Oh
July! One more month until a mini vacation! This trimester my kids seem to be
so much better and seem a little bit more interested in biology. Yeah who would
have thought kids loving Biology? Their test scores have improved drastically
and they aren't cheating anymore, they are learning!
Some of biology kids studying in front of my yard with my book
We
are in the month of July so that call for Fourth of July!
We
explained to our colleagues how this was our independence day and how we
usually celebrated. We decided to invite all the PCV's to our home for Fourth
of July and attempt to cook American meals the best we could. We also invited
some of our close friends at site to come join us. Haleigh and I decided to
make, burgers with cheese (yes I said cheese), mac and cheese, beer batter
onion rings/eggplant, black bean salsa haha and so much other good food. We had
a huge feast! One down side was I had a terrible stomach problem first ever
bacterial infection in my stomach so I couldn’t eat the food I wanted to but luckily
there were leftovers and since I started medication after the big celebration I
was capable of eating it. It was soooooo good. Also don't worry I recovered!
Mine and Matt's Prom picture
My Fellow Central 21ers
Our
JUNTOS group had a conference this month. We had to choose 5 students from our
group which was fairly easy because we only have about 8 and there are 5 that
show up every time. The conference was in Gondola, They got to meet other
groups in Manica and exchange ideas. Of course we were worried they would be
intimidated since Vanduzi is a new site and they just started their group but
they surprised us. These kids were speaking up, performed there song, and came
out more motivated. These students came back and pushed our Juntos group to
work harder and explained other art projects we can do. It was such a good
experience for them. So hopefully they continue on this awesome
self-motivation.
A group doing a theater piece
Graca our JUNTOS girl wrote a poem that day and read it to every one, we were so proud
Haleigh and I being Silly
Me with the JUNTOS kids
Everyone that was there for the conference
All of us together!
Joao, Manuel, Neto, Ana, Graca
July
meant my best girlfriend in Chimoio was going back to California. NOOOOO,to
soon to soon. I was sad but we should be reunited very soon. We had a big
despidida for her and ate really good food made by our Mozambican friend
Silvino. He makes the best chicken and beans in all of Mozambique.
Augusto, Osvaldo, Wendy and I
Wendy and I having a dance party like always
Macho partied to hard at the despedida
Okay drum roll please.........
I
also found out about my application for my community library and…..I was
approved! The month of August my counterpart and I will be traveling to Nampula
for a week for intense training. I can't wait, my counterpart is so excited
because
1.
He has never been on a plane
2.
He has never been to Nampula
3.
We are getting books!
Hopefully
he learns a lot from this conference. I am so excited I cannot wait to actually
get a good start on this project. It's actually happening…I get to work with
kids, something I am really good at, preteens are little too much for me! Here are some pictures of the kids I want to work with. All kids need is some paper and crayons and their imagination will grow!
Also we have personal ninjas in our yard
Our neighbor is best friends with our dog
Okay tchau voces!
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