What a hilarious moment! A few friends and I went photographing yesterday......we stopped this donkey cart of youngsters to take pics. With our very broken Portugese we explained that we wanted them all to smile (I have noticed they do not like smiling for pics, I will share a photograph tomorrow and you can see why!) - one youngster jumped off the donkey cart and started trying to force the poor donkeys jaws open, which was met with much resistance! After a moment we figured out what he was up to, he thought we had asked him to try and make the donkeys smile! Hope this makes you smile this Friday!......

"may you find the time this weekend, to look inside yourself and "count your many blessings"..........

Sadly with the security situation deteriorating rapidly in Tete and the surrounds, I have not been able to get out there and snap away like I used too :( Unfortunately a lot of thieves and bandits have moved here due to the coal boom, and have found so much to "help" themselves to! The police are definitley are not here to protect us and seem to part of the problem. I really don't feel like parting with my camera just yet! Thank goodness we have God to protect us!

Our loads will be lightened when we reach the other side......but in the meantime, maintaining an attitude of gratitude will lighten our load considerably!

The blue door and lime green ox cart...... Colour is everywhere, you just have to look for it! Blessed Monday all.....