Family Matters....

My sister in law: Virginia Pinto (left) and Molly Manhanga (right)

“In-laws or outlaws: the choice is yours”……I enjoyed my time in Harare recently with my in-laws. We had a great catch up time and parted saying that we’ll encourage each other to live a healthy lifestyle. I decided to go “healthy” and although it’s not difficult when I’m on my own or with Stephen, when I’m with family, it tends to get hard because of the food we eat…..I couldn’t believe it recently when I was having a debate with myself on whether or not to eat French fries. My rationale was that I’d eat this once and it really does taste good! I didn’t succumb to the temptation but, it’s good when you have folk that you are accountable to……and in this case, it’s my sister in-laws….. Healthy living here we come!!

Garden feature

While I’ve been trying to get creative and beautify my garden by planting flowers and trying to put in garden “features”, one of my dogs has other ideas for my efforts……the flowers seem to make a nice sleeping area. Stephen has been doing well with his maize, tomatoes and onions. I won’t need to buy tomatoes and onions for a while.

Tomatoes from the garden…not bad at all!

Molly Manhanga

Crossroads Camp! pt 2

Saturday was serious business as we spent time discussing how we can improve as a church and how we can impact the community? Groups were formed and different areas of church life were discussed before having a feedback session. What I liked the most was how honest folk were being on areas that we are good in and areas that need improving. I hope 2012 is a good year with everyone playing their part!

Sunday was celebration time and honouring folk. It was good seeing people so happy and really appreciating one another. We ended by sharing lunch together. Seems like the food was more than enough again as we have quite a bit left over which we can use for Kidz Alive.

God is good!

By Molly Manhanga

Crossroads Camp!

Excitement spread through Mablauwuni village and Ebenezer Training Centre as our camp date drew near. Preparations went smoothly as church members contributed generously with food items.

Friday Evening: About 150 of us gathered at Crossroads, sang songs, danced, prayed and had a really good time getting to know each other better. Some of the Field Officers from Beyond Belief attended the meeting as well as 'old' apprentices who are now based in Bulawayo. It was great seeing them again.

Stephen encouraged everyone to see things in both the physical as well as the spiritual.....see the possibilities of what God is doing in our community, what is God saying to us individually and for us to look forward to 2012. He then asked the question "What drives Crossroads Church?" Some responses were: prayer, seeing the community saved, God, goals etc. Every church is driven by something be it programmes, events, personalities etc

We then looked at how to best impact and influence the community. It was a good evening!

By Molly Manhanga