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By: Maria Kerkhof Prayer Meetings My hat was already on when I plucked the keys for teachers’ toilets to quickly use the facilities before walking over to the church.  On Thursday mornings, there is a prayer meeting at church for the congregation from 8-9 am, and...

Keith Mpata Last summer, one of the catechists from Mbuma, Mr Keith Mpata, was visiting the Netherlands. On 16 July he gave a lecture in Capelle aan den IJssel. He also gave an interesting insight into his work as a catechist. For the readers of the Mbumablad, here is...

Nienke Hak When visiting Mbuma Mission Hospital this April, I met a girl that I won’t easily forget. Her name is Nomatter (probably meant in the sense of “no matter what may come”). Dr Snoek had told me a couple of days before I came across her that a ten-year-old...

Rev J B Jardine Zimbabwe is suffering its second peak of Covid-19, which has resulted in more infections and deaths from the disease than in the whole of 2020.The highest levels of infection and deaths are in the two largest cities, Harare and Bulawayo. Oxygen therapy...

By Maria Kerkhoff The generator switches off at 6 am on a day when there’s no ZESA (electricity). Since it cannot be running all day, the generator schedule is dependent on the students’ schedule and when the dining hall needs power for preparing food. I try to make...