In the small village of Vanduzi, roughly 600 miles from Mozambique's capital of Maputo, 42-year-old Páscua Chale is building an orphanage on prayer.
In the small village of Vanduzi, roughly 600 miles from Mozambique’s capital of Maputo, 42-year-old Páscua Chale is building an orphanage on prayer.
Chale, a Seventh-day Adventist and a widow, saw poverty, AIDS, malaria and other diseases leaving many children as orphans in her village. Though she wanted to help, she had very little to share and felt helpless until a little boy came to her asking for food. Touched by his need, Chale sold some of her clothes and took him in along with two other orphans.
“We in Mozambique often wait for help from overseas, but my experience tells me that the help comes from above,” Chale says. “I don’t have anything to give my children, but everyday we have bread to eat.”
She soon spoke with friends and a pastor who encouraged her to open an orphanage. Chale has taken 11 children into a small house and the Vanduzi government is asking her to take more children. Because of her work, many people are asking about the Adventist faith and attending the small Adventist church in the area.
Chale hopes to finish building an orphanage before the November rainy season. Although she doesn’t have funds to equip the orphanage with clean water and food, it hasn’t stopped her from building.
Chale’s new challenge is finding Bibles and study guides for those learning about the Adventist faith.
“We can share the little we have with others and the work of God is to multiply it,” Chale says. “The stories of the Bible are true stories. All we need to do is to believe.”
