(mah-POO-too) – “My friend Cal is a 21-year-old university student who will wake up tomorrow before dawn and begin the two-hour journey on public transportation to make it to campus in time for class,” writes a Southern Mozambique Team member. “Assuming that his teachers arrive for class, when he finishes up for the day, he will make his journey home. It will take longer this time due to traffic. He’s one of those who is blessed to have his brothers and mother help him with money for transportation and monthly universities fees. His father is not in the picture. Cal will spend the next several years of his life, and some of the modest amount of money that he has, to obtain his degree. It’s unlikely (to put it gently) that there will be an opportunity for employment even after graduating. This is the story of tens of thousands of Mozambican students, and they are the minority of young people who even go to school in the first place. Pray for our small group Bible studies on these campuses to grow. Pray that the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ will be what these young people hope in and that God will provide for them.”
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