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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…

  • 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 …

  • Treasures Some sights I will never forget, and this week a number of moments have been imprinted on my memory and spirit: Antonino using the plastic coil used to open a juice container as a ring Another one of our kids …

  • 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, …

  • Beach Boys There is nothing that Vella's boys love more than "passearing" which is our Portuguese/English mix meaning "to go out." They love to go on any outing: to the pool, park, playground, airport, and most favorit…

  • THIS IS AFRICA We have had a serious run of thefts here at the center in the last couple months (the most recent one being a toilet and sink from an outside bathroom). There is definitely a stronghold of theft that we …

  • Senator Frist's Visit Many Canadian citizens would not be excited about a high-ranking US senator's visit, but considering how closely I have been following US politics (the host of a "Super Tuesday Party"), I was quite…

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