I haven’t seen them in three months, and they are the same. Real. This is what I like best about meeting them. They are who they are. They bring with them matters they currently live with. They talk about them. And that’s not always the case here. More often not. It is thanks to the […]
EN • Stories of loving
They are not here
I wanted to go slow. As long as it takes. And with no photos. My dilemma. Visit all twenty five families just for a moment or stay, but only with a few. This time we stay, with no regrets. We believe that God who connected us with the displaced families knows their needs and our […]
(Un)equal
I am afraid that through these words I may widen a gap. But what I want them to do is to make it smaller. I am sorry if I do this carelessly. I learn along the way. I was brought up in such a way that I do not divide people according to the color […]
Anger
When I first came to Mozambique, I was curious about everything. But most about the other person. Ready to learn from people here. On their soil, in their home and surroundings. View from their point of view. I came empty, that is, I put aside the world that I knew. As far as it is […]
All your houses
For the first family we’ve met, I chose something from my clothes and one capulana. We also had a mosquito net which we didn’t use anymore. And something else, ah! A baby bottle. We packed everything in a big bag and shared with them what was ours. Who knew then that an year later we […]
Paper house
House made from cardboard boxes. We build them for our children to play they are adults. We found one in the area we live. But it’s not a toy, it’s someone’s home. And everything they have. A married couple with seven children live there, another family of internally displaced people. A roof made from a […]
Potato
In Mozambique, a potato is precious. That’s why how you share a potato, it is how you love. When you go to the kitchen for your plate of rice and beans, you hope it will be there. Usually half, when whole – this is heaven. You’re looking it in your plate. More! You’ve been following […]
For a lifetime
When he was a boy, if he was polite? Quiet? Or he has been everywhere? What did he like, what was he playing with, and with whom? What did he want to hear about? What to learn? And what from that has he remembered for a lifetime? It’s mine and not mine. Mine, because I […]
Close
God always loves first. Without His love, there would be no death and resurrection of Jesus. Without His love, we would not be beautifully whole – because of wounds, looking for our own and looking under our own feet. Without revelation of His love, we would not be able to love Him and others (1 […]
More mindful
That day we were waking a lot, from the base to the lighthouse and back. This road is red, like all roads in Mozambique. And hot, like most days in an year. Usually is quiet as well, not often it is possible to meet there someone. First you will pass villas with high walls, couple […]