#dry, dusty and arid Tete, but still a place of great beauty......

#emeraldseasonsbeauty#baobabbeauty

#emeraldseasonjoys! The "water of life" brings clarity, refreshing joys and vibrant colour!

Baobabs overlooking the Zambezi river

This is how our surrounding bush is looking like right now! A few green leaves popping up in anticipation of the glorious rain soon to arrive......I used 3 different applications on the pic, the first one being untouched. What do you think?

Well, this will be my last post from Tete, Mozambique for a while! Next posts will be from Seoul, South Korea! May you all have a blessed Wednesday, filled with colour and surprise moments of joy and laughter!

A beautiful prayer for this coming week, taken from Chatting at the sky blog..... "May we find new ways to say old truths, new eyes to see old loves, and new courage to release what we no longer need. May our souls learn peace in the midst of chaos, gladness when we feel small, and may we quiet in the presence of love."

"The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday!"

Beautiful baobabs.......

“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?” ― C. JoyBell C.

"Don't sit there watching the wind....don't stare at the clouds....Get on with your life! Ecclesiastes 11:4

In Tete, Mozambique we don't get distinct seasons, well not that I notice! But the baobabs definitely change with each season! Love it when the leaves go yellow and start falling! It's our very own autumn....

Advice from a tree: STAND TALL AND PROUD....... GO OUT ON A LIMB.......REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS..........DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.........BE CONTENT WITH YOUR NATURAL BEAUTY..........ENJOY THE VIEW!

this pic was taken when the first rains arrived.....after a very hot and dry long wait! What a relief to all....... The secret to "life" is finding the blessings "the life-giving green" during the dry......

"Clean the slate God, so we can start the day fresh! Keep me from stupid sins, from thinking I can take over your work. Then I can start this day sun-washed! Psalm 19: 12,13

we are so blessed that when we need water, we simply open a tap (most of the time) and out it flows..... the majority of these local people have to walk km's in this Tete heat, to get a bucket......

a typical family home in the local village areas of Tete. I tend to complain about all the constant dust we have to deal with here, but imagine living like this, where dust is your constant companion. The rains arrival in a few months will settle it all down, and everyone cant wait.... Blessed indeed...

Baobabs on a cloudy day..... What do u prefer? Colour or black and white? Blessed day all.....

"It's the joy of the small that can make life large! "

As you begin another weekend filled with plans and people and spinning around, may your movements be deeply rooted in His peace..... (Emily Freeman)