Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Out in the Village -- By Meg

Last Saturday we went out to a village about 3 hours out of town to do some teaching with some new believers. It was a long, but good day. 

We headed out about 6:00am and got home about 4:00pm. 



We had to pick some people up along the way.
This river is getting a new bridge.
Now the water is damed up so it is the laundry stop on Saturday morning.

After we got off the main paved road we got on a dirt road. It was absolutely HORRIBLE! 
We bumped all over the back of the car.

Here are some sights along the way.




This was where the dust was settled...
There was a plantation type place that had sisal plants. 
They use the fibers to make sacks for charcoal.
Mom wants a rug!
There were miles and miles of it!!
There was also a lot of cotton.
The people here in Mozambique put stuff on top of their roofs to dry it.
Here they are drying pumpkin and something that is unidentifiable. 
We finally got there after 3 hours! It was a long trip!!

Dad and Pastor João writing down the coordinates in Dad's GPS thing.
There is just a little bit of height difference here!
This is their church.
We had A LOT of onlookers!

When we first got there, there were only a couple of people...but more people came!
The church's Bible that was sitting on the pulpit.

Daddy teaching about putting your trust in the Lord and not things of this world.
After a very long teaching time we got out the nail polish and the frisbees 
and tried to interact with some of the kids and youth.




After a couple of minutes of painting nails and throwing Frisbees we went inside to eat lunch.


We went in ,but saw them through the window still fixing our lunch. So, they brought us a little "snack" of
what looked like a root called cassava all molded but they said that it wasn't cassava it was another root.  
After lunch we said good-bye to everyone and got in the car to head home. 


Me and Lilly were bored so we photo bombed the camera!!! 




On our way home we saw some other missionary girls on the side of the road. 
So we stopped and asked them what was wrong and if they needed a ride. 
They said that they were going to Nacala for a meeting and 
their car had had some problems so they had to stop. 
They got the problem fixed and went on their way.
It was nice getting to talk to them a little.




It was a long fun day!!! And, we made memories!!!


Hugs,
Meg

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Saying Good-Bye -- By Meg

Well, on Monday it came time to say good-bye! 
We had so much fun with Granny and Pa! 

Thank you Wise Chapel for our shirts!!



At about 12:30 we headed for the airport.

Checking them in.
Waiting for their plane to arrive.

Then the good-byes.

There they go...
Do you see them? Right down there in front of the plane. 
 Thank you so much Granny and Pa for coming!!! Please come again soon!!
We miss you already!!!!!

Hugs,
Meg


Horses -- By Meg

Last Saturday we traveled out to the place that has horses. 
Most of the missionaries here call it "The Farm". 
It took about 30 minutes to get there with only getting lost once!! 
But we finally found our way!
When we got there the owners introduced us to the "horse's keeper".  
We then walked down to the stable and had to catch the horses because there was some misunderstanding and they let the horse out into the field when they weren't supposed to. 
But we got them and then we took them into this fenced in area to brush them. 

Meet the horses!

This is Ben.
And this is......some name that I can't remember! :) Opps!
We had to get them first....
But we finally got them in! Emma and Lilly were SO excited!
An answer to many prayers!





They had to brush them before they put the saddle on.



Let's just say that the mozambican helpers didn't know how to put the saddle on, so we had to figure out! But Lilly was certain that, "Emma knows all about horses!!!"


We figured it out and they didn't slide off the side of the horse!!






It started to rain so we had to stop and dry everything off. We had a great time!!

Emma and Lilly were so happy that they finally go to ride a horse! 
They would go everyday if Mom and Dad would let them!!

Hugs,
Meg