Mother and child in the surf at our baptism

Lines for baptism at Pemba, with children playing

Heidi's kids, thrilled at her return to Pemba from another trip

One of Pemba's many moods at sunset on the Indian ocean

The hills of Pemba from across the bay at day's end

One of our many baptisms in the Indian Ocean

Our provincial pastor filled with joy in the Holy Spirit

A missions school student abandoned in the Spirit

A missions student on Sunday morning

Lost in worship, carrying a Mozambican treasure

Showing the Jesus Film to another village in the dark

Heidi preaching to a village from our flatbed truck

Breakfast with our missions team at another village outreach

Teaching village children in a remote village

Teaching in a simple Iris village bush church

Heidi with more of her treasures in a remote village

Heidi and I with more of our Mozambican village family

Bush village boy and his simple, destitute life

Pounding corn into fine meal

Total peace in all his poverty

A shy village boy curious about foreign visitors

Bright, joyful eyes in a far corner of the world

An African village in its wild, remote environment

A child among thousands in need of hope and a future

The joy of youth, even in poverty

A dry, barren, primitive existence in wild beauty

Excited, joyful youth in worship in a bush church

Our Mozambican youth teaching village children

Joy and color in the African bush

Joy from exposure to the Gospel, even in deep poverty

Our Mozambican outreach teams participate in teaching

Missions students relaxing by their tents in a bush village

Curiously hanging around these strange but wonderful foreigners

Trapped in poverty and hopelessness, in need of Good News

Safe and secure, African-style

A young African lady, in need of Jesus too, even in the bush

Another African child, beautiful, curious, concentrated

Our visiting missions team, eating in a bush village

Feeding beans and rice to village ladies

Plates of rice, a great treat in the remote bush

Typical African village lady, carrying a child and a load

Total destitution in Africa heat and dirt

Intense color and worship on Sunday morning

East meets West in prayer on Sunday in Pemba

Deep in prayer on Sunday morning in Pemba

Humble and desperate before God in rich African color

Getting deeply touched while being prayed for

White and black ladies sharing the love of God

A missionary's joy among her children

African passion in worship

Another bright young African face lighted by love

A smile from Mama Heidi on his birthday

Our boys get good at flipping down sand dunes for sheer joy!

A gathering of our boys at our house on the weekend

A group of our national leaders heading out on the ocean to a remote village

Making friends with village boys

Villagers gathering around Heidi to hear the Christmas story

Acting out the Three Wise Men bowing down to baby Jesus

Preaching passionately in our new village church

Listening intently to the Good News

Heidi with a treasure on her lap in our village church

Our team having late night dinner in our own mud hut

Breakfast in the bush by our mud hut

Listening to the Gospel with fresh joy and total interest

Teaching at dawn in our new village church

The men stay in the back but listen intently

Passing out the first Christmas gifts this village has seen

The joy of celebrating Christmas with the poor

Passing out clothes for Christmas

The wild, open environment of an African village

Walking back to our boat on the beach from our mud hut church

Waving good-bye to our beach village

Fresh fun in the water on the way out to our boat

We have to take a dinghy over the coral from our boat

Enjoying a good ocean soak after a day of ministry

A local fishing boat near our church

Back on our boat and on our way home

A birthday party for Jacinto, our base director at Pemba

Passionate African prayer

A little African boy at our home church in Pemba

Another culture entirely hearing the Gospel

Young and old, black and white, all drinking in the Good News

A meeting of our Mozambican national leaders sharing news of revival around the country

Heidi in an exciting game at our beach Christmas party

Boys in a race at our beach Christmas party

Playing pregnant Mary arriving in Bethlehem, African-style!

Acting out the Nativity scene on an Africa beach in summer!

Our thrilled, energized Harvest School in Pemba!

The excited winner of a motorcycle at our Christmas party draw!

The winner of a prized goat at our Christmas party draw

A leading Mozambican pastor praying for missions students

A missionary with an African child

Unusual: a white lady missionary beating an African drum!

On the floor at our Bible school and missions school graduation

Lost in worship on the floor in the Spirit

Solemn, deepest worship at our graduation

Bible school pastors and foreign missions students praying for each other

Excitedly presenting graduation certificates with prayer

Our Pemba church gathered for a beautiful African wedding

A young African groom, raised by Jesus to new life and joy on his wedding day

A young woman raised in Iris Ministries on her wedding day

Even the poor make themselves beautiful at an Iris wedding!

Transformation: from hopelessness to new life and marriage in Jesus!

Three happy kids at Iris Pemba!