Thursday, April 30, 2009

I made it!

Hi everyone!

I made it to mozambique, after my two days of flying and lots of sleeping we all arrived into Maputo in the afternoon on Monday. After having a customs official try to confiscate some presents (he didn't succeed) I hopped in the mission van (the humanitarian missionaries came to pick us up) and went to our apartment.

The girls apartment is nice. We have hot water, a nice kitchen, living room, dining room, and a varanda to wash and hang our clothes to dry. Everything is good except for the roaches in the kitchen and the fact that we lost our water today...hopefully it won't be off too long!

Jardim, the area where we are living is really different than Machava, where we lived last year. There is a market close by, where we go to buy fruits and veggies, a little mercantile store (complete with the tall shelves, ladders, and store clerks that get everything for you. Very old fashioned!), and a few other stores on the main road. I like where we are living, it is the perfect place to catch a ride into town or out to the NGO we are working for.

Speaking of ADPP we went back yesterday and it was fun to see my students, my friends I made last year, and see the campus again. I will be teaching at a different school with Kailey this time, it is the Polytechnic School, so I don't know what they will have me teaching, but I would love to do anything really!

Tomorrow is a national holiday, so we will probably go as a group somewhere fun. It is weird being here and having to make decisions and whatnot....that sooo was not my role in the group last year, but I'm glad that my job let me come back and I am looking forward to the next two months here. No pictures yet, I don't want to be too shutter happy...maybe tomorrow we will do something picture-worthy. I hope everything is going well for those in the US. Don't forget to leave a comment and say hi, I'd love to hear from you!

p.s. sorry if there are spelling mistakes, the spellcheck isn't working and I don't have time to proofread!

3 comments:

Mila Amorim said...

YAY, I am glad to hear from you! I hope you enjoy the holiday! =) I wanna see pictures!!!!

Melanie said...

So... I went out to meet the artists at the Women's Conference concert last night, and Eclipse started singing a song... And you'll never guess what they sang... It was the Rains Down in Africa song! Ha! Just thought you'd enjoy that tid bit of information. :D Hope you're having a blast!

Unknown said...

Oi! Espero que tudo esteja muito bem la em Mozambique. Eu ainda nao tenho novidades do nosso feriado no Mexico. Mas posso te falar que ainda tem o swine flu no mexico! Mas tudo esta em controle eu acho. Depois te falo mais sobre isso. So quería compartilhiar com vc que já tenho um oferecimento de emprego no México! Second grade teacher in the American School. Say hi to Africa for me!