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For the first year our email update featured a new cartoon every month that aimed to convey something of the challenges and frustrations we face in Mozambique. We take a lot of things for granted in the UK but anyone coming out to Africa discovers that nothing is ever straight forward Taking a family of six overseas entails a lot of luggage and we turned up at the airport with three trolley loads. Remarkably we were within the limit for hold baggage but we hoped that no one took too close a look at the amount of our hand luggage. Gregory got more than he bargained for when he offered to help with the ironing. His thermostat overheated so that he managed to burn the clothes and scorch the ironing board. Then just to make matters even worse, the plastic housing melted and the iron fell apart. Each morning starts with a brisk walk to the main road where we flag down a chapa, a commuter minibus. The only rule seems to be that the bus conductor can always squeeze in one more - no matter how many people are already in the chapa. Even missionary kids have to learn the basics of life. Two year old Samuel is reminding his parents that toilet training is so much pot luck. Samuel's speech is coming along in leaps and bounds. He can now express his frustrations in English or Portuguese.
In the absence of a bridge, you have
to cross a river any way you can - although preferably not by log
raft!
Trying to get the right papers to the
right person in the right place can feel like a grown up version of
Monopoly
Even with daily language study we
continue to make mistakes, to misunderstand people and be
misunderstood
At last we are ready to
head north to Tete ... why does this remind me of a
certain Biblical patriarch?
Are
we there yet? Highlights of our three day trek from
Maputo to Tete
Getting to church on a
Sunday can be a bit of an ordeal
Don't tread on the snakes,
cross the river in the hollowed out log, dodge the
crocodiles, swat the mosquitoes - all in a day's work!
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