Mozambique Moments

As I was trying to organize some of my pictures, I came across some of the pictures Erik and I took in AfricaWe spent a lot of time with the people in the villages! Since Erik could speak Portuguese he got to be good friends with many of the people. These two guys were crazy and drunk most of the time. They loved to get their picture taken after we would show them the pictures on the LCD screen they would just laugh and laugh.

This is me and one of my favorite kids from the orphanage! For the last 3 weeks whenever we would go to the orphanage, he would run to me and wouldn't let me put him down! It was really hard to leave, he knew we were leaving and he wouldn't even look at me! I was bawling and he wouldn't give me a hug until right before we left!

Both Erik and I can twist balloons, so for one of the activities we made a bunch of balloons for the kids! Most of them were swords and we had a giant full on sword fight with all of the kids! It was really really fun! (P.S. Check out my legs...oh my whiteness...when we first saw this pictures we thought that I was wearing white socks/nylons or something...but I don't own white nylons (and I wouldn't take them to Africa if I did) and I am wearing sandels!)
If you think you are close as a married couple...if you think you can survive anything, then sleeping on a bed this size for SIX WEEKS, shouldn't be to hard! :)

Africa Memories

Every so often on our blog we are going to share an Africa Memory and so I hope that you don't get too bored.
Have you ever been so focused that you become oblivious to the things around you? This happened to me last summer when Erik and I were in Africa. We went to a Wild Life Preserve, which is kind of like a zoo except no cages. We were walking and as is my habit, my face was stuck behind the camera and I was snapping pictures like crazy! While we were walking there was an ostrich and our guide was explaining how dangerous they can be and I obliviously kept adjusting my lens trying to get the perfect shot. After I got this shot I went to look at it through the LDC screen and then made the mistake of looking up. I was about a foot away from the ostrich! With a little scream that never made it all the way up my throat I jumped back and nearly fell on my kaboos! Luckily Erik was there to catch me, although he nearly failed in this because he was laughing so hard.