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Last Saturday, a friend and I planned a mini-retreat for the expatriate ladies of Nampula, at a picnic spot outside of town.  This place is really the only place I know of within 100 miles that you can go and sit outside in a pretty location and not be surrounded by wide-eyed children watching yourContinue reading “Ladies Get out of Town – originally posted 10/9/09”

Inacio is our part-time guard, and he got married last weekend.  We were so pleased to be able to attend his wedding, and I’ll upload some photos here. The church was decorated with paper chains and cutouts, some from English magazines. The groom arrives first and sits on a plastic chair covered with a pieceContinue reading “Inacio Gets Married – originally posted 10/5/09”

Yesterday, our neighbors brought us some really nice fish, fresh from the coast (2 1/2 hours away). I don’t know what kind it was, but it was a nice light one, not too fishy. Perhaps a kind of snapper. Anyway, I’ve been meaning to post with photos of some of the tools I use inContinue reading “Tools of the Trade – originally posted 10/5/09”

I help teach the Sunday School at our little church, once or twice a month, and one of the other church members does the other weeks. A few weeks ago, we were doing a lesson on the nature of God (we are starting with Genesis and working from there) and he held up a littleContinue reading ““This is God” – originally posted 9/21/09″

This entry has two titles, for good reasons you’ll see in a minute. One of the hardest things in adjusting to life here is just being so darn wierd. At home, I am a fairly normal person, and as I walk down the street people do not drop their packages, punch their friends in theContinue reading “The Sideshow Circus Freaks or Doing Hard Things – originally posted 9/17/09”

Kevin always gets me something really good for my birthday, and this year I got two great things. He started making me a dehydrator for our anniversary in August, and finally finished it the day of my birthday. He’s seen me spend many hours trying to sun-dry tomatoes in the sun (or using the carContinue reading “Wierd and Wonderful Birthday Gifts – originally posted 9/17/09”

Ok, I need to give Toby some PR as well, and say that he started second grade today. But for him, it is old hat already. He was up very early this morning and woke us up to tell us it was school day! He’s been anticipating it for weeks (even though break was onlyContinue reading “Ben Goes to School – originally posted 9/8/09”

We are foreigners here, and for us that frequently means that we make mistakes with the language, social gaffes, or misunderstand pretty much anything. Our most infamous mistakes are language ones. For example, when we lived in Portugal, Toby was enrolled at a local preschool and one day the teacher told me the kids wereContinue reading “Mistakes We Make – originally posted 8/31/09”

Last weekend we took a three-night break on the coast, which we try to do every three months. While there, we took the boys down to the beach for some kite flying, and since the wind was crazy, our kites kept crashing. These kids helped us a lot by picking them up and flinging themContinue reading “Kite Flying in Nacala – originally posted 8/27/09”

Wow, look at the blaze on that cake! It is hard to believe that I first met Kevin more than 20 years ago and that he still is the most wonderful man I know. He had a great birthday, with our team prayer meeting (and cake), then lunch at friends’ house (with cake), then supperContinue reading “Kevin turns 40!! – originally posted 8/19/09”