Under da sea and on the road

I've been waiting for these Mozamique pics. Andrew had an underwater camera! Hooray! So even though these aren't fabulous... their fabulousness lies in the fact that they are a record of my snorkeling experience off an island in Mozambique! It was windy, cloudy and stormy but then I could stick my head underwater and experience this fun, colorful world... it was an odd and striking contrast. We found a reef and I got to see some wonderful fish up there... nemos and dories... and this one teal and purple fish that stuck out its fins to greet me. So fun.

"The fish is my friend too. I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I'm glad we do not have to kill the stars." -Hemingway in "The Old Man and the Sea"

Pt 2

It's a weird life, this.... nomadic, mostly uncomfortable, rustic, surprising, challenging... novel...

(to whom it may concern, this is by far my favorite picture of Chris Youell EVER. He's to the left of Ryan - the guy scowling in the blue shirt and glasses. This captures him - poor 6'3" Chris who is forced to travel for 20 hours with no leg space and not enough food. Grumpy gills.)

This is a really big bug we found at a missionary's house in Mozambique. Yikes.

This is the most thoughtful potty-attempt we've experienced thus far... while out in the bush in Mozambique, the people knew that we were accustomed to sitting down... so they rigged a seat-like operation over the standard hole. So precious.

Here's Katie putting on mascara in the bush. It's so cute how ecstatic and weirded out kids get. But, yaknow, every culture in the world has their beauty rituals and appreciates our attempts.

Here I am doing homeschool with Maggie and Rudo, the missionary kids in Villanculos! The girls did everything from sewing to compiling databases to sorting clothes for orphans to chainsawing trees to building a bathroom.

We are leading crazy lives.