Tonight was the annual candlestick fight, or as many in more conservative circles would know it as: "Christmas Eve Candlelight Service".
But I'll stick to 'Annual Candlestick Fight', as it more aptly describes what happens when you give 180 kids a lit candle! But it was loads of fun! (someone also described it as: The Candle Relight Service - well what would you expect?? Haha! Give a child a candle and he will blow it out! - and promptly try to relight it, and then it becomes a game to see who can blow out his neighbors candle...) but it still was fun!
Here I am with Selso, he's the son of our Bible School director. Selso loves taking Bala (my dog) for walks, so he was an instant friend!
Mark and Jen Mozley with Arcelmo, one of our newest kids - he came to live with us 2 days ago!
For Christmas, we all chipped in and gave our laundry lady, Veronica, a chicken, a bag of rice and some clothes, toys and candy for her 5 kids. I drove her out to her house in the village cos it was all a bit much to carry, but I left the camera at home (I'm still kicking myself for that!) She has quite a nice house - here in Mozambique the woman own the house, and they tend to invest in their houses instead of spending their wages on alcohol. So for the past year, Veronica has been putting her income into improving her house - by putting on a decent tin roof and matopi (mud) on the walls. It was really good to see that she has been making such a good investment!
I was tasked with trying to find a chicken - You'd think it would be easy... The first chicken seller I found was in the middle of Natite Market, and he asked me to marry him in the same breath as the price of the chicken. My polite refusal was met with astonishment and immediately he asked me "But why not?!!?" - my answer, "Because I dont want to" was met with another "But why???" Needless to say, I left quickly and went on an expedition to find another chicken seller.
I finally found one and bought this chicken, and as I walked away the chicken seller ran after me, and said 'Excuse me, but will you marry me?' And yet again (I just copy pasted): My polite refusal was met with astonishment and immediately he asked me "But why not?!!?" - my answer, "Because I dont want to" was met with another "But why???" Haha, it was pretty funny - 2 proposals in one day! But at least I had the chicken! She lived in our back yard for a day, and Bala had to stay in the house - she liked chasing the chicken!And this is the bag of rice we bought her:
Until tomorrow, when we have Christmas (round 2)...!
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