holidays....

About a week ago I was able to go on a home visit with some of the interns, Mary (my neighbor), and Martinha, a girl who we go to church with. We had to ride a choppa to make the long journey out to Machava, where Victoria, a woman from church, lives. It was my first true experience in a choppa and wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. It was definitely very hot and crowded though to say the least. After we got off the choppa we then waited for Victoria to meet us out on the main road to walk with us back to her house. She had her young baby with her, who just loves to smile. His name was Manuel. She had two other sons that were home with her as well. We got there and sang a couple songs in Portuguese and Shangaan. Then Adeirto, one of the interns read and talked about Psalm 27. We then prayed together and sang another song, called Obrigado Senhor, which has a verse in Portuguese, Shangaan, and English.


In Mozambique there have been several holidays recently. Last Monday, was Peace Day, which is why we were able to visit Victoria, due to school being out. We have been very spoiled lately with all the holidays and being out of school. It seems like every other week we've gotten a day off for some Mozambican holiday. It is a law here that all schools must take off for national holidays or else they will get fined.

Yesterday was Teacher Day. We weren't out of school, because we have been out so much lately and it isn't mandatory that we get out for Teacher Day, since it's not technically a national holiday, but we were still able to celebrate by having KFC for lunch. Even halfway across the world it still tastes like good ol' American fast food.