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What do you think of when you think of Africa?...HIV/AIDS, poverty, war??? We think of beauiful people!!! We think of HOPE!!! We think of Don and Elizabeth Kantel.
Don & Elizabeth are our development team on the ground in Pemba, Mozambique.
Veteran Iris Missionaries Don and Elizabeth first visited the Zimpeto base near Maputo in March 1999. Iris was still in its relative infancy then, with 400 children in two centers and about 300 churches. The favor and blessing of God have been poured out in superabundance over the ensuing years, with the number of new church plants exploding to more than 7,000 and over 5,000 homeless children being cared for in Iris centers or churches saturated with the love of God for “the least of these.”
Since October 2005, Don and Elizabeth have been at the Pemba base in Northern Mozambique, which is Iris’ fastest growing center. With whole villages coming into relationship with Jesus, Don and Elizabeth are actively pursuing a mission to lead transformational and sustainable community development, as part of the holistic gospel Iris is presenting to poverty-stricken communities.
Don, Elizabeth and the people of OVV believe that the Jeremiah 29:11 promise of “hope and a future” applies to Africa too! And our vision is to mobilize resources and develop community servant-leadership to help bring lasting transformation to some of the earth's poorest people.
Take a look at a satellite image of their base at the following link: maps.google.ca/maps
“Mieze Model” for village transformation: http://web.mac.com/kantels
For updates on adaptations of the Mieze Model, see http://www.irismin.ca/nmohsp
**For new Mieze video clip, see http://www.xpmedia.com/QgwOEMOT6i4G
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