2009

It's that time of year when water is scarce from the water company. The families get bath water from the filled baptistry to take home.

This is another one of the oldest Roman Catholic Church buildings in Mozambique as the Portuguese colonized this country starting here at the Island of Mozambique. Fishermen are daily casting their nets.

Also, as the hot dry season begins, the salt flats have ocean water pumped into them. I wonder where they process this? I wonder if any of this gets to your table in the U.S.?

We invited some men in from the interior to get some 'Farming God's Way' training before their planting season begins at the end of November.

We also piggy-backed onto the training given by Mike.

We're all learing alot!

Grandma (Pat) also made a BUNCH of decoration for the wedding of a Brazilian missionary dentist who is marrying a Portuguese Christian fellow she met here.

She had the great help of another Brazilian, Rubenita.

Melissa is very excited about seeing the manioc plant ROOTs for the first time when they're actually on the plant. Actually this is an imature one that would need much more time to grow, and the roots would get as thick as your arm. The root is a staple food here - mashed, boiled, and rolled into a sticky ball to eat with other food. They also make a great food by cooking the leaves and adding peanuts, coconut... Yum!!!

What is Esther holding!!!??? It's a baby OWL! Our missionary neighbor next door found it. The baby owl's mother sings beautifully to us at night. Maybe we'll have another one join the chorus and help keep the rats out of our house. Thank you Lord!