Quelimane, Zambezia, Moçambique

This is the Google Maps view of Quelimane.  It looks bigger than I may have led you to believe over the last year).  I was looking for sympathy no doubt.  There are reportedly 150,000 people here.  In the states, a city with that many people might be a cultural mecca for the surrounding area (at least it would in Alaska)--but perhaps not so much in Mozambique.  The area from the chapel above to the left has a high percentage of cement and brick structures.  To the right, the majority of the housing becomes stick and mud construction.  So by far, most of the inhabitants here are living with dirt floors and no indoor plumbing.  But as I have observed in the past, some of the mud homes are really done quite nicely and they are perfectly adequate, practical, and functional.  I don't quite have Debbie buying off on building and living in one upon our return (though I now know how).  These  homes often do not hold up well in the heavy rainy season and require a little maintenance (like I guess any home does). 
The map above has lines that designate the areas assigned to the four missionary duplas (or "companionships") in the city.  Debbie and I are the "Casal" or couple--and our area is the furthest removed to the right--owing to the fact that we have wheels and the elders don't.  As a result, the people that we teach are, for the most part, among the poorest--life is more challenging for them, including the 4-5 kilometer walk to church.

I just concluded a radio interview.  A reporter came by asking about our recent clean-water humanitarian project and wanting details and background.  I spoke into his recorder for ten minutes or so and responded to questions and pontificated in general and specifics.  It went well I thought that I was fluid and fluent.  I contrast that experience to the only media interviews I have had in English--occurring when I was running for public office--which found me tongue-tied and stammering, and in general appearing to be an idiot. I see now that I should have been speaking in Portuguese.