Week 3

So I’ve been in Namaacha for about three weeks now. Training has been good but hard. As I write this I am watching one of my new favorite novellas called Poder Paralelo. This week has flown by with good times and bad but that’s to be expected when training. Today has been one of the coldest days yet and it feels cold! It’s only around 19C but it feels like its 0. Not only was it freezing (it’s all relative!!!) but it also rained all day. We’ve had rain but it hasn’t been all day or very hard. All the roads that I walk on are dirt with many rocks so needless to say my feet were covered in mud. Because the roads are pretty much mountains and dirt it makes it very hard to climb up and down and I almost fell every step…especially going down the mountain.
We found out on Wednesday that we are going to have a Halloween party so Mrs. Howell may be an option (If I can find a costume at the market!). Since everyday is pretty much the same because of classes, it’s nice to have different things to look forward to.

I also took to naming all the animals in my house since they didn't have names. The cat is chocolate, the dogs are buster and bentley, and there is a gecko that comes out at night who i named bob. it's great because the kids in my house have taken to calling the animals by the names i gave them!!

Would love to write more but I have to clean my shoes…such fun!!! Miss everyone!!!
Love,
Ana

From namaacha

Hey everyone!!

I've been in namaacha for the past two weeks and I can't believe it! It feels like yesterday that I was getting on the plane to go to Philly. Life in Africa has been great so far even with the few hicups I've had. When I arrived in mozambique I spent the first 2 nights at a hotel in Maputo living the last of the good life. From there we came to namaacha which is where we're training. I originally was in a house with a grandma and many of her grandchildren. It was a lot of fun and everyday I woke up to Swaziland. I got moved a week ago but I can still see Swaziland (it's a big topic of conversation here). I know live in a family wig a mother, father, many sons and one daughter. My schedule here mainly consists of eating and bathing. They have 5 meals here and have told me that I have to get fat. I have at least two baths a day which consists of a bucket and a cup. It's not as bad as I thought a bucket bath would be. My days here consist of portuguse class and health classes all day long. My classes start at 7:30 and end at 17:30 on a good day!

I've seen quite the interesting things here. I've seen:
-a chicken get killed and defeathered (my first night here which ended up being my dinner)
-a snake which my vovo (grandma) killed with a stick!
-a goat come by my classroom
-random pigs in my yard
-Swaziland
-a ton of Brazilian novelas and game shows
-kids dancing Michael Jackson better than Michael Jackson
-my hair look like coolio
-big cockroaches and spiders

all in all Mozambique is great!!! I miss you all and hope to stay updated on your lives!
Love,
ana