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Toby turned 8 on April 25th, and we can’t believe he is so old.  He is in second grade this year, and has been reading longer and longer books all by himself.  He is  voracious reader, and has in particular been enjoying the Hank the Cowdog books this year.  We are so blessed with aContinue reading “Toby Turns 8! – originally posted 7/13/10”

Kevin has been busily supervising the new TEE monitors (the six men chosen to teach classes in Theological Education by Extension) as well as teaching two of his own classes.  Mostly, it has been good and Kevin is impressed by the level of commitment from most of the monitors.  He has been attending almost allContinue reading “Monitors Press On – originally posted 3/23/10”

It was sad to me that I wasn’t with Ben on his 4th birthday, since I was in South Africa, but being Ben, he wasn’t sad.  He is a happy little guy and despite his many moments of stubborn determination to do exactly what he is not supposed to, we enjoy him a great deal. Continue reading “Ben Turns 4! – originally posted 3/23/10”

We have purchased our tickets back to the USA!  I was tempted to write “home” but Mozambique is our home now and we try to make that a point with the kids.  They are living here at home, not away from their home. Here is a photo of us walking home from church.  We haveContinue reading “From This to the Superhighway – originally posted 3/23/10”

Many of you know that I have been having back problems for a long time now – over two years.  The severity of back pain has ranged from bad to none, though since August of last year it has been constant.  After seeing a German physiotherapist (translation:  someone who is actually qualified as opposed toContinue reading “Going to South Africa – originally posted 3/23/10”

Conversation between Kevin and Cami, driving in the car one evening: Kevin:  There’s the crazy guy. Cami:  He doesn’t have any pants on tonight. Kevin:  Well, it is hot today. Cami:  Yup, that’s true <long pause> Cami:  Did we just think that was a normal conversation? <both burst into laughter> Yes, we have given himContinue reading “What is Normal? – originally posted 3/23/10”

Yesterday Kevin and I went out for our Valentine’s Day lunch (early, ’cause we work on Sundays) at one of the big hotels in town, where they serve authentic Indian food (there are many Indians in town) and then enjoyed a bit of roadside shopping at the used clothing stalls. We bought a few thingsContinue reading “Sum of the Last Two Days – originally posted 2/13/10”

Yesterday, there was a terrible event in our town:  the young son of a Nampula family was kidnapped at gunpoint right outside of his house while on his way to school.  This family was certainly targeted because they are very wealthy, and a ransom of about $8,000 has been asked.  This is a huge sumContinue reading “Kidnapping – originally posted 10/13/10”

I teach a Sunday School class at our local church.  I teach it, but I often wonder if many of the children learn anything.  Why?  Because I teach it in Portuguese, and most of these children speak only Makua. “Well, that doesn’t make any sense.” You say.  You’re right.  It doesn’t!  So why am IContinue reading “Say that Again? – originally posted 2/13/10”

Last week was a big one at our house.  Two pastors traveled five hours by minibus taxi to stay with us all week and train the six chosen TEE monitors.  Each of these six will begin teaching their own classes soon, in teams of two, and needed to be trained in how to run aContinue reading “TEE Monitor Training – a big event! originally posted 1/13/10”