Our first day celebrating Mauritian Independence (from England) in the Indian Ocean.
Our first day in Mauritius was the 45th Independence Day of the country! Most everyone had a day-off, so we spent the day on the beach with the church of Cascavelle. We sang together on the beach, and the CEMistes got to hear Tony and Caroline’s story of how they became missionaries in Mauritius.
Our next day we sung 3 times around Mauritius: as a surprise for Chris’ coworkers at his office, at the SOS Children’s Village, and at the new Cascavelle Community Center. The Center is just a block away from the house where the church meets, so after the concert we were welcomed to their home to eat a delicious meal with our hands.
Our choir! (This picture is from Madagascar, but this is the stylin' garb that we sported throughout our South-East African Journey. No, we didn't get these outfits in Madagascar, we got them from Congo, via Bradley's mother in Paris.
We were available to do anything and everything! We spent a day helping Candan work on the house he had built for his family of 6 (they are currently living with his in-laws). Many hands make lighter work.
Candan took us to visit his parents. His mother prepared us a delicious meal and we learned about his father, a man of humble means but extreme generosity. Candan also gave us a tour of a Hindu Temple and explained some of the belief system to us.
We spent our last weekend in Mauritius on a retreat with the two churches. We got to go to the beach again, play many games with the teens and teach children’s classes.
Here is a picture of me and the Dodo bird, the unfortunately extinct unofficial mascot of Mauritius.
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