Dordt to South Africa 2015: Thursday, July 23, Nampula, Mozambique

Today was a different kind of tourism. We stayed put at the Communities of Fusion farm/ministry just outside of Nampula, and learned as much as we could about their holistic approach to farming/business/ministry/discipleship. It was quite incredible.

Andrew Cunninghan of Zimbabwe, Scott Marquis of Zimbabwe, and many others, are part of the team here. A decade ago, this area was undeveloped scrub land. Today it’s a large-scale broiler chicken operation, egg producer, an agricultural college, a for-profit school developing a reputation for excellence, and so much more. There’s way too much going on here to try and include in this blog, but here’s a summary:

Communities of Fusion is made up of seven separate entities all working together to bring Shalom to one of the world’s poorest countries. This group of Expat’s and Mozambicans has a well thought-out foundational philosophy soaked in Scripture. They have a passion for God’s glory, and that’s evident in what they do and how they do it. They’re very aware that God “chooses the weak and ignorant things of this world.”

Seeing what they’re doing for God’s glory and for the building up of Africa, it was impossible not to contrast this Christian organization with ISIS, which is all over the news these days. ISIS is devoted to death and destruction. Fusion is devoted to life and Shalom. Praise God these people are here doing what they’re doing for His glory.

We also had the privilege of spending time with Dordt graduate Chris Bylsma, who’s almost one year into his two-year time of working here. It was obvious that Chris is loving it! And current Dordt student Kyle Fosse, a missionary kid from Mozambique, came here with his parents, Paul and Sue Fosse! Kyle is home here for the summer and lives only two hours from Nampula. It was great having the Fosse family spend the day with us too.

Enjoy a these pictures of our day with the good people here at the Communities of Fusion, Nampula, Mozambique.