Another church had finished digging the well and formed bricks when the early storm surprised them.  Their well caved in. They're using water from other sources.  This gave us a good chance to talk about sanitation and protection of these sources with a very unsanitary one.Are you ready for the party!?  Elijah and Esther had some fun with other mk's.Esther LOVES playing the piano!  We praise God we were able to ship this keyboard in our container!Elijah is enjoying the drum set that missionaries loaned to Elijah for 1 month while they went on vacation to Norway.At the Sunday evening worship and preaching service for the English community of Nampula, Esther accompanied 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' with the violin.  Elijah accompanied all the songs with the drums for his first time.Esther prepares Christmas cookies to decorate.We invited our neighbor's from "Missionary Aviation Fellowship" to decorate cookies.Yum!One night, Esther spotted a beautiful 6 inch wingspan moth outside her window.  Elijah and I went and caught it and then mounted it.  God's creation is AMAZING!Breeding season for this insect has begun just outside our front door!  Of course they lodge inside our house as well.Electrical storms and power surges require many electrical repairs.We enjoyed a Christmas meal with our friends and co-workers families.Esther played some songs for us at this special meal.The Makua song book has 'Come Thou Fount'.  We all sang to Esther's accompanyment on the violin.  The loved it!Rains are a welcome relief from the oppressive heat and humidity.Melissa's Portuguese teacher, Gito, with his wife and children.A simple exercise was given during the last Sunday's message.  Antonio translated into Makua.Antonio's daughter came to us for further teaching.  Many are without clear teaching from the Bible.
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Breeding season for this insect has begun just outside our front door! Of course they lodge inside our house as well.