Where to even begin?? I’ve only been gone for 2 weeks and officially in training for one yet I feel like so much time has passed. I got to Namaacha which is where we are located with host families to learn the language and learn how to teach. My first day I went to a birthday party with my host mom and was break dancing to really bad early 90s music (which is all over here) with the best break dancer I’ve ever met who happens to be about 8 years old and named Bruno. I couldn’t help but stop and look around thinking I’m going to love it here. I don’t even know where I’ll be for the next few years until Thanksgiving (I think) but it’s going to be great. I felt right at home right away.
Training is very intense. I go to classes every day M-F from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm plus Saturday mornings. Right now it is very language intensive and we’re learning a lot about medical. I’m in a language class with 4 other people so it’s very one-on-one which is good.
My host family is amazing. The house is HUGE which I was not expecting. Better yet we have running water and an indoor bathroom with a FLUSHING TOILET!! No squatty potty for me, obrigada a deus! The language is coming along well. It’s basically Spanish with a lot of shhhs and nasal sounds and no la’s. Which if you speak Spanish should make sense J. I’m buying a cell phone tomorrow in Maputo
My favorite thing that has started happening the last few days is the giant herd of kids that follow me and my neighbor Emily home from lunch every day. Just whatever random kids that see us on the street will start walking with us and next thing you know it’s a parade of 12 lead by the mulungos (local word for white person). Some of them even remember our name so there will be random kids yelling out “Amanda!”. It’s pretty darn cute. Até logo!!
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