Hello to all. We have been here almost a month and we are doing well. I have had a very hard time loading pictures to our blog and today I was on a roll and able to load six... some days I can't even load one. So will fill you in on what has been happening.

This is a picture of Teia and Jurrusa (8 mths)in our home. Teia is our new house help. This is new to her and to me and we are learning together. It has been very interesting as we do not share a common language. However we do manage to communicate. It is stretching my knowledege of Portuguese and my Eng/Portg. Dictionary gets a good workout. I have become more confident using many new words and phrases...my favorites are " como se disse isso? (How do you say this?)and esta corecto? (Is this correct?) desculpa (sorry) is another good one. Teia comes two days a week. We pray this will be helpful for her as well and open new opportunites in her life.

Tim inspecting the propeller of the airplane.

Basilio has been busy this past week, along with helping do the inspections, he has been distributing Portuguese Bibles at the hangar. One day he had over twenty people come by asking for their own Bible. He has them write their name on a sheet to keep track of who has gotten one and then has a brief chat about the Bible and how to find things in it. One day he talked with a man for almost an hour about finding things in the Bible to help in the man's Christian walk. The one picture I wish I had been able to get was the airport guard sitting at the gate as we left for the day reading her new Bible.

The rain has taken a toll on the roads. This is a road we took to a old colonial hot springs with some friends on one of our days off. Six hours over bumpy roads...maybe that has something to do with my sore back. Sometimes even within the city the roads can be a challenge. Improvements are being made however and more are being paved.

Today Tim and I ventured into the city to do a little exploring. We saw a few interesting sights and we've included a few of the pictures like the one of the barber shop above. There are many shops like this in the city with similar art work.

Some young men carring some tin along the street, close to the "River Ladies" where we buy our produce.

We found this interesting sight yesterday and went back to get a picture...an Angolan ice-cream shop. Only walls and a floor with a soft-serve ice-cream dispenser and an umbrella for the rain. (we didn't buy any ice-cream)

A moth we saw at the airport...God is an awesome creator!!

We are enjoying our time seeing and experiencing new things again and meeting new people. At present we have three missionaries staying in our guest rooms from northern Nambia. they are doing evangelism training with some of the churches here. It has been great meeting them and being able to pass on a blessing by provding some B&B.

Blessings to you!