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Christmas in Maputo 1986: a short story

December 23, 2011

Tags: Maputo, Mozambique, Christmas, missions, short story, LeAnne Hardy




Our house in Maputo, 1986-90
No one had told her Mozambique would be hot at Christmas. Not this hot. Sweat ran down between her breasts to pool in her bra. She opened the oven door to check the turkey they had brought from (more…)

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When the Lights Went Out

December 11, 2009

Tags: Wisconsin, Maputo, Mozambique, electricity, skating, cold



We woke this morning to no electricity. I should be used to that after our years in Mozambique, but I don’t expect it in Wisconsin. My daughter describes being at a party in Minnesota as a teen when someone flipped off the lights. Everyone screamed as kids will do—everyone except my daughter, that is. She was overwhelmed with nostalgia for her childhood in Maputo where blackouts were a regular occurrence. We kept the candles and matches in a spot in the kitchen that was easy to find in the dark, and life went on.

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Selected Works

Glastonbury Grail Series
Book 1. A tale of the Holy Grail and the tumultuous England of King Henry VIII
Book 2. Colin returns to Wales with the ancient olivewood cup. But why does it show none of the supernatural power it displayed in Glastonbury?
Juvenile Fiction
Ben will be dead meat if the guys find out what he's doing at the ice rink in the early mornings.
It’s never fun to be different, and Brazilian–born Cristina Larson feels very different.
Despite the war, Keri’s parents wouldn’t let anything really bad happen to her... would they?
Who will take care of Lindiwe when her sick mother passes?
Picture Book
God is like many things in a small African boy’s world—the wind, a rock, even his mother.

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