hello old friends

Today, I finally had time to go visit Mary and Jacobi. These two people are the elderly couple that I worked to help last summer. We built an outdoor kitchen with coal stove, and installed water for them. Mary was walking a long distance with buckets to carry water back to her house daily. It was really great to see them both. They appeared to be in good health, and Jacobi is 84 years young. They are wonderful people, who are taking care of 5 of their grandchildren, and it was so good to reunite with them. When I asked Jacobi if I could turn on his water, he smiled and told me absolutely. It was neat to see both of them so appreciative of something that we as American take for granted most of the time. I hope to spend some more time at their house in my next couple of weeks.


I have new projects that I am working on. I have started to work on installing water at one of the educator's house. Gloria is the "big momma" of the baby house, and we became good friends last summer. Currently she is leaving her house at midnight, and walking extremely far to a well, that is only running for a short time during the night, to carry water all the way back to her house for her family. She is so excited that I am going to help her with getting water at her house. I hope that it makes her life easier.

I am also working at Isabelle's house (another educator at the baby house), to install all of the wiring and connect electricity to her house. This will improve her living situation and also create a work space for one of her family members, who is a barber. He needs electricity to use his clippers to cut men's hair.

We have also been painting a mural in the baby's rooms that has turned out beautifully. I will post pictures when I get a chance to upload them. Until then, check out my flickr account for more photos of what is happening in Mozambique.