Outreach in Chokwe at Flood Refugees Camp - Day One

As usual time is not our friend and loading the large sound-system always takes longer to load than planned.
After several stops and pushing cars and trucks out of the soft sand we were off!
With each dusty KM driven the excitement was building! We were ecstatic at this opportunity to minister and love on the people at one of the many camps for the flood victims.
It was only a few hours drive from Maputo to Chokwe, but once we passed from Maputo province into Gaza province the evidence of a bad flood was still around and much of the farm land was still covered in muddy stagnant water or just thick gooey mud! The smell and flies were strong.

We have heard many stories of the people at the camps, have lost homes, farm land, everything they own, some even have lost family and friends.

As we got closer, the camps came into view. it was really a sight, one which stay in our memory! Its one thing to hear on radio or see on news on TV but to see over 100,000 people in one camp alone, is a sight to behold. As we drove for a few KM with tents on either side, i couldn't help but wonder about Moses and what it was like to be a leader to the Israelites as they were leaving Egypt. Just the share amount of people, not including their belongings, its a lot. And messes with my brain, let alone the logistics of food, sanitation and then dealing with issues, like crime and sickness etc. I have a new found respect for Moses and what God called him and the fact that he accomplished it.