Last evening in Tete

On Thursday evening the mass at Epifania was lively and joyful, with many gifts exchanged. We were finally able to present the church with the chalice and pattern from St Mary's that (in all the excitement) had been mislaid on Sunday. It seems a traditional Mozambican gift is a length of the bright African cloth we have been admiring in town - it feels like we will be returning with most of the contents of the haberdashery shop. Many songs were sung and farewells said.

After Mass we were invited to a relaxed supper by Esther and her husband. They had moved their sofa and armchairs into their yard so we could eat comfortably in the cool evening air (unseasonably cool, according to our hosts, but very pleasant for us).