A Night in Mozambique

Here at the MTC we often have visiting missionaries who tell us about their experiences

and though I have NO pictures of the visiting family, other than their son (above with Max) we had a great night of learning about one of the poorest countries in the world. We ate sitting on the floor (women and children) and the men and women of position sat in chairs!

We ate chicken in a coconut sauce with collard greens in a penut sauce, quite delicious. Although they mentioned the chicken normaly would have been served with the head still on....

Here we have Sara with fellow students, Dani and Neusa and Ann (professor and wonderful lady from Australia origionaly but has been here in Brazil more than 25 years)

you say mango, I say manga....

mulberries!!!! we call them amoras.... Mangos on the tree... in case you didn`t know... they grow from a long, indiidual stem

This is a mango tree right by our house at the MTC...the weight of the fruit is literaly breaking the branches so they are being proped up! in another few weeks we will be swimming in mango juice, mango jelly, mango pie, mango salsa... well you get the idea.

Fruits of Brazil

Meet Jabutchicaba! it is the size of a grape and grows directly from the bark of the tree. It is ready when it turns dark purple... you pick it and suck out the white milky pulp or eat it whole (though there is a pit and the skin is very tough) It is found mainly in our state only. Minas Gerais.

Max is turning Green!

carinhoso..... kind

ajudante.....helper

virando verde? turning green?

It was crazy hair day at school and Max won the competition for his age group as his blonde locks turned green and his mohawk spikes made a big hit... these fotos are after the fact and the do is a mess but you get the idea. It was also inter-school olympics this week and Max won the running competition and was the goalie for his class in the soccer game and blocked them all!! Final score 3-0. He said being goalie was easy because the other team kicked most of the shots outside.

Max loves to help his classmates and is a great addition to the room according to his teacher Tia Rosa... she is amazing and has the patience of Mother Teresa...