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 […]
Posted by mjohnston on May 10th, 2008 in AFRICA, Malawi
Beautiful Saviour, Blantyre, Malawi, has a rare privilege. We have brothers and sisters in the faith from various African countries. Our English worship is the common language that brings us together. In this multi-language African city we feel the curse of Babel. So often there is confusion of tongues, and from that comes misunderstanding and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]