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Well, the internet was not cooperating yesterday, so this comes one day late.  Here is a photo of one of the monitors, Emilio, with his family.   This must be one mother who is very tired!  Not all of these are his own kids, but most of them are. He has seven.  Here in Mozambique,Continue reading “Mother’s Day”

Someone told me I should put up lots of photos of bugs – and I do have lots of photos!  I just can’t find them…… So, here is a photo from some years ago of Toby with a rhino beetle.  We get all kinds of interesting bugs here, and the camouflage is incredibly awesome onContinue reading “Bugs”

Here’s a photos of the grocery store!   We were very excited when this store opened last year, because the only other good store burned down a couple years ago.  In this store, we can get yogurt, cheese, spices, ice cream, cookies, toilet paper and other wonderful things, all in one place.  Previously, it wasContinue reading “Grocery Shopping”

Here’s a typical church; some are made of mud, others of bamboos.  The rock formations around Nampula are called inselbergs.  Very interesting!

The kids ride this bus back and forth to school every day, 45 minutes to an hour each way.  We are so thankful for this bus, because it would take at least 3 hours of our day if we had to drive them back and forth.  It costs $100 a month for the two ofContinue reading “Riding the bus”

Here are some of the worse-looking apartment buildings in our city, and I found it very funny that most of the apartments have satellite tv!  You can get a package here for about $80 a month (I am guessing) which is a huge luxury.  People here are becoming addicted to TV, though, which is sad toContinue reading

  Here’s a view of what’s for sale this week!  And last week, and the week before.  The merchandise around here rarely changes.  This was taken in a shop window, and most of the shop windows have this kind of thing, or food items, on display.  The quality is very, very bad. Think dollar store ,Continue reading