http://umafrica.org/v1 Pursuing and spreading God’s will around the world! Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:33:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  We'd like to announce that Marcelo & Adriana have undertaken a new project that is the continuity of what they have been working on for the last 2 years. They have struggled to find local partners with no success. During the Project'09 trip our team + Marcelo & Adriana weer ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=65 Dears,  After around almost 6 months we are releasing the first picture from our 2009 Project Trip. The pictures have been taken by Filipe Ghirardello, a Brazilian photographer that travelled along with us producing an extraordinary amount of visual data including pictures and videos.  Check soon for more updates and documentaries.   2009 Project ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=64 [Draft dated as of Aug 13th '09] Dears,  We are happy to inform that the 2009 Project was a success. We travelled over 3.000 miles in between South Africa and Mozambique. We have travelled all directions in Mozambique, starting off in the south at Maputo (capital city) going northeast by the coastline, we had ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=59 Dears,   After going a little quiet we are back with some news regarding the 2010 Project planning. (10'P)   We have to decide the location of our trip, it will probably be either to Tanzania+Malawi or to Uganda+Kenya. If you know some mission(aries) that would be interested in receiving our visit ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=63  Many times I catch myself thinking about what could I do to help bringing Jesus salvation to those who don't know about it yet.  The first thing that crosses my mind is usually related to direct speech, getting on a plane and head to the African continent in order to preach about ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=62 Photo via compassdirect.org Islamic extremists in Somalia hunting Christians Somalia's Muslim militants are hunting down converts to Christianity. According to Voice of the Martyrs Canada, Al-Shabaab members have murdered 14 believers since July 15, reports MNN. Compass Direct News reports the September 15 shooting death of 69-year-old Omar Khalafe, an underground Christian who ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=61 A Ugandan MP has proposed creating an offence of "aggravated homosexuality" to be punishable by death. Ruling party MP David Bahati wants the death penalty for those having gay sex with disabled people, under-18s or when the accused is HIV-positive. Homosexual acts are already illegal, but the Anti-Homosexuality Bill proposes new offences ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=60 Dears, It's time to say Nampula goodbye and head down back to Maputo. This will be the last night we'll be spending in Nampula, we have been hosted by the family of missionaries from "Africa4Jesus", tomorrow UMA and "New Hope" will be together for another 2300km towards the capital city of ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=58 This period around Nampula , Mozambique is being really important and rich in new experiences. We've been talking a lot about the UMA project, introducing it to all sort of missionaries around mozambique that resulted in lots of new contacts and people interested in Africa such as ourselves. Today is the first ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=57 Hi, I'm typing straight from Nampula (Mozambique), this city is amazing, we found a strong mixture of Chinese, Indian and a couple of other foreigners. The children around here are full of joy, the churches are full of believers but there's an intense and growing need of all sorts of ... http://umafrica.org/v1/?p=54