Mindy  Hebron (left) and Elise Ritchie of Port Coquitlam spent several weeks in Mozambique this summer, ministering at orphanages run by Iris Ministries. This photo is from a memorable encounter, recounted as follows on their blog:

Our first day here, we set out on the streets of Maputo, after dropping off our stuff at our guest house. Within an hour, we had acquired five little followers.

They started by asking for money; but within half an hour, we were all just laughing together and they were showing us around the city. One of them spoke English. They were our translators, tour guides and friends.

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As we came up from the beach, heading towards the information centre, they stopped at a booth and bought us candy. They wouldn’t even let us pay for it! They went from asking for money from us to refusing to let us pay for a little bit of candy.

They were so sweet. And strangely enough, we felt safer walking through the streets with our little entourage.

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October 2007