Joe had made a joke earlier in the trip about standing around frowning to look important and busy, and he does it very well! But I caught him smiling today. He says I'm going to ruin his reputation.
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I bought a lenço today, and Nela helped me put it on. Nalito says that now I'm African. The lenço looks much better on Nela than it does on me, though, don’t you think?
On Saturday, Rachael and I went over to Lu's house and almost had a conversation. There was lots of halting silence and looking through the word list, but we managed to exchange a few pieces of information. When we got back, Joyce asked me if I had invited her to church. I started to feel...
Nela and Linda are two of the Cape Verdeans who attend the little church here. On Friday, they, Nalito, and Charles went with us. It was nice to get to know them a little better. Nela speaks a little English, so we were able to have a little bit of conversation. At one of the schools,...
Last Thursday was my day to stay behind and help in the kitchen. Here is a picture of me and Anna doing dishes. I also got Joe and Lisa's wireless set up, which sure makes communication a whole lot easier — as long as I remember to press the send/receive button.
On the day I took this picture, Neni washed clothes and left well after dinner when they were all cleaned and hung on the lines. I saw the places on her hands where the skin had been rubbed raw and the bulging, swollen muscles in her forearms. At that moment, I knew that I didn’t...
Not one, not two, but three languages were being taught in both directions between Charles and Jonathan.
Got to meet Ruthe today, and she got to meet Christ. Brother Robson from Brazil started sharing the wordless book with her right in the main traffic area, and no one had the nerve to ask them to move or to serve dinner. So we waited and prayed. It wasn't long before the heads bowed...
Friday was Children's Day, so all the schools were having big parties for the kids, which gave us a day to play tourist. We went to the north end of the island to Tarrafal. The mountains were tall, the beach was nice, the water was salty, and the sun was hot. We had chicken and...
This was the first high school we went to. We spent an afternoon and a morning there, and it was truly a blessing. Besides the Bible distribution in the classes, we gave out dozens of tracts as the students were moving around from class to class. In the morning, I got left behind with the boxes...
