Cast iron bread

We don't have an oven at our house (no electricity) so it's time for me to be creative with cooking. Here's a summary of our first experiment:

Some Brazilian friends sold us their cast iron pot before they returned home and i'd heard you could cook bread in one somehow. So, I googled bread/fire/cast iron and found a recipe on a camping site.

We heat up water using fire under a boiler so we shoved the bread dough under the boiler and hoped for the best.

It didn't turn out too badly. It wasn't crusty (I don't think our coals were hot enough) but it was nice and spongy, light and fresh. We had it for dinner, dipping it in olive oil, basil, salt and balsamic vinegar, with carrot sticks, tomato, and apple slices on the side.

Simple yet satisfying. The "dip dip" factor made it a hit with our darlings...

Home

After 2 long days drive and 2 years of preparation we have arrived at our home in Africa. We are tired, our house is in unpacking mode at its best, but we are happy.
Here is the view from our lounge room window...

Rejoicing at the beach

Earlier this month we travelled out to a hard to get to location to celebrate with the locals. It was an encouraging day.

Lichee season

One benefit of living in the centre of town is that we get people coming to our gate selling fresh fruit and vegetables. Lichees are coming out this time of year. I asked these men where they get their lichees. 

They get up at 5am, ride their bikes for over an hour to a place that has lots of lichee trees, buy lichees from a seller, then ride their bikes back to Quelimane with the produce. They then go from house to house in the hot sun asking if people want to buy anything. Not a bad days work, hey? Lichees are currently selling for $2.50 a kg. They are delicious!

Dispedida

We are moving in two weeks to a rural area in Africa to live and work among the people group up there. We've been in a city for a year learning portuguese and now it's time to say goodbye. Goodbye's are very important here so we threw a bit of a party...

Our wonderful cosinheiros (cooks) 

Waiting for the event to start

My trooper son. He's had a fever for 8 days now but soldiers on.

Nate with the men he has been working with

Lilah telling me something very important

The ladies I study the Bible with

Our guard's beautiful one month old

Ever wonder how a pineapple grows?

Nate's favourite hobby is gardening so he loves to visit a nursery in the neighbouring town. I've been fascinated with the pineapple plant ever since first seeing it...

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Children's Day

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