Goodbye to our Link Missionaries

 

Our BMS Link Missionaries have now left their home in the port of Beira where they have been working alongside the Baptist Convention of Mozambique for the last ten years.

It's been a privilege for us at AFC to have had two visits from Liz, Sergio, Chloe and Joshua Vilela over recent years whilst they have been back in England on Home Assignment.  Sergio has told us about his work training pastors and youth leaders, and Liz has shared with us something of her involvement with pre-school playgroups.  On both occasions it was a delight to meet with such an enthusiastic and committed couple.

The family will first visit Brazil and catch up with Sergio’s folks before settling back in Britain where they will look for new opportunities of service.

The children seem to have loved their life in Mozambique and write about the fact they are leaving such nice schools and sunsets.  When asked what they are looking forward to, they replied: our new house, living near family and the cold!

Liz and Sergio described one of the leaving events they have attended, one that centred around their church family.  The service started at 10.00am and finished at 2.30pm having included five baptisms and two dedications of children.  The leaving lunch then commenced at 3.15pm.  It seems that the Vilela’s are leaving a vibrant Christian community, one in which they have given much and received much in return.

So, we thank God for Liz, Sergio and the family and for this splendid decade of committed service. May God bless and direct them into coming days