December 2003 Theme: Hospitality Credit: FreeFoto Mgeni njoo, mwenyeji apone. (Swahili) Let the guest come so that the host or hostess may benefit (get well). (English) […]

November 2003 Theme: Patience Credit: FreePoto Lepotla-potla le ja poli; lesisitheho le ja khomo. (Sesotho) The “hurry-hurry” person eats goat; the one who takes his or […]

October 2003 Theme: Mission Credit: FreePoto Atannayita: y’atenda nnyina obufumbi (=okufumba) The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the only […]

September 2003 Theme: Reconciliation Credit: Freepoto Poo, ga di nne pedi mo sakeng. (Tswana) Two bulls can’t stay in the same kraal. (English) – Tswana (Botswana) […]

August 2003 Theme: Greed Credit: Webshots Ukapanda mano usamaswe phale. (Chewa, Nyanja) If you have no teeth, do not break the clay cooking pot. (English) – […]

July 2003 Theme: Perseverance Credit: FreePhoto Turina keessatt killen millaan adeemti. (Oromo) By persevering, the egg walks on legs. (English) – Oromo (Ethiopia) Proverb Explanation SUNDAY […]

June 2003 Theme: Faithfulness Credit: FreeFoto Uwaingila mu mushintu, tomfwa nswanswa. (English) One who enters the forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs […]

May 2003 Theme: Evil of Gossip Credit: Freepoto Nyana-so ni nyu do doun, keh do za-nyohn de ke. (Bassa) Smoke does not affect honeybees alone; honey-gatherers […]

April 2003 Theme: Suffering/Struggle Credit: Webshots Kure ndokusina, kwachiri unofa wasvika. (Shona) Far is where there is nothing, where something is that you will struggle to […]