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Posted by cmeier on June 4th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique

Earlier this week I got a new oven!!!!  The apartment we moved into had a few furnishings and included a very old stove and oven.  From the beginning I had trouble using the oven, but I figured it was my inability to convert the Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit.  Well, after nearly three months of burning […]

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Posted by cmeier on May 20th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique, Slideshows

Izaak Jerome was born this past Sunday, May 11th at 2:06pm. He was 50 cm long and weighed 3620 grams.  For all you mathe-magicians out there, that’s about 20 inches and close to 8 pounds.
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Posted by cmeier on May 3rd, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique

We ended up at the Doctors office this week.  Maria came down with a fever on Monday night and was complaining that her ear hurt.  She did not sleep well Monday night and by Tuesday morning I knew she was not well.  She saw the Dr. that afternoon who was very friendly and nice.  I […]

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Posted by cmeier on May 1st, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique

Things have been a bit easier now that we have internet.  Bill has been slowly working on the course he is taking from MLC that he is six weeks behind on.  This week he completed two assignments, so he is relieved to be making some progress.  He is also happy to read the news again and […]

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Posted by cmeier on April 18th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique

Hello Again,
I am writing to tell everyone about my experience yesterday.  We were suppose to have our internet installed yesterday, but it didn’t happen (we are not surprised).  The installation man was suppose to come around 2pm and Bill decided to stay home so he could be there when the guy got there.  I then […]

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Posted by missions on April 17th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique, Slideshows

Once a month Pastor Villares holds worship services with the church in Lisbon. We went along this past weekend and had a great time! We stopped part way and had traditional roast pig in a city along the way. In Lisbon we visited with some of the church members, went out for dinner and spent […]

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Posted by missions on April 15th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique, The Bios

I am Cathy Meier, the wife of Bill Meier, Lay Missionary to Mozambique.  We arrived in Gaia, Portugal at the end of February ‘08 with our three daughters to learn Portuguese.  We have been doing intense language classes and the girls are going to Portuguese school.  I am originally from Watertown, WI, and graduated from […]

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Posted by bmeier on April 12th, 2008 in AFRICA, Mozambique

We have been in Portugal for about six weeks and things are finally starting to settle down.  Elise and Audrey are still going to school six hours each day and it appears they are picking up some Portuguese.  We found a bus route that we can use to take them to and from school easily.  […]

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Posted by missions on April 10th, 2008 in AFRICA, Cameroon, Central Africa Medical M, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, The general, Zambia

WELS largest mission field is Africa, where it is working in partnership with five independent national synods that are currently ministering to about 64,000 souls with God’s Word.
In Zambia, in the south-central region of the continent, WELS missionaries have been operating since the early 1950s. 7 expatriate missionaries and 19 national pastors serve 32 established […]

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