On Monday our next team arrived, they too are from Texas. Ten young people from the Dallas area, who raised a ton of money to make this trip and are totally excited to be here!
On Tuesday we started by taking them on a tour of the project. That included going to the preschool and the clinic, the nutrition center and our school, ElShaddi.
The tour ended early afternoon and then it was off to the beach. Some of the team will be leaving on Sunday and they have a lot planned to do between now and then. So, we decided to get the trip to the beach in first. You won't hear me complaining.........
We go to an 'oasis' of sorts, this place is beautiful, clean, really great food, good service and a view of the ocean that you will not soon forget.
So, we spent an enjoyable afternoon at Nauticoa. I got the prawn, gigantic prawn, heads and all! They are huge, grilled and the most delicious prawn I've ever tasted!
God is so very good to me!
We let the team shop for some souvenirs and then we were on our way home. Everyone seemd to enjoy the day of rest.
Today we were all up and out early. After our prayer time with the CRI staff and our Mozambican workers we all had our assignments.
 Some were off to work on the Green Door home they are building. Others were teaching at El Shaddi, or teaching a baking class. Some walked Project Life and then served soup at the hospital.

I was asked to assist with the baking class this morning. All the needed supplies were gathered and we were off to the church where the baking class would be held.
Although 8 people had signed up only two actually came. Kristen the young women teaching the class was a bit nervous initially, so I was along for moral support.
Lindy Pieratt, Jason's wife and the team leader was there also.
Once the oven was started I asked Lindy to set the temperature for me. After a bit she checked to see if the oven was warm enough and saw that the dial had been turned down. Everyone denied turning it down, so Lindy reset the dial and we thought nothing more about it. Once again when she went to check on the oven it had 'turned itself' down!
That was when we discovered that the dial she had been setting, was actually the timer!!!!
Needless to say we got quite a laugh out of it.

Everyone comes back to the team house for lunch and then they are off again for their afternoon activity.
It was a very full day for everyone as it's quite a job to feed, transport and schedule 12 visitors. Not to mention coordinating and directing 15+ staff.
The thing is it's great being here doing this work. Because even though some days are incredibly long and busy, there is always opportunity to connect with someone and build relationship.
Today for me it was when I was waiting at El Shaddi to bring some of our visitors home from teaching.
One of the teachers, her name is Rosa stopped to talk with me and we ended up having a 30 minute conversation/ Portuguese-English lesson!
It was so very cool to be able to speak in Portuguese and to actually be understood :)
We ended our time by speaking of God and His faithfulness, especially when we are in need. It was simply a sweet, blessed time with a Mozambican sister who loves the Lord!

Well I suppose that's enough for now. Tomorrow is another day and I can't wait to see what He has planned.
Thanks for walking with me...thanks for your comments! Love to you all!