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Ben came down with some very strange skin lesions this week, and at first we thought it was just a couple of sores from falling down.  But, when we noticed how round they were, and that they were spreading, we realized that it is Ringworm.  Ringworm is actually a fungus, not a worm, and isContinue reading “Spotty the Ben – originally posted 2/7/09”

A friend of mine has a baby with various problems and I have accompanied her to the hospital a couple of times.  There is no “primary care physician” system here.  You don’t go to the doctor’s office unless you have money to pay for a private visit.  Completely out of reach for most people. So,Continue reading “At the Hospital – originally posted 2/7/09”

You don’t see too many cows around here.  Mostly it’s goats and sheep, and there isn’t any milking of goats that I know of.  Anyway, we don’t really like goat milk! There is fresh cow’s milk available here in Nampula, from Maputo (2 days drive south) and last I checked it was about $8 aContinue reading “Cow in a Bag – originally posted 2/7/09”

Ok, so I just had to post this photo of the boys in the frog and chicken hats my grandparents sent them.  I don’t know WHERE these things came from, but my grandparents have had them for some years and decided to send them out to the kids, who love them.  They argue about whoContinue reading “Chicken Hats – originally posted 1/24/09”

So I was reading news on the BBC website this morning and came across the following story:  Nigeria Police Hold “Robber” Goat Apparently it is a fairly common belief in Nigeria that people shape shift, and this particular story outlines how a group of citizens arrested a goat who had previously been a man whoContinue reading “Shape Shifting and a Shift in Attitudes – originally posted 1/24/09”

Ok, so I held up a certain piece of underwear last week and asked my houseworker what it is called in Portuguese and she said, roughly translated, “boob keeper.”  I won’t post a photo, for which I am sure you are all grateful.  This is a “PG” site.  I almost choked, and then burst intoContinue reading “Unmentionables – 1/17/09”

We had a couple of things happen this week that just left us shaking our heads.  But in a good way.  As many of you know, our financial support has been low for a long time.  Many missionaries around the world are experiencing this, and many have had to leave the field.  So, we don’tContinue reading “Humbled and Confused – originally posted 1/19/09”

This little house (called a “dependencia” here) used to have a roof.  And the “porch” area also had a roof.  We had a massive storm here a few days ago, that left me wondering where our early hurricane warning system was (my dad keeps us informed of incoming heavy weather).  The driving rain and fierceContinue reading “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore – originally posted 1/9/09”

We are back at home and the usual things are going on around here.  The water goes on and off, sometimes for a few hours and sometimes for a couple days.  We felt kind of self-satisfied here at our house for the first year of our residence, because the water almost never went off.  However,Continue reading “This and That – originally posted 1/8/09”

Ok, so another missionary told us this story and we think it is just so funny that we have to repeat it.  I probably have some of the details mixed up but oh well. So, this missionary was outside of his apartment building in Nampula and noticed a big crowd at another apartment building.  SmokeContinue reading “Putting Out a Fire in Nampula – originally posted 1/7/09”