For the past few weeks we have been hosting a short-erm team from the United States. The following are some pictures of our time with the team and our trip out into the district. We began our time in Beira with a couple of days of orientation. On one of the days, we gave the team a tour of the city as Mozambicans celebrated their Independence Day with parades, speeches, and dances.
"Our" intern, Grace, was able to finish up her month with us by joining the short-term team for two weeks.
As usual, Christian managed to sleep through much of the celebration...in his favorite spot: a Mozambican capulana.
The short-term team was made up of about 12 Americans from oround the US who were interested in learning more about missions and the work Food for the Hungry is doing in Africa.
After a couple of days of orientation in Biera, the team traveled to Gorongosa where they toured the community of Mucodza. This is the community that will be opened up in 2008 through a partnership with the Church Strengthening and Child Development Programs. Stefan has been dedicating much of his time the past few months to developing the project in this community.
While the team met with church leaders, groups of mothers, and community leaders, Cohen entertained many of the kids.
Of course, traveling with an infant, there are times when you just need to get away... So much for privacy!
The team was able to tour various projects that Food for the Hungry is working in the district of Gorongosa, specifically in the areas of health, AIDS work, and agriculture. Cohen, Christian, and I were able to tag along for some of these trips. Here we are trying to keep Cohen out of the crops.
Ah, yes. And he loves to pose.
Although the overall trip went smoothly, there were certain things we just began to expect to go wrong...like flat tire #3.
Back in Mucodza, the team continued to work with the approximately 600 children of the community. They participated in activities such as distributing vitamin A and worm treatments, acting out educational skits, teaching the kids about propper heigene, making crafts, telling Bible stories, and singing.
The local children seemed to love getting out of school for a couple of days...and particularly enjoyed playing soccer.
Cohen, of course, made quick friends.
After a couple of weeks of being dragged all around central Mozambique, the boys were pretty exhausted and "crashed" in the land rovers on our way home from Rio Savane. Now, if only Mommy and Daddy can get caught up on some sleep...What do you say, boys?
"Our" intern, Grace, was able to finish up her month with us by joining the short-term team for two weeks.
As usual, Christian managed to sleep through much of the celebration...in his favorite spot: a Mozambican capulana.
The short-term team was made up of about 12 Americans from oround the US who were interested in learning more about missions and the work Food for the Hungry is doing in Africa.
After a couple of days of orientation in Biera, the team traveled to Gorongosa where they toured the community of Mucodza. This is the community that will be opened up in 2008 through a partnership with the Church Strengthening and Child Development Programs. Stefan has been dedicating much of his time the past few months to developing the project in this community.
While the team met with church leaders, groups of mothers, and community leaders, Cohen entertained many of the kids.
Of course, traveling with an infant, there are times when you just need to get away... So much for privacy!
The team was able to tour various projects that Food for the Hungry is working in the district of Gorongosa, specifically in the areas of health, AIDS work, and agriculture. Cohen, Christian, and I were able to tag along for some of these trips. Here we are trying to keep Cohen out of the crops.
Ah, yes. And he loves to pose.
Although the overall trip went smoothly, there were certain things we just began to expect to go wrong...like flat tire #3.
Back in Mucodza, the team continued to work with the approximately 600 children of the community. They participated in activities such as distributing vitamin A and worm treatments, acting out educational skits, teaching the kids about propper heigene, making crafts, telling Bible stories, and singing. 
The local children seemed to love getting out of school for a couple of days...and particularly enjoyed playing soccer.
Cohen, of course, made quick friends.
After a couple of weeks of being dragged all around central Mozambique, the boys were pretty exhausted and "crashed" in the land rovers on our way home from Rio Savane. Now, if only Mommy and Daddy can get caught up on some sleep...What do you say, boys?
3 comments:
Awesome. Thanks for the pix. :)
What an amazing blog. Thanks for sharing your journey. I just love the first entry...made me cry. And the pictures are beautiful!!!
We love hearing about your activities and especially the little tidbits about the children. Cohen sure is shooting up!! We love you so much!!
Mom and Dad Kern
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