The holiday season in the United States is overflowing with excitement, colorful green, red, silver, and gold decorations, Christmas carols and holiday songs being played on every radio station, and in Maine lots of snow and cold freezing weather. But the picture in Southern Mozambique is quite different. The sand still burns my feet when … Continue reading Holidays in Homoíne →
As much as I love my host country and the people who live here there are also some things that majorly irk me about Mozambican culture. I think of them like the thorns on a rose because I love Mozambique and I love all almost all of my experiences here. First off – Being called … Continue reading The Thorns on the Rose →
Life in Mozambique is something that runs at its own pace. You have to be very willing to slow down, wait, and do everything at what seems like a snails pace. But as soon as you adapt to Mozambican time it is really kind of nice to slow down and just let everything sink in … Continue reading Rhythm of Life in Moz →
Where is Mozambique? As I searched day after day on the Peace Corps page searching through their open job listings, constantly refining my search results, always choosing “anywhere in the world” as my option and bookmarking every single Teacher Trainer / English Teacher position, I still could not decide on one that I REALLY wanted … Continue reading So, where am I going? →