Pouring rain seen from 9000 feet in our plane

Heidi and I at Caia on the Zambezi with staff

Children at our church-based orphan care house at Caia

Our church at Caia

Dr. Le Roux examining one of our Caia church ladies

Praying for our Caia ladies

Flying across the Zambezi, showing swampy land left by the flood water

Flooded land and destroyed crops of the Zambezi

The Zambezi near sunset on way to Morrumbala

Rainfall and sunset over mountains on flight to Morrumbala

Children jumping and laughing after our landing in the grass at Morrumbala

Driving on our way to a refugee camp near Morrumbala

Heidi preaching to refugees at a camp, sheltered under a shade tree

Responding to Heidi's message in camp

Children of the camp

Child waiting under a tree in the camp

Unloading bags of rice and beans from our truck in the camp

Unloading another of our trucks

Onlooking refugee children

Refugee huts in a camp along the Shire River

Child among the huts

Man in camp horribly scarred by a fire when sleeping

Mother and children, destitute in camp

Mother and child in camp

Coping in total poverty

Norberto Sango, our young Mozambican staff leader, by a refugee hut

Heidi with a child and mother, building another hut for shelter

The starving children of the flood

Waiting for news of aid arrival

A typical Mozambican house

Another typical Mozambican house

Heidi preaching as always at every opportunity, this time to the canoe people at the edge of the Shire flood

We drove our Land Rovers as far as we could go, and then we travel by canoe

Heidi and the refugees laughing over their differences of hair and skin color

Preaching and praying with the people before our bags of rice and beans

Four deaf people heard on this day

Listening to the Good News!

Listening and dependent on Jesus

Our Iris pastor praying for ladies from the flood plain

Terry Inman preaching to flood refugees

Fear, desperation, urgency, finding faith

Heidi praying with new believers in camp

Praying with children in our Morrumbala church

Praying with children, pastors and staff at our Morrumbala church before going out to camps

Our Morrumbala children pay close attention

A child's bright eyes and smile in the midst of disaster

Heidi teaching pastors and children at our Morrumbala church

Preparing our Morrumbala church for the work and revival ahead!

Children of the flood coping in their amazing way

Our Morrumbala children praying for each other

Pastors listening with hope and anticipation

Heidi surrounded by her treasures

The children of Morrumbala with their "Mama Aida"

In a refugee camp of 6,000, a city of stick and straw huts

Refugees milling around us, waiting and hoping for food

One of thirteen camps near Morrumbala, each with thousands of people

The beauty of the Africa bush

Refugees crowd around Heidi, telling her their stories

Flood victims standing by their huts, with absolutely nothing else

A mother faced with caring for her children in complete destitution

Transporting building materials African-style

A smile in the crowd and chaos

Filled with the joy of childhood, even as refugees

A roadside convenience store in the camp

Standing, waiting, watching — more than a child can understand

The beginnings of another refugee dwelling — ingenuity with sticks and grass

A crowd gathers under a tree in the camp to worship and hear the Gospel

Our trucks in a sea of huts

Our Cessna 206 on Morrumbala's rough grass runway — officially closed and used at our own risk in this emergency

The girls nap in the grass while I get ready to fly — our Cessna with its big tires was in great demand as the only plane operating here

Back in our Pemba tent on Sunday morning for Bible school graduation

Our Bible school pastors and students in our blue Iris t-shirts and hats — very popular with our Mozambicans

Preaching passion and compassion under our weather-beaten tent in Pemba

Giving traditionally married couples a church wedding ceremony with rings and our blessing

Praying for our students

Happy and excited, singing and dancing after our Bible school graduation ceremony

Our Pemba meeting tent, battered after many storms

Local community children come to our meetings in Pemba

Hugging a Mozambican girl after she is baptized in the Pemba ocean

Baptizing a young Mozambican after church at our Pemba beach

We have baptized thousands of Mozambicans in the Indian Ocean at Pemba

Baptisms are always a time of great joy

The joy of new life and hope in Jesus!