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I should upload photos of the wonderful fresh bread we eat here daily.  You can’t buy the “bread in a bag” that you get in the USA and South Africa and Europe.  Instead, we get “breads”, which are like rolls.  I will actually upload a photo this month.  This is one of the bakeries, calledContinue reading “This one’s for MG”

Here’s a page from our Macua textbook, with the Macua dialogue on the left and the Portuguese translation on the right. It says:  Good Afternoon.  Are you well? I entered the afternoon well.  And you? I am still sick in my body. I have four books. They don’t have a book. Do you have aContinue reading “Learning Macua, in Portuguese”

  We do have to make a disclaimer that we did not take this photo and it is not from Nampula.  Generally we see two or three ADULTS on a motorcyle.  Two is the normal number, often augmented by a kid or two.  A family of five can also ride a bike around; nothing oddContinue reading “Cheapest Family Car in Nampula”

    Our water system has been rather difficult for awhile now; we only get a few buckets worth into the system through the pipes from the city, so Kevin eventually bought gutters (paid for by AIM) to channel some rain water into the system.  Until then, the guards had been carrying 30 buckets ofContinue reading “Fixing the water system”

This is a common sight, and where we buy all of our shoes, and shoes for the kids.  It can be difficult to find the right size, in the black required by the school, for the kids.  Luckily Kevin and I are average sizes and never had trouble finding something.  A pair of used tennisContinue reading “Shoe shopping, anyone?”

Here’s Ben standing in front of a riverbed that became a lot bigger during the rainy season.  With all the construction here in Nampula (thousands are moving into the city from the villages), water is being diverted away from homes and the result are huge washouts and drainage problems.  It’s been a big problem inContinue reading “Washouts”

Welcome to our 30 days of photos!  I think it is appropriate to start with a video of the Easter Service at our church, where a group of the ladies sang and danced to the song “Levanta-se Africa”.  The chorus means “Rise up Africa, and praise the Lord” Unfortunately it is too big to uploadContinue reading “Easter Service”

We’ve sent out the word lately to ask for prayer as we start learning Macua, and the question has come back, “why are you learning another language?” Good question! Most of you know that we spent a year in Portugal learning Portuguese, which was quite a challenge.  Portuguese is the trade language of Mozambique andContinue reading “Aren’t we too old for this?”