A Few of My Favorite Things

I'm really liking this picture idea. Here are some of my favorites, with a bit of explanations. If you want to here the whole story, come find me :)

My group leader, David, and the mascot chicken of Frengo King, the KFC of Mozambique.

Another brilliant sunset.

Road trip to Chocas! We had quite a few adventures on the way there and back again.

Including:

-monkey sightings.

-being crammed in the back of the Ker's charming, dusty Land Rover. I loved it, actually, cramped as it was. It took road-tripping to a whole new dimension!

-buying cashews from vendors on the side of the road. You have to understand, though, these aren't just ANY cashews. They were roasted, toasted, and perfect in thier unsalted glory. You know I've never liked cashews before? Well - I bought a giant sack of them for the way home.

-a flat tire on the way home. That was an adventure in of itself!

The view from out the cafe window in Tete. In many ways it speaks for itself.

We stopped at a little village on the way to Chocas. It was one of the richest moments of the entire trip. I bought an ear of roasted corn (delicious) while they heaped our Land Rover with firewood for the next evening.

David had a conversation with the villagers in Portuguese that went something like, "No, you don't want to marry these girls. They would make terrible wives! They don't know how to carry things on thier heads, they don't know how to start a fire, and they can't make shima!"

We wondered why everyone was lauging so hard when we pulled away.

Many an evening, the cooks welcomed us in to supper by singing to us.

And last but not least - as a last hurrah of our Chocas trip, we held a chapel service in one of the oldest still-functioning churches in Africa.

It was crumbling

and sun-streamed

and exquisite

We had goosebumps as we sang -

God was there.