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Of a rather different sort.  We hear stories all the time of students who are asked for money by their teachers.  The neighbor told me that the teacher sent home a note, telling her to send a bag of flour to the teacher or her child could not continue at the school.  A young friendContinue reading “Trickle Down Economics – originally posted 6/27/09”

Today Toby learned how to ride a bike!  He is already past due on this, due to the fact that the only place to learn is across town and we just never have time to take him.  This morning, however, we went to see friends and took some time to finish the job.  The grinContinue reading “Vignettes – originally posted 6/27/09”

Last week was the Fiel Conference.  Fiel is an organization from Brazil that is involved in providing Christian literature in Portuguese.  Their local coordinator, an American missionary, puts on this conference every year out at the SIL center and invites local pastors and leaders.  This year, there were over 300 people!  They bring in speakersContinue reading “Fiel Conference – originally posted 6/19/09”

It was my turn to do carpool this morning, and after dropping my six children off at school on the other side of town, I did a bit of shopping. First stop, the animal supply store.  We feel really fortunate to have this place, which is the only one of its kind in the entireContinue reading “Going Shopping – originally posted 6/16/09”

Yes, we got yet ANOTHER puppy this week.  We got Bella about 7 months ago, and she is in need of a friend to help her guard at night.  Our old chow chow, Nibbles, is very sweet but at 12 years old is pretty much just sleeping at night these days. So, Tintin arrived onContinue reading “Tintin Arrives! – originally posted 6/3/09”

Week before last, there was a gathering of the Christian expatriate ladies of Nampula (those who speak English) that me and another lady had the privilege of organizing, initiated by a group from South Africa called the Mozambique Hub.  We had over 40 ladies who attended, and it was a neat time of fellowship andContinue reading “Ladies Luncheon – originally posted 6/3/09”

I did a previous post about things that drive me crazy, so I really must balance it out with a list of things I like about living here in Mozambique.  There are many more things than I list, but these are the first things that come to mind. 1.  I really am pleased at theContinue reading “10 Things I Love About Living Here – originally posted 5/24/09”

Toby turned 7 years old on April 25th, and we had a wonderful party for him on the following saturday.  I don’t mean wonderful as in “oh aren’t we so great” but wonderful in that such great kids came and we had such a wonderful time!  We had 25 kids, which is a whole lotContinue reading “Toby turns 7! – originally posted 5/17/09”

I haven’t written for quite awhile, and that is because I was busy enjoying the visit of my parents April 6 – May 12th.  Here is a photo of them with the boys, on our trip out to the coast. Ben and Toby hadn’t seen them for over 2 years, and last time they wereContinue reading “Putsey and Poppy on the Move – originally posted 5/17/09”

Much has been made of an article written in the London Times Online on December 27th last year.  Probably you’ve heard of the opinion piece written by Matthew Parris, who grew up in Malawi.  He had just returned from a visit there (I wonder if our paths crossed in December?) and he stated:  “As anContinue reading “Why Africa Needs God – originally posted 3/25/09”