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Oh, Mozambique...: May 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. May 24, 2014. Traveling in Mozambique is no easy feat, especially going long distances. Because of a JUNTOS conference held in northern Mozambique earlier this month, I had a great excuse (and a plane ticket! To go up and explore a few places I thought I'd never make it to. The rest of the trip to Beira was uneventful (luckily!
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Oh, Mozambique...: November 2013
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. November 24, 2013. The Spirit of Giving. 8221; (They are so beautiful! And she said that she wanted a pair. It was then that I got a business proposition. 8220;You have to make me more of these so I can sell them! People will want to buy them! They are so beautiful! 8220;But I can’t make money off of these, sir. “. 8220;Bernadett...
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Oh, Mozambique...: March 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. March 1, 2014. It's been a rough week. After standing for a few minutes outside the family's house, everyone started piling into open back trucks to be taken to the cemetary. Sarah and I looked at each other for a minute having a silent conversation, "Are we really going to get into one of these super crowded truckbeds? I walked ...
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Oh, Mozambique...: February 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. February 21, 2014. It just so happens that the only other teacher for 12th grade math is my douchey colleague that I have written about in the past (and is the colleague referred to above). I think last time, I called him Fred. So let's go with that. The first day I walked into my turma from last year, I got a round of applause a...
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Oh, Mozambique...: August 2013
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. August 17, 2013. Mozambicans never cease to amaze me with their generosity. The little they have, they are willing to give up in a heartbeat for someone else. UmFauzia, why will you see me soon? Umwe'll just see you soon.". Denied) the validity of that statement, but the student would not let up. "Teacher, dance for us! After abo...
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Oh, Mozambique...: October 2013
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. October 29, 2013. Two weeks ago, my friend Otilia came over to my house to borrow some nail polish. I sat on my esteira. I asked Otilia where she was during the war. She is 40 now, so she was a child/teenager during the years of the war. She told me that she lived in Beira and witnessed things that she would never forget. The las...
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Oh, Mozambique...: September 2013
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. September 27, 2013. Crazy to think I've been in Mozambique for a year, and the members of Moz 19 are no longer the babies of the education volunteers in Mozambique. Moz 21 arrived in Maputo yesterday, and will be heading to Namaacha to start their 10 weeks of training on Saturday. Unbelievable. 6 Fall. Pumpkin flavored everyt...
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Oh, Mozambique...: October 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. October 8, 2014. Maggie, Helen, and I at COS conference! I face this same difficulty when thinking about despedir-ing (saying goodbye to) my friends and family here in Messica. Of course I am beyond thrilled to get back to the US. I'll be able to call my friends whenever I want to! When I think about leaving Mozambique, the absol...
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Oh, Mozambique...: August 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. August 29, 2014. The Adventure of a Lifetime! The last month or so has been extremely busy with the closing of the second trimester of school and three weeks of traveling adventures. I'm gonna skip the struggles of provincial testing and just say thanks be to God that I will never have to deal with that again! I don't remember ho...
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Oh, Mozambique...: January 2014
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Daily happenings throughout my Peace Corps journey. The contents of this website are my personal views and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. January 18, 2014. In Mozambique, December is the tempo de ferias. Or time of the holidays. I did mine up well with my visit from my Mom, sisters, and Jamie to Mozambique followed up by my three week vacation to the land of all the food, people, and delicious drinks I've been dreaming of for the past 15 months. By the end we were ...