These last three days have been really great. Thursday; Sarah, Kaleb, Lucy, Mia, Amani and I walked around down town Maputo. This was an extra special event because the day before we stayed at home all day. It was nice to have a day off, we did school and played some games but after a day in the house it was great to get out.
Our destination was lunch at Surf which is a restaurant over looking the Indian Ocean. I ordered my own food for the first time, tosta de quejo with a coke light. That is a grilled cheese with a diet coke. It was really good and hit the spot. While we were there, Angie and Charlie came to join us. They are the couple that we stayed with the first week we were here. Several other mission families came for lunch as well, I have been meeting the nicest people here.
After lunch we sent the kids with Angie and Charlie to their house and Sarah, Amani and I walked home. We were just going to take a half hour and it took an hour. Sarah kept seeing people she knew on the street and I had to stop and get money. I used the ATM for the first time, it was a day full of firsts!

Friday we left the Schmidts in a car packed so tight and so full only a Mozambican would understand. Mia was in the back squished between the roof of the car and the language with a pillow for comfort. Amani was in his car seat and Lucy, Kaleb and I were all in the second seat. Steve had it good in the driver's seat but Sarah, she was holding 2 full laundry baskets on her lap. The picture at the top is of us in the car.

After we unloaded, the kids did about an hour of school and then off to lunch. At lunch I tried my first Mozambican food. It was samosas, they are a fried pastry filled with meat. The ones we had were filled with beef and spicy stuff but very good!

Our next event was the orphanage were the Sniders' adopted Amani from. Wow! That will give a person perspective. They kids there are so sweet and the babies are so small. I was holding a eight month old and she couldn't have been more then 10 pounds. You leave there wishing you could do so much to give those kids all that they need to grow up and be strong people.

Today, Saturday, has been just has wonderful! I went with the Sniders' to their friend's home to have breakfast. The Barbosas' are from Brazil and made us a Brazilian breakfast. They were called poa de quaju. They are little roles FILLED with cheese. I had so many, I couldn't stop my self! We were having so much fun and good conversation, breakfast lasted until 3 ;).

What a week. It finished with a Mozambican man named Key trying to teach me Portuguese. I am trying hard but languages don't seem too come easy for me.