Tropical Storm Hits Mozambique

Greetings again from a hot and humid Mozambique. We know that most of you who read and follow our blog live in the Northern Hemisphere and, as your winter drags on, might find yourselves slightly envious of our summer heat. But it’s not all glorious sunshine here. There[…]

A Post Christmas Blog Post

Christmas, Southern Hemisphere style!Besides the odd street hawker with a few bits of tacky tinsel and the odd plastic Christmas tree in the super market, the usual build up to Christmas we’re used to just doesn’t exist in Mozambique. There were a few manic days of shopping and[…]

Naomi

We are pleased to say that Naomi is back home from hospital and just has to continue antibiotics, no one has told her shes ill so she's currently chasing Isaac all over the house.

Thanks so much for your emails and messages.  Naomi is a bit better this morning but still needs to stay in the hospital/clinic for a few more nights.  Your prayers are appreciated.

New prayer letter

If you haven't read it already, our October prayer/news letter is now available online at the BMS World Mission website. Click here to have a read. Many thanks again for all your suport and prayers!

Church Party

It started a few weeks ago with instructions after the service: men, women and youths were to get together into their separate groups immediately. While the children continued to play wherever they happened to be, Geoff and I were guided in the correct directions and we sat in[…]

A picture is worth a 1000 words.

A great view of Beira with the city skyline, Mozambique Channel and the mouth of the Rio Pungue clearly visibleWe realise that this has been the  biggest gap between blog entries yet, but wehave our reasons, not only has one of our bosses been here but my (Christine’s)parents came to[…]

Some lessons of Mozambique (and human nature)

Beira city-centre skylineThe following are tips we have learnt whilst living inMozambique: 1. Men must always wear shoes (not flip flops) to church.2. Always give and receive with your right hand.3. Always reply to a request with the answer ‘yes’ even if you have no intention of doing[…]

The important things in life

I expected after being in Mozambique for three months and havingacquired an overview of Mozambican life, I would be writing lots of deep andmeaningful things on this blog: wonderfully insightful cultural, ethicaland moral tales and the like. So, I’ve decided thatthis week’s post should be a reflection on[…]

What Mum and Dad won't tell you...

Mum and Dad have been a bit slow in the blog department so we are going to write this one, please excuse our mistakes as Naomi can hardly talk so writing a blog entry is particularly difficult for us. After our party, life has continued as normal so[…]

The best room for a party!

It might not have been the best cake we’ve ever made, but it certainly received the biggest response! Birthdays here are definitely to be celebrated if at all possible and if there are two birthdays in a family, there is cause for a big celebration. Dona Louisa had[…]

Sun, sand, surf and immigration...

A view over the city from our language schoolThis week has already been significant for lots of reasons. Firstly,we finally managed to get all our paperwork together and apply for a DIRE (Documento de Identificação de um ResidenteEstrangeiro) each. This is basically a residence permit forforeigners, and involved[…]