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Out of the Blue

In early September, I suddenly started having terrible pain in my upper back and down my right arm. After trying everything I know to do for sore back (which is a lot) and every medication that has ever been useful, I had an xray of pretty poor quality. The physiotherapist here was able to tellContinue reading “Out of the Blue”

Boy’s day out

In August Kevin also got the chance to take Toby out on an overnight camping trip just 15 miles out of town or so. They went along with two other dads and their sons, and spent the time hiking up a nearby peak, camping out, playing and talking. Each dad shared something with the groupContinue reading “Boy’s day out”

Visiting Churches

Church visitation and preaching is something that Kevin continues to do regularly. It is always an “event” when he shows up, and often there will be a lunch put on for a few select leaders and the visitor. Sometimes Kevin counts himself lucky because he is visiting a monitor’s church and doesn’t have to preach,Continue reading “Visiting Churches”

Construction assistance

Kevin flew up to another city in Mozambique in August to spend a week helping prepare a house for a new missionary family. There are all kinds of challenges in getting local-built houses ready for foreigners, including making sure that the electricity is grounded so that you don’t get zapped every time you turn onContinue reading “Construction assistance”

School Sports Day

This is the view my kids see when they go to school every day. Beautiful! At the end of July, there was a school sports day to end the school year, with the whole school split up into four teams to compete against each other in running, jumping, tug-o-war, obstacles course, and other events. IContinue reading “School Sports Day”

Funerals

Here in Mozambique, we attend a lot of funerals . . . and we don’t even go to all of the ones we are “invited” to. Many, many people die from malaria, sudden fevers (which we never hear a diagnosis for), a gradual wasting away from “that” disease, which is never named, or other causes.Continue reading “Funerals”

Classes Continue On

Update on the “kids”

Well, the last photo of our dogs was in December. You can see from the photo here that Matapa, our big dog, now outweighs Toby! He is about 9 months old. Koli, the tiny Jack Russell Terrier, is now the same size as Mattuvi, our adult JRT. Back in December, Matapa was the sameContinue reading “Update on the “kids””

The Malarians

So Ben titled us when, during our drive south to the annual AIM conference, we all came down with malaria. This doesn’t happen very often, since malaria is transmitted by mosquito bite and not by “catching” it from someone else. Some very energetic mosquito must have bitten all of us (or perhaps there were severalContinue reading “The Malarians”

Ladies Get Out of Town

The ladies from our church very rarely go anywhere, and certainly don’t enjoy retreats, lunches out, or even tea in a cafe. All of them live in tiny houses, most with a tin roof though some with a grass roof. Many of them carry their own water; all of them wash their clothes by handContinue reading “Ladies Get Out of Town”