a quick list of the highlights over the past couple weeks:
1. My big fat Mozambican wedding--it rocked! At one point, I was sitting in the Furuma family Land Rover with 10 other people (they have a big family), with a cake sitting on my lap. Dono Francisco was driving and Dona Lourdes was shotgun. And the entire way to the reception the two of them fought about how Francisco doesn't like Lourdes' cousin and thinks he's obnoxious and hates going to her family gatherings. And she was yelling at him to be nice to her cousin and the in-laws. It was hilarious! Some things are truly universal.
2. Thanksgiving--peace corps Megan came into town with a couple chickens...kill it and grill it! Not quite the same as turkey, but close. Amy whipped up some mac'n'cheese and I baked a couple apple pies using Troy's oven. Plus we had a mashed tuber of some sort (wasn't a potato, sweet potato or mandioca. still a mystery what it actually was). The only thing that was missing was falling asleep in front of the tv while watching football.
3. Amy and I are Christmasifying our house. We cut out a bunch of paper snowflakes and bought a couple strands of lights from our local Chinese reject import store. Not only are they blinking multicolored lights, but they also play Christmas carols when plugged in. Sidenote: everything in Quelimane is the stuff that either wouldn't sell in China, or that they couldn't export to countries like the US because the products contain things like lead and mercury. So everything we buy promptly breaks or is probably giving us heavy metal poisoning.
4. December 1st--World AIDS Day. Went to Namacurra and Macusi to see their celebrations. Parades, singing, theater pieces, and soccer games.
5. Tomorrow heading to Malawi for our monthly rendezvous with the border patrol. Like always, if I appear to have dropped of the face of the earth, I'm most likely in a Mozambican jail. Call the embassy.
6. Lastly, but certainly not least, my little Hannah got into law school. I'm so proud of her!!! But if she becomes an ambulance chaser, I'll never speak to her again. Love you Hanchy! Sisters for life!
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