The Trip - Becoming a full-time missionary in Africa, then seeing your work finished 20 years later

Maranatha's Elmer Barbosa left home at the age of 20 to move to Africa as a full-time missionary, building around 700 One-Day Churches with Maranatha in the country of Mozambique. The idea behind this structure is that it can be erected almost anywhere in just a day, and then church members can build up walls using local materials afterward. Maranatha finished our commitment in Mozambique and moved on to other countries, but we never heard if the congregations built up the walls on their own. Recently, our well-maintenance team came back to Mozambique to service wells we previously drilled, and what they found left Elmer touched. To learn more about Maranatha's work, visit maranatha.org.