Background on the Seminary Where We Will Live and Work

Three weeks exactly until the NCO District W&W Trip.  Team members should be working on getting malaria pills and starting to seriously work through the packing checklist by now. Team members are praying for one another and the project and we covet the prayers of everyone on the district as we ask God to go before us and prepare the way. Please pray for the team and for God's blessing in the construction project, but more importantly pray for God's blessing on the hearts and lives of the students and staff of the Seminary. 

In case you are interested in learning a little about the Seminary where the team will stay and work on this trip, I have copied the information below from the "Nazarene Seminary in Mozambique Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nazarene-Seminary-in-Mozambique-Seminario-Nazareno-em-Mocambique/119611191421111?v=wall

"Seminário Nazareno em Moçambique was founded in 1982 in Maputo as Instituto Bíblico Nazareno by Rev. Simeão Mandlate and Prof. Vicente Mbanze. With few resources, the school was established as a night school with classes held in local churches. Some support was supplied by Rev. Frank Howie, Nazarene mission director for Mozambique ministries and resident in Johannesburg.
In 1989, with the start of rapid growth of the Church of the Nazarene in the northern provinces of Mozambique, the churches of Mozambique requested authorization from the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene to establish Seminário Nazareno em Moçambique as a residential Bible school. The authorization was granted and the first class of students was admitted in February, 1990. Land was obtained from the Maputo City Council and the process of preparing plans for building was begun.
Ground was broken for the first building in June, 1995 under the direction of missionary builder, Rev. Jim Williams. The building consisting of classrooms, offices, restrooms and a large room designated to be a library in the future, was completed and dedicated in late 1997. Construction then proceeded in 1998 of a men's dormitory, largely under the inspiration of Rev. Randy Craker from Kirkland, Washington, USA. Under his leadership and inspiration, the Mozambique Miracle project was launched in early 1999 and continued into 2004. The project consisted of more than 30 teams of volunteers, largely from the U.S. Northwest, who donated funds, time and effort to help construct the campus.
As of the beginning of 2010, 13 buildings have been constructed on the site in the Laulane area of Maputo. More than 350 students have graduated from the Seminary and are active in ministry. Currently Seminário Nazareno em Moçambique is under the direction of Rev. Margarida B. Langa. Dr. David W. Restrick serves as Academic Dean. Seven other faculty members serve a student body of approximately 65 students representing eight of the ten provinces of Mozambique. The seminary also serves as the academic hub for the church's extension education program, Instituto Bíblico Nazareno de África Lusófona (IBNAL), which functions across the country of Mozambique.
In addition to serving the pastoral preparation needs of the Church of the Nazarene in Mozambique, Seminário Nazareno em Moçambique has also trained pastors for the United Baptist Church of Mozambique, the Evangelical Assemblies of God of Mozambique, the Free Methodist Church of Mozambique and the United Methodist Church of Mozambique."