Progress in Quelimane

This week we were suprized one evening to find a brand new traffic light at the busiest intersection of the city. This is the first ever traffic semaphor signal in Queliman (the fifth largest city in the country). It was weirdly placed and difficult to see from a driver's perspective but actually a blessing in that particular intesecton.  We think that it was a campaign promise of the recently electd municipal president.  I was reminded of a business trip many years ago to the island of Saipan (american territory in the Marianas chain)--it so happened that the week I was there they installed the first ever traffic light and posted large signs around the island for the preceeding month explainining to everyone that red meant stop etc.  There was no such preparation here but people seemed to welcome it fairly nicely.

Madelena wearing her brand new reading glasses couresy of blog readers.

Three of our four young missionaries from Cabo Verde--converging on our home for a day or two.  Impressive young men they are.  The fourth is here as I write, one of the assistants to the mission president. driving through.  As an aside, the white pipe to their left is the pipe which leads from the rain gutters to the cistern underneath the house.  As another aside, today was by far the hottest and most humid insufferable day of our mission thus far.  But it was great for other reasons--about which Debbie will blog tomorrow.