have been really full and busy since we wrote our last blog post in late J...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009

weekend gathering

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We had a fun and interesting weekend. Twenty leaders from different churches in the Montepuez district converged on our house and the Smith...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

happy new year from mozambique!

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Greetings again from northern Mozambique! Thank you so much to all of you who have joined us in praying for rain. The rains started just be...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

warming up in the southern hemisphere

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Hi again from Montepuez! It is HOT in northern Mozambique! We have always said that we thought November was the hottest month, and it has b...
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