Our boys at another birthday celebration at the beach

Celebrating at the beach with soft drinks

Heidi with a village mom and baby in their bare hut

Our little girls love to dress up on special occasions

Our prayer hut at dusk under a full moon

Native beautification with crushed sea shells

Our unbelievably happy kids love face paint!

Teenage girls thrilled with life in our Iris family

Another quiet, beautiful evening view of the Indian ocean

Heidi preaching her heart out at a village outreach

A crowd of village children listening intently in the dim light

Short-term visitors praying for the many sick in the village

Heidi helping a totally healed girl learn to speak after being deaf and dumb since birth

Villagers paying close attention to the message after the Jesus Film

Heidi sitting with children at a village outreach

Heidi and the crowd listening to the speaker

Poor villagers lining up for morning tea and bread — such a treat!

Village ladies lining up for tea and bread with the visiting team

Eagerly reaching for a rare treat

Village infants playing with a visitor's tent

Heidi speaking at one of our Iris village churches

A visiting team putting on a skit for a local village church

Visitors love interacting with super interested village children

A typical Iris bush church, among thousands

A couple getting married in a local Iris bush church

Another group of children in our church-based orphan care program

Children posing for visitors in front of our Iris church

A typical village environment under spectacular African skies

Pumping water at a newly-drilled Iris well!

Drinking fresh, clean water, finally!

Visitors and Heidi praying for a bush lady...

Heidi and villagers pumping at a new Iris well — a tremendous event!!!

The gathering at our new Iris well celebration and dedication

Local Iris truck transportation for our meetings

Wading our way to our baptismal spot in the river

Baptizing in the river, many hours' walk from the village

Visiting team witnessing baptisms

Imparting the presence of the Lord at baptism

Praying at another river baptism

The African bush and sky — far from Western smog!

Bible school pastors at graduation in their Iris t-shirts and caps

Pastors worshiping at Bible school graduation

Intense worship at graduation

Happy Iris girls at our base church in Pemba