GLOBAL PARTNERS

How your gifts to Lott Carey make God’s love real in Mozambique

You were there when the people of Mozambique struggled to recover from a devastating flood. Rural families were devastated. Farms and animals were wiped out. It was an awful time for an already impoverished people.

The book of Isaiah describes God words to a people who had known much sorrow, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.”

So in Mozambique, when the waters rose and the floods raged, Lott Carey’s mission partners rallied to embody God’s ways. Chickens, ducks, pigs, goats, and even cattle were bought and distributed to eight hundred families that were in danger of being overwhelmed. The livestock was freely given in Christ’s name to Christians and non-Christians alike, whoever was in need.

Through Lott Carey, you were there. You stepped in just when the need was greatest. You stepped in, knowing that the God who calls us by name would have it no other way.

Between five to seven people were a part of most of the families who received the much-appreciated new livestock. So the Baptist Convention of Mozambique, Lott Carey’s dedicated partner, estimates that the love of God as described in Isaiah was made real for at least five thousand people.

In that sense, through the faithful compassion of God’s own people, a devastating flood was transformed. A flood of destruction became a river of life, a river of love flowing clear as crystal from the throne of God — and you were there to see it happen.

Your partners in Mozambique minister in other ways as well. The Baptist Convention of Mozambique reaches many, for example, through its sensitive evangelism, careful equipping of new church leaders, and Christ-embodying charity work.

With scholarship assistance from Lott Carey, ministers and their families have been sent to nearby African nations to obtain a deeply enriching theological education. Dreams are emerging for a seminary in Mozambique someday as well.

Through Lott Carey, you make God’s love real in Mozambique — and around the world.