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My 6 Little Spider-Men Please forgive me for my blogging absence! Now that I'm back in Mozambique I hope to keep blogging once a week! So, stay tuned for more of this year's adventures. I arrived back to Mozambique a…
"O Canada" How many 6 year olds in Canada have been practicing Canada's national anthem lately? I hear from Vella back in Mozambique (I'm in Canada for a couple months' break over Christmas) that her boys, mini-Canadia…
New Nursery Last week, we opened our new nursery that will expand our capacity to take in and care for the youngest and most vulnerable babies. The new nursery will have room for 6 babies roughly from the ages of 0-6 m…
Chicken I'm not sure whether to title this entry "Chicken" or "Vicente!" Yesterday, visiting friends of Vella's took us both and the boys out for lunch at a restaurant! This is not a regular event for the boys and the…
New Family Member: Paulo My announcement is on the slow side as Paulo joined Vella's boys exactly a month ago, but I'm behind in blogging about many things. I was prompted tonight to write about him because of a precio…
Thank You Coinspiracy Group at K.E.S.! Many of our kids here at the Zimpeto Base of Iris Ministries have been blessed by an incredibly thoughtful donation of 2 boxes of gifts sent by the Coinspiracy Group in the Grade 6…
Tudo Bom?/All is Well? There are 3 advertisements and company's colours and slogans that you see EVERYWHERE in Maputo: Vodacom's "Tudo Bom," (All is well) MCel's "Estamos Juntos," (We are all together/united) and Coco …
Chicken Pox Vicente, the youngest of Vella's boys, has had chicken pox this week after a number of other kids in the center have also had it. You can imagine what a nightmare controlling the spread is at a children's c…
White Ticket Success Little white tickets in hand, we finally made the Catembe ferry, one week after our first attempt! The fun began before we even left the center gates, however, as the boys each "drove" to the city, …