Visitors to Africa

Part of our Peace Corps mission is to share Mozambican culture with Americans back home. This blog is an effort to do that, also last winter we gave 15 school presentations while we were on vacation in America, but what better way to share Mozambican culture than having visitors here to experience life in Africa for themselves. Today we are recieving part of Janet family, her Dad, stepmom, and twin brother and sister, as well as one of her best friends Rabecca. We rented a private mini bus so they're not getting the 100% Africa experience, but its just too crazy with a big group to deal with public transit here. Luc's older brother Noah will also be in our site for a couple of days on his way back to America from Zambia, where he was volunteering through his company to support the health sector there. So, our little house will be jam packed, luckily we have a tent to accomodate overflow. Janet's brother and sister have never left the USA before, so we are excited to see what they think of the bigger world. They are just starting high school, so they are the same age as the students we teach here. Our living conditions are primitive, but we're hoping everyone can adjust to bucket showers, squat latrines, new foods, and occassional power outages. Noah says he reserves the right to stay at the hotel if things get too crazy. Since it also July 4th, we are going to try to recreate a USA style Independence Day barbeque celebration; with no meat we're making veggie burgers instead.  We feel lucky to have family and friends willing and abel to travel so far to share the Peace Corps experience with us!