tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369172562024-03-05T08:02:25.478-06:00After School DetentionThe official blog of ApologyExcepted.comMohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-41210228102715967602009-11-28T08:27:00.009-06:002009-12-03T08:51:18.307-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://webpages.charter.net/mohundro/Description_of_Service-Mohundro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBcowleplc3heCjtrUL9RRRT4DqMyoGdkWIjgdry3wG4HqjRr2q-e8T0F6Uj5aXwZacV-viBUHpGfhwBHzCbLB_xL6Oy5eVdKnDx3WYPIIKH_3dQR3U-XV_-ESMmf3XXDGSINUA/s400/Description_of_Service-Mohundro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411021570986558226" border="0" /></a>The Description of My 26 Months of Volunteer Service.<br />To view, click image then click to zoom on following page.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://webpages.charter.net/mohundro/Description_of_Service.pdf">To view in .pdf format click here.</a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwy7zgzW4gQiLk2_qxiPjsojEB0BC3BS0xycU_0gs23Q8KjolVdQ2N9otnZfAhDrW0Edxx4AmTk3gFxmjFdFjkw9yGZ-qpBVVXdaxd-wgqJr8SPbSTrGrlV9V9NiMLDPS5JTBwA/s1600/hair-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwy7zgzW4gQiLk2_qxiPjsojEB0BC3BS0xycU_0gs23Q8KjolVdQ2N9otnZfAhDrW0Edxx4AmTk3gFxmjFdFjkw9yGZ-qpBVVXdaxd-wgqJr8SPbSTrGrlV9V9NiMLDPS5JTBwA/s400/hair-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409161478818447042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I came home.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4qy3sX_25udN0ZxzO1jM1K8etoIeeWodMrtT581Thts4yWLpMltNjyNY8DzEOLCdT8dI14-OZs94hKhkgKk_78e3Sw8yY4zenkUfv86jbe1vqgUQc6yY0WTYrMQyFxmSvt8pAQ/s1600/hair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4qy3sX_25udN0ZxzO1jM1K8etoIeeWodMrtT581Thts4yWLpMltNjyNY8DzEOLCdT8dI14-OZs94hKhkgKk_78e3Sw8yY4zenkUfv86jbe1vqgUQc6yY0WTYrMQyFxmSvt8pAQ/s400/hair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409161472098689122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, I surprised my family.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_K-FX16zTZczKLpKOxVzMXZfYaywTwTn81AdGDo5kN-5grJrGAe8qg_RtRTZNvTWr_y3cXN1eoUf4zp1XrU9agqQ_-pM8XUYVR80Gg0upcQcLgD_3zMzrNSdhZvSd89dKD8Zq8Q/s1600/hair-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_K-FX16zTZczKLpKOxVzMXZfYaywTwTn81AdGDo5kN-5grJrGAe8qg_RtRTZNvTWr_y3cXN1eoUf4zp1XrU9agqQ_-pM8XUYVR80Gg0upcQcLgD_3zMzrNSdhZvSd89dKD8Zq8Q/s400/hair-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409161467457484066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It had been 26 months since I stepped on US Soil.<br />Photo by Pamela Maule.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rK7aO0Z0MRrkUZVu79Yd4kfZAZg9DeX30PY7zFa0SQbKa29fDMDnqrcDn8hB_DRmV4LaLlmnau3I0yg-8WacdB2KJQZM1ZeC9m2xjwVvKc7cOASLTz1hrww5g1iHhkq_T9dXdw/s1600/hair-34"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rK7aO0Z0MRrkUZVu79Yd4kfZAZg9DeX30PY7zFa0SQbKa29fDMDnqrcDn8hB_DRmV4LaLlmnau3I0yg-8WacdB2KJQZM1ZeC9m2xjwVvKc7cOASLTz1hrww5g1iHhkq_T9dXdw/s400/hair-34" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409161464569398594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am glad to be home and start another adventure.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br />As a final act of closing my United States Peace Corps service, I am ending After School Detention. It has been an incredible two and a half years and I see nothing more fitting than ending my post-undergrad blog with the final act of my Peace Corps experience, my Description of Service (DOS) report. The DOS is documentation of a volunteers service and I took on the requisite as a challenge to summarize a very personal and creative two years in a very personal and creative way. My DOS is not a traditional DOS, nevertheless, it is signed and sealed by Peace Corps Mozambique's Country Director, Ruben Hernandez, making it an official government document. <a href="http://webpages.charter.net/mohundro/Description_of_Service.pdf">I encourage everyone to download it and read the description in its entirety</a>. I consider it my last work of art in Mozambique. <a href="http://webpages.charter.net/mohundro/DOS-Traditional.pdf">To compare it to a traditional DOS click here</a>.Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-77569660662482725542009-11-27T19:55:00.015-06:002009-11-28T08:45:37.252-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQjVwiUhg4aDW7qulXiIZr3op7KPzqTAhrQEyHmYF83tCi5x6NoGCDMUiuYuKoE8KXx2ohX3eZCZKjwrdTi7sbx8q57h9Wla08Ts8_nonLURTgJOdhQFsjsD60kNxUyE3OR9zRw/s1600/opening-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQjVwiUhg4aDW7qulXiIZr3op7KPzqTAhrQEyHmYF83tCi5x6NoGCDMUiuYuKoE8KXx2ohX3eZCZKjwrdTi7sbx8q57h9Wla08Ts8_nonLURTgJOdhQFsjsD60kNxUyE3OR9zRw/s400/opening-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408971264265275522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The President of the Municipality inaugurated our new murals.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATkvbmguFb57nkZlq1oMA8lrgh6eLleL7pp1FBmoz5nafMs1VllfEReu7gKI5sZdxmwu4ygFViarCkLlm6Rec4sMajNlrrXvZ0pM6l8yd0f8-g0yBzAAVI9q1XqOnldCDWfKQvg/s1600/opening-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATkvbmguFb57nkZlq1oMA8lrgh6eLleL7pp1FBmoz5nafMs1VllfEReu7gKI5sZdxmwu4ygFViarCkLlm6Rec4sMajNlrrXvZ0pM6l8yd0f8-g0yBzAAVI9q1XqOnldCDWfKQvg/s400/opening-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970442070124626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Valdo took initiative and introduced our group.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmbAnlHGeaiR_XC4rVBmCxLAh793bioGJwKnsDvNdJpwGFNXKzA-_mBJwlnyhTvEwBjh7AtzFvLDKnkgqgLTX02UkW3FdFuVNDZZJdo-bUyiLZ5clTVI35SnVOTAl-oUJrFeemQ/s1600/opening-05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmbAnlHGeaiR_XC4rVBmCxLAh793bioGJwKnsDvNdJpwGFNXKzA-_mBJwlnyhTvEwBjh7AtzFvLDKnkgqgLTX02UkW3FdFuVNDZZJdo-bUyiLZ5clTVI35SnVOTAl-oUJrFeemQ/s400/opening-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970436319649810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, Valdo explained the elements of our murals.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr-qOKhxu8axqF4LwkSWUc3ZeYUj6Pock4ED0EJ9V-yQuJ49LMtjoPJK83To55V56vpsbxiOsmNJkJxozYBoiWjdvBCMwnAHN1nc1ZRZcp-uduyDd5QbuA3FRhMf1Ceja3joHAA/s1600/opening-06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr-qOKhxu8axqF4LwkSWUc3ZeYUj6Pock4ED0EJ9V-yQuJ49LMtjoPJK83To55V56vpsbxiOsmNJkJxozYBoiWjdvBCMwnAHN1nc1ZRZcp-uduyDd5QbuA3FRhMf1Ceja3joHAA/s400/opening-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970433824873442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He captivated the town official.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhogO09yN4pffrFH2HtNU3vo5QnhdMmIOnUSns5_B42KgWPI4k74mTpsrgZY1sk6N3IN74fUff1UGDjLx1Nz3g_Zg3cHKMkXAa-dc0jsa4hPl0WB2vXHzUt3MP6luWiH7LrrHPw/s1600/opening-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhogO09yN4pffrFH2HtNU3vo5QnhdMmIOnUSns5_B42KgWPI4k74mTpsrgZY1sk6N3IN74fUff1UGDjLx1Nz3g_Zg3cHKMkXAa-dc0jsa4hPl0WB2vXHzUt3MP6luWiH7LrrHPw/s400/opening-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970430313995410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Books for the World sent us a big present.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGs-ANdvVr-tZZxR4j5LeKx0MLsbJncnoCJHa0KQ0MNC783Agh8P4nBHpy2KnGOJe8bnzLkGKtfQisAVJed30UoLkM7_k0UyWLzEQA57zaMbbfYHgeUkS7KBz6CqBSH76fVIffA/s1600/opening-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGs-ANdvVr-tZZxR4j5LeKx0MLsbJncnoCJHa0KQ0MNC783Agh8P4nBHpy2KnGOJe8bnzLkGKtfQisAVJed30UoLkM7_k0UyWLzEQA57zaMbbfYHgeUkS7KBz6CqBSH76fVIffA/s400/opening-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970426212824578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The anticipation nearly killed my boys.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj058VZa_PTZP4jpKtXHlNN8cQb7tG4jIdhY2d7KAHR2KGmaT1q6MlKmlbKpbkABcYCshWiai9S2ewE9Qhzz4Soy4zgDaCfVZYHpvf_x03S-0cr0ieJxmknXCgla3PGUMEnFT0Fxw/s1600/opening-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj058VZa_PTZP4jpKtXHlNN8cQb7tG4jIdhY2d7KAHR2KGmaT1q6MlKmlbKpbkABcYCshWiai9S2ewE9Qhzz4Soy4zgDaCfVZYHpvf_x03S-0cr0ieJxmknXCgla3PGUMEnFT0Fxw/s400/opening-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970148592488034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, the pedagogical directors attempted to open the bags.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRfFUHe_VUjbx-i2GyMaSvi8_MDZzLvY36CAVcpRFlPzqUxzDhbHKShSe_Rd1lLYxcBlw5jjThP1u6sVvRmXmjk01BO7cKuKoSvqbJ8ngctg9VZK7DOFWYp106xpEpS0xgGSQJQ/s1600/opening-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRfFUHe_VUjbx-i2GyMaSvi8_MDZzLvY36CAVcpRFlPzqUxzDhbHKShSe_Rd1lLYxcBlw5jjThP1u6sVvRmXmjk01BO7cKuKoSvqbJ8ngctg9VZK7DOFWYp106xpEpS0xgGSQJQ/s400/opening-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970146017509538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, the boys had to show them how to do it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DZbqT2KeE560yYUmsAFB556AmbJBzABUwPmVbPrpW_qu8AQFz7YGZtlTGTuJC0wrrM6kOebB4ZkxozHrbWttBlxhkTfMJhUE5AzZnWSigw2-bVf3ZyNXNwWy-2sWWF0tV8ZRxg/s1600/opening-14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DZbqT2KeE560yYUmsAFB556AmbJBzABUwPmVbPrpW_qu8AQFz7YGZtlTGTuJC0wrrM6kOebB4ZkxozHrbWttBlxhkTfMJhUE5AzZnWSigw2-bVf3ZyNXNwWy-2sWWF0tV8ZRxg/s400/opening-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969785709844978" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The kids uncloaked boxes.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSDPUG0kTapyt1rpD8BxkAtYOlxkyPz3wA4Gwv2dK_fWsTAqia95RdKtJVRnPYEq3RpRPrzhB8kWzHMLCG_O6liQwhpyp2VFeMXgAzlYq7wQT9uEsWOvL92fVjieh9S9c6MIPng/s1600/opening-16t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSDPUG0kTapyt1rpD8BxkAtYOlxkyPz3wA4Gwv2dK_fWsTAqia95RdKtJVRnPYEq3RpRPrzhB8kWzHMLCG_O6liQwhpyp2VFeMXgAzlYq7wQT9uEsWOvL92fVjieh9S9c6MIPng/s400/opening-16t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969774632565346" border="0" /></a><br />Divided them up.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJNG8JotKWSIvKczo3puO8s1JG4RgLNDxRcxE2g2Hd6KLcae-KJjsyXXjxXcVJk0EjtSii8HNk1mFuYPpB57BA6u3ZAFdkhg03N_CwKtEBhUlWLljK_keqi1TxbaSz_Cnj5ZqAQ/s1600/opening-15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJNG8JotKWSIvKczo3puO8s1JG4RgLNDxRcxE2g2Hd6KLcae-KJjsyXXjxXcVJk0EjtSii8HNk1mFuYPpB57BA6u3ZAFdkhg03N_CwKtEBhUlWLljK_keqi1TxbaSz_Cnj5ZqAQ/s400/opening-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969782097346050" border="0" /></a><br />Then, carefully opened them.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztw9PjYuLTjEy2HLI0QwOEf-JQOc5_vBQLdA1p2jJcjJ72hbJB0DOz2PVVV1XDlIkTzXP9xSANDR4g9zarw4-kwFRSKSM1ajnHmDuzCumNdl_f8AM_cPgsNGc-oO8mESVsE0qfA/s1600/opening-12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztw9PjYuLTjEy2HLI0QwOEf-JQOc5_vBQLdA1p2jJcjJ72hbJB0DOz2PVVV1XDlIkTzXP9xSANDR4g9zarw4-kwFRSKSM1ajnHmDuzCumNdl_f8AM_cPgsNGc-oO8mESVsE0qfA/s400/opening-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970138515112626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Valdo, showing off the history of art.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EFcmFSldmd67TS5CYe1rauJniDrZUYb6pMGhb8iCg1QmigHViYk2jDP-tYEG5r-69njQvVNMWbJ3KewDrD-cW9Z849i6jRPGb2EEHxkIHSZlfjrUxY708nhWr8r6LNDJ6nwUMA/s1600/opening-17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EFcmFSldmd67TS5CYe1rauJniDrZUYb6pMGhb8iCg1QmigHViYk2jDP-tYEG5r-69njQvVNMWbJ3KewDrD-cW9Z849i6jRPGb2EEHxkIHSZlfjrUxY708nhWr8r6LNDJ6nwUMA/s400/opening-17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969772596330386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">English children's novels.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWHu3kkJO1-F87Cnlt1rDZf4cUwwq-b0rMWLk4h6z5aCf7DM6aMW0tk8FmpSarRw7iCxkrxHXi6tcWSP082mG21DC_y8QpysIZSel9zzbjL52rSqnCstv03KKzZaCANtGeW9pcw/s1600/opening-18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWHu3kkJO1-F87Cnlt1rDZf4cUwwq-b0rMWLk4h6z5aCf7DM6aMW0tk8FmpSarRw7iCxkrxHXi6tcWSP082mG21DC_y8QpysIZSel9zzbjL52rSqnCstv03KKzZaCANtGeW9pcw/s400/opening-18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969773053986562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">National Geographic Magazines for drawing references.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1sNRujbJpJss0TqEQOyI-IKNlMmlWmabvUmvZqrGWSKqg7y2bTY_XrQZh3C_3UcxSR4oSv8DmOI5VJ9ID3rIdxQexmMsLNZZyTcPm2CQOflv0p1IlFdsZPzU8AHaElkettFbFw/s1600/opening-19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1sNRujbJpJss0TqEQOyI-IKNlMmlWmabvUmvZqrGWSKqg7y2bTY_XrQZh3C_3UcxSR4oSv8DmOI5VJ9ID3rIdxQexmMsLNZZyTcPm2CQOflv0p1IlFdsZPzU8AHaElkettFbFw/s400/opening-19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969449346343122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Felgos unwrapping thesauruses and dictionaries.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm6MBjRxgWDBLFnLlnXPelHTabsEMdJ9DQXOzuk3U5avfsr8WrHx4zXZj0g1eA-bNgT_QA_SNas5U28zRRPQhcFFY9UOahUeMK3OQH1xL4Y9uBIem6YSoxDSUBzdNpK8t-SuTKw/s1600/opening-20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm6MBjRxgWDBLFnLlnXPelHTabsEMdJ9DQXOzuk3U5avfsr8WrHx4zXZj0g1eA-bNgT_QA_SNas5U28zRRPQhcFFY9UOahUeMK3OQH1xL4Y9uBIem6YSoxDSUBzdNpK8t-SuTKw/s400/opening-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969445713225426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Books for the Fine Art Club of Massinga.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnogVC23oP5ZNTJX2RsbVY5UsMmQ3jz1J7nb6xEG0ka9CUwTeaWt5RLZFIexgn4YMq03CqlA8fd7RbGBiqvdtVse_QjXRw9sMNymDMxFXbAdecw_-PiA2eyymyPX7PfZH26eL8vA/s1600/opening-30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnogVC23oP5ZNTJX2RsbVY5UsMmQ3jz1J7nb6xEG0ka9CUwTeaWt5RLZFIexgn4YMq03CqlA8fd7RbGBiqvdtVse_QjXRw9sMNymDMxFXbAdecw_-PiA2eyymyPX7PfZH26eL8vA/s400/opening-30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969439065820306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">An English-Portuguese dictionary.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhhXRrUHrYfQsAti7UT6G-4YQjPOel5gLKUFf5QUqRECy8swSZVy7NMGGL9n26FL8CymyXsVN2bglAJJsnYhJfg34fGIPEd45DYnuffZQMUyNNyre4_4OyhAvLldGBM6Hmpmbyg/s1600/opening-11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhhXRrUHrYfQsAti7UT6G-4YQjPOel5gLKUFf5QUqRECy8swSZVy7NMGGL9n26FL8CymyXsVN2bglAJJsnYhJfg34fGIPEd45DYnuffZQMUyNNyre4_4OyhAvLldGBM6Hmpmbyg/s400/opening-11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408970140850567554" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Books for the World!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxBY_L3A7evDp1C_s9nkxXnSaIaKdSVofBG8-cq97q_j9RfEwst6gZ2tjy-fEq1Pp0IS7sfCC2nMwi1FcsiQaob0u222BUjeUTzvyxMG3gzXqCGG_S2HB4BbNWJHa-EMiT9yLtg/s1600/opening-31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxBY_L3A7evDp1C_s9nkxXnSaIaKdSVofBG8-cq97q_j9RfEwst6gZ2tjy-fEq1Pp0IS7sfCC2nMwi1FcsiQaob0u222BUjeUTzvyxMG3gzXqCGG_S2HB4BbNWJHa-EMiT9yLtg/s400/opening-31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969435712000066" border="0" /></a><br />The permanent home of the books.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy_IEHJQxM7tuieI6m3fy8w0HkJhM0ZZuzRZCsTamGiWGOx3FErLo2v2ZFmvR0dNKo_Q-6HbBH0MEtolJKKvQS02cHHoeyYRZE4BS2_v5LlvllT5bk3p1SF4LqZ4keLKwJMDjDA/s1600/plack-004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy_IEHJQxM7tuieI6m3fy8w0HkJhM0ZZuzRZCsTamGiWGOx3FErLo2v2ZFmvR0dNKo_Q-6HbBH0MEtolJKKvQS02cHHoeyYRZE4BS2_v5LlvllT5bk3p1SF4LqZ4keLKwJMDjDA/s400/plack-004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969001212564658" border="0" /></a><br />To commemorate our mural, I had a plaque made.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatyxa8SJ9iMep1iZo-09QPNMr_cVr-npgHMaSPJIVN_k40gTIrgef2rbu7l8cbuaA2FhoV7bb4MkbaOq9ZxzMDDPEbneB9CdHGNqiutB7-MyqVgtgt5NYi2cUibp43ERu072Pfw/s1600/plack-003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatyxa8SJ9iMep1iZo-09QPNMr_cVr-npgHMaSPJIVN_k40gTIrgef2rbu7l8cbuaA2FhoV7bb4MkbaOq9ZxzMDDPEbneB9CdHGNqiutB7-MyqVgtgt5NYi2cUibp43ERu072Pfw/s400/plack-003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969007850119170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ginocio, Valdo, and Felgos.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgJJuXUiGxrZ5V6SlkhnLYCRWXkWnNXRACOK0rmyD9kUbXtPm0Et7V4qlXj5wBtbUoB-pz_4WNtJ0QvqnovbNB_d9H1swd63AKQ6m8XYzhbXGtZ8_KXV1ALCPOySu6ObGQusGpQ/s1600/plack-002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgJJuXUiGxrZ5V6SlkhnLYCRWXkWnNXRACOK0rmyD9kUbXtPm0Et7V4qlXj5wBtbUoB-pz_4WNtJ0QvqnovbNB_d9H1swd63AKQ6m8XYzhbXGtZ8_KXV1ALCPOySu6ObGQusGpQ/s400/plack-002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969428900102978" border="0" /></a><br />The plaque.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCPhiBcdZC7SweduDFZcBnmqswlaTgP7m2QNQ7l345A0ENa9gwKU-EwL6a8gQq0DjA79D0NC6PEzI7xHtNW4eq7yBwBu4cBx73r4DWhyl6ZmfGImd1YJ7wCM9QE8gRnPV-d0ZFg/s1600/Rows-024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCPhiBcdZC7SweduDFZcBnmqswlaTgP7m2QNQ7l345A0ENa9gwKU-EwL6a8gQq0DjA79D0NC6PEzI7xHtNW4eq7yBwBu4cBx73r4DWhyl6ZmfGImd1YJ7wCM9QE8gRnPV-d0ZFg/s400/Rows-024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968285834339506" border="0" /></a><br />Before I left Massinga, I got my hair did.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zmow2tXSSLHGduuDwYqoswZYR2UT5v0DuEV8dTZGhiopVqu7UuauFYML7iTIYeiWpUp0Qnn886kiBbOvhIB3_mU2RqtamyciI5P1VVt_NRrxKT0kZMOls8gnd0FlYJmNwebThg/s1600/Rows-026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zmow2tXSSLHGduuDwYqoswZYR2UT5v0DuEV8dTZGhiopVqu7UuauFYML7iTIYeiWpUp0Qnn886kiBbOvhIB3_mU2RqtamyciI5P1VVt_NRrxKT0kZMOls8gnd0FlYJmNwebThg/s400/Rows-026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968275867901826" border="0" /></a><br />It was a pretty long process.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHykRKpeQ2n6K8Um191jjkQ9NazBJMgZPzy5bp5IJhW6UbdPbF8We0Ylm32Y7F7beXXv8JSuoSiXhyphenhyphengKrZem7LwV05txEFhWRUq3oPmDssTDYjCkJj_O9UQ3f6WdJD7wJVCIZuFA/s1600/Rows-00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHykRKpeQ2n6K8Um191jjkQ9NazBJMgZPzy5bp5IJhW6UbdPbF8We0Ylm32Y7F7beXXv8JSuoSiXhyphenhyphengKrZem7LwV05txEFhWRUq3oPmDssTDYjCkJj_O9UQ3f6WdJD7wJVCIZuFA/s400/Rows-00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408969000355916850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, not the most pleasant.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QiHgT58p0xqK47UEbN-kcxXwCGQUvH00l2uQhYhDZleQTTtRI0MoJq3yM9-ARfyMm6Nhr85OttkEWeDJCZfpimELaOjMPLzpq_K7ex0NMn0y_3bywVH3QC23-PnjxY_JMo2arg/s1600/Rows-025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QiHgT58p0xqK47UEbN-kcxXwCGQUvH00l2uQhYhDZleQTTtRI0MoJq3yM9-ARfyMm6Nhr85OttkEWeDJCZfpimELaOjMPLzpq_K7ex0NMn0y_3bywVH3QC23-PnjxY_JMo2arg/s400/Rows-025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968283267203778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My eye itched.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemca92DT1Rmn5Qv3kevcEKE2Yr1OxfpdL788WzVflmR-YqZuLUgY1U4GPKdS7ductT-qidHYj4KWvcV8TMHAPvFMdaxsbtInwHxELgczPFjPsTA6pa_8haKKSLDltbsNjw1KOzg/s1600/Rows-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemca92DT1Rmn5Qv3kevcEKE2Yr1OxfpdL788WzVflmR-YqZuLUgY1U4GPKdS7ductT-qidHYj4KWvcV8TMHAPvFMdaxsbtInwHxELgczPFjPsTA6pa_8haKKSLDltbsNjw1KOzg/s400/Rows-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968987009196418" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Corn-hawk.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqh9KygZ2gNhaC0txuWj_U4fMHnlt0k3ubE7QBNXNyk1q2H50T7vxGFErG3l-2iRxNrqhb-2mGx5T9uNpx4x31nha0_i0KwEKd2nIhE6V9Gv9sj1wOL-O_IVqOjtrhj5eEA_g0Q/s1600/Rows-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqh9KygZ2gNhaC0txuWj_U4fMHnlt0k3ubE7QBNXNyk1q2H50T7vxGFErG3l-2iRxNrqhb-2mGx5T9uNpx4x31nha0_i0KwEKd2nIhE6V9Gv9sj1wOL-O_IVqOjtrhj5eEA_g0Q/s400/Rows-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968296367109522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The final product.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvYWb5Exr8sKschbHmj8bdb8H2BEaJRolCpKJz_Q0BujtzoWU9ZRBMppxu-1RlcrNadSIIooVtT0kQ933xC0gr8YF0SX7FE1RHYwKCLPSB1UK9MuM3JTb3Y9TBfMo1uQ5FdIWfA/s1600/Rows-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvYWb5Exr8sKschbHmj8bdb8H2BEaJRolCpKJz_Q0BujtzoWU9ZRBMppxu-1RlcrNadSIIooVtT0kQ933xC0gr8YF0SX7FE1RHYwKCLPSB1UK9MuM3JTb3Y9TBfMo1uQ5FdIWfA/s400/Rows-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408968288566794786" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Profile.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyWmnAoVuDHzxVJcNLhwWZW0lvWF25XXRDQzCsq_h5j9JUP_BvfNgKZsMGdy7gCnjqcfV7TdBShc9F36uf63J2MdfdCvzXqw0MHbahOAmfCdkwkYEw7LcfcGJjL8ecSume33PpA/s1600/cape-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyWmnAoVuDHzxVJcNLhwWZW0lvWF25XXRDQzCsq_h5j9JUP_BvfNgKZsMGdy7gCnjqcfV7TdBShc9F36uf63J2MdfdCvzXqw0MHbahOAmfCdkwkYEw7LcfcGJjL8ecSume33PpA/s400/cape-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967966783594130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">For a post-Peace Corps experience, we went to Cape Town.<br />Photo by Laura Gamse.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-xpx6UXDamjlZzo2tPKQS8PvIkVH6uarHbiRHWpU0W3WXwnwXXqNV9p5ekF-jlTucFH1uySRf-FHesPgEitN_JNGugXoAyuwyhyphenhyphenGdhFL0KF8sPSzqAaoh_1hoB2V1CclQWd5ZA/s1600/cape-05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-xpx6UXDamjlZzo2tPKQS8PvIkVH6uarHbiRHWpU0W3WXwnwXXqNV9p5ekF-jlTucFH1uySRf-FHesPgEitN_JNGugXoAyuwyhyphenhyphenGdhFL0KF8sPSzqAaoh_1hoB2V1CclQWd5ZA/s400/cape-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967962918109714" border="0" /></a><br />I tried to make the synthesizer work.<br />Photo by Laura Gamse.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQknPKlaOrgx-OXDOi78uOnoGZ-a3DihagrVJfSLgwoX7hxw6f2ms_pKdWeMIg0Rj1_oVUDazD4Dv7E0VPf2kK_5EvggBOw4HkrBf3iFMKThyrVlG1WsdwIrEHDFiLgFxvlBalOw/s1600/cape-06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQknPKlaOrgx-OXDOi78uOnoGZ-a3DihagrVJfSLgwoX7hxw6f2ms_pKdWeMIg0Rj1_oVUDazD4Dv7E0VPf2kK_5EvggBOw4HkrBf3iFMKThyrVlG1WsdwIrEHDFiLgFxvlBalOw/s400/cape-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967957791006770" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While Chase played the mandolin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9snFXZgfcOuu5QWJaMMLnVuSZNjJX55Pn4gYHZJ66lddc1O3dQ-F4sNa3SvUfkviRTRBsInPQ1-2JpIbTJrEFtsCUTJP5GKUwU7NIy2QzIvLLo9BDcGG3ct4uJKBLK07uSk_Dg/s1600/cape-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9snFXZgfcOuu5QWJaMMLnVuSZNjJX55Pn4gYHZJ66lddc1O3dQ-F4sNa3SvUfkviRTRBsInPQ1-2JpIbTJrEFtsCUTJP5GKUwU7NIy2QzIvLLo9BDcGG3ct4uJKBLK07uSk_Dg/s400/cape-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967733537144882" border="0" /></a><br />Then, I took out my braids.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvjdtGY6870llaf5H5n-lJslIfnyt8FAPj7MPhErx6qeTSYyjSe0AXI8bDDcQ-dPo_p1pBPhCUPHto0zNr8ob3S5RasSyfI0UkuAFnaY3o07fruXzipj15YWtes3rWsUpPVD-_Q/s1600/cape-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvjdtGY6870llaf5H5n-lJslIfnyt8FAPj7MPhErx6qeTSYyjSe0AXI8bDDcQ-dPo_p1pBPhCUPHto0zNr8ob3S5RasSyfI0UkuAFnaY3o07fruXzipj15YWtes3rWsUpPVD-_Q/s400/cape-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967952848635282" border="0" /></a><br />The process took two days.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKAhLV0cKnP4N9d09Q1FalkgoyYCSa7OyyszhFr6MS9qcFCWI0XhdaG5wonUhj6iA06n_2qfxdvcP34DT-4o3E5FTKH-F0tZwNxsg57N6sXV-0jr0IA5CM42SK53gFy-cT3rW8A/s1600/cape-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKAhLV0cKnP4N9d09Q1FalkgoyYCSa7OyyszhFr6MS9qcFCWI0XhdaG5wonUhj6iA06n_2qfxdvcP34DT-4o3E5FTKH-F0tZwNxsg57N6sXV-0jr0IA5CM42SK53gFy-cT3rW8A/s400/cape-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967956571448930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The crescent moon.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwBKVIAJgbhiQ6tgUsg2t5KCUnV6_BSXOQhDD6PyYXpfenLGoBfaPP3gQ4gH3trq5DrKi8Sqhu71wVfA9w7FrM_JmFGI7YYwfiV8KDLvFYqSRSFZ17RpBNetIY5RVjq1QzTaGwg/s1600/cape-09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwBKVIAJgbhiQ6tgUsg2t5KCUnV6_BSXOQhDD6PyYXpfenLGoBfaPP3gQ4gH3trq5DrKi8Sqhu71wVfA9w7FrM_JmFGI7YYwfiV8KDLvFYqSRSFZ17RpBNetIY5RVjq1QzTaGwg/s400/cape-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408967736429195570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We found a camera that had a smile finder function.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x5lLNU5hLijMDF7AHkLesZhYp4qrVTrlk_kMH0v9SL2uEDBsjS8h3DKdW2FD_B-mx1UfkWWgX3dD1jMfH2Iblj1QRQWgACATSu6nVPiJd1N5P4YGA2x7u2jiLfBhYjFqRGza1Q/s1600/smile.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x5lLNU5hLijMDF7AHkLesZhYp4qrVTrlk_kMH0v9SL2uEDBsjS8h3DKdW2FD_B-mx1UfkWWgX3dD1jMfH2Iblj1QRQWgACATSu6nVPiJd1N5P4YGA2x7u2jiLfBhYjFqRGza1Q/s400/smile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409007346901846354" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Our smiles got found.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The end has come. I left Massinga at 4am on the 6th November, 2009, after an intense two weeks of tying up loose ends. The following Sunday, I said goodbye to my host-family in Namaacha. As I was walking down the familiar mountain, my host-father picked me up in his mini-van and drove me to meet my host-mother. I happened to come on a fitting day as my host-brother and -sister were in town as well. We said our farewells, exchanged gifts, and, as they left for Sunday Mass, I parted ways with my host-village.<br /><br />The coming week, I prepared for departure as I closed my volunteer service with seven other volunteers. We spent the week finishing up our description of service reports, preparing resources for future volunteers, being evaluated, and meeting with our administration staff. The week was intense, as a Mozambican and US holiday during our COS week robbed us of two work days, however, we managed to work while the rest of the world rested and successfully completed our United States Peace Corps Volunteer Service.<br /><br />After a week of work, Chase and I began our ten days of play. Our journey to Cape Town began on a Thursday evening as we were escorted to the Mozambique-South Africa boarder by Peace Corps Staff. From there we waited five hours for our bus with volunteers Jaime Mangan, Nia Chauvin, and Laura Parker as the sun set, rain fell, lightning struck, and, finally, darkness surrounded us. It was a terrifying fifteen minutes as we watched the South African street lights turn on and waited for Mozambiques electricity to return. Rain seemed appropriate as we arrived to Namaacha 26 months prior on a rainy day and left for our villages two months after that in torrential downpour, and 10pm couldn't have come sooner as our bus arrived and we were on a one-way trip to Johannesburg.<br /><br />After a short flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Chase and I were picked up by our two Coach Surfer hostesses, Aurora and Laura, also known as Laurora. Immediately, we were assigned cinematographer duties and helped film a segment for Laura's upcoming documentary on South Africa musicians. That night we were treated to our first Cape Town braai, or South Africans barbecue, then went to a local bar Tagore's for live jazz. The Hilton Schilder Quartet performed with a stand-up bass, drums, piano, melodica, trumpet and Aurora's housemate on violin.<br /><br />The next day we went to the Saturday Market in Woodstock where we had Nutella crepes and Bloody Marys, then went on a hike on Table Mountain. As the group pulled up their wool socks and laced up their hiking boots, they stared in awe as the Americans arrived with sandals and flip-flops. They were even more impressed when they saw the bearded, mad scientist picking out his braids and afro while he waited on top the mountain for them.<br /><br />The evening after the light hike and climbing, Laura took us to a Catû Pub for live music from her friend Pete, followed by Mr. Cat and the Jackal, and a late performance by the self-prolific Gary Thomas.<br /><br />On Sunday, we filmed a local singer-songwriter, Ongx, as he sang and wooed the curious children in the area, then we spent the evening at a book launching at a local bookstore where we watched artists and self-proclaimed intellectuals argue over semantics and appear to engender the very attitudes their books seeks to debunk. In the end, I had a long conversation with the charming star of the show, an old poet with a warm, entrancing personality who has attacked the political corruption and injustices in South Africa for the past 50 years. We discussed arts role in contemporary politics and in the end could not completely agree, though we were arguing for very parallel ideas.<br /><br />The rest of the week we made our tourist run. We spent two warm days at the beach, explored the museums and art galleries for two days, and did two more hikes, which consisted of an exhausting nine hour hike to the peak of Table Mountain and a casual two hour hike to the top of Lion's Head Mountain. As we ran about town, we did plenty of fine dining and were enthralled by the Superette Cafe in Woodstock next to the WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery. It was so good we had to return there for breakfast the next day then drag our new friends in after just finishing our own meal.<br /><br />On our last full day, Laura convinced Chase and me to go on an adventure. The adventure had to be done on motor-scooters which I was not terribly excited about. As Chase and Laura went out to search for scooters, I went to the train station to have my hair put in cornrows. Chase and Laura were a bit disappointed that they were only able to find two scooters. I, on the other hand, was not and rode on Chase's back for the journey. We arrived without a hitch in a little town call Kommetjie and ate at the Blue Water Cafe on Imhoff Farm. The food was amazing and after an incredibly satisfying meal, my adventure team convinced me to take the motor-reigns.<br /><br />This was a huge mistake. After whipping about through the parking lot, I began to follow Chase down the streets. All it took to cause disaster was a lack of blinker use and a lack of turning ability and, after both, the scooter ended up on the side walk in a bush and I ended up with a torn sweatshirt and bloody knuckles. Luckily, nothing was seriously damaged other than my pride.<br /><br />After an exciting day, we returned to Cape Town and took Laura and Aurora out for a last meal at Green Restaurant. They had been excellent hostesses and made our farewell journey both authentic and full of creative energy. The food was good and the laughter was great throughout the meal. It was a great way to end our last night in Africa.<br /><br />Monday arrived and our 42 hour journey home began. We flew from Cape Town to Johannesburg, then Johannesburg to Abu Dhabi, UAE on Monday. After arriving in the United Arab Emirates, we waited for twelve hours before leaving for JFK airport on Tuesday morning. We arrived in New York late on Tuesday afternoon after a 17 hour flight. After our international flight, Chase and I reflected on our 26 months and then parted ways, as he went to Austin to his girlfriend, Jamie, while I went to Milwaukee to be picked up by my brother Sean.<br /><br />I arrived in Milwaukee around 9:30pm then spent a half hour searching for Sean as he searched for me. The next morning, the love-of-his-life arrived as well and we all drove to Iron Mountain together. My mother was expecting the doves but she wasn't expecting the black sheep. The surprise nearly killed her and brought on tears and a chest pain that lasted her the night. The journey home was long but well worth it as I found myself back in the comfort of my parent's home and in the company of my family. It is good to be home.<br /></div></div></div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-68763704667554764992009-10-27T10:19:00.009-05:002009-11-11T04:01:10.051-06:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KrI2p6Dnj_oGKof02eMBgYajaNSK1OBjmZp4sDj_AfaWkkI2-Lj0C6kTWsiIQbDRPrbMZRgs8iszb9nfI3QXpXsAmKfBpa6n8IqSrVeF-bOb8IsKQViIj5lCgBmKhaAOlGN7YQ/s1600-h/jeopardy.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397570205204687858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 322px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KrI2p6Dnj_oGKof02eMBgYajaNSK1OBjmZp4sDj_AfaWkkI2-Lj0C6kTWsiIQbDRPrbMZRgs8iszb9nfI3QXpXsAmKfBpa6n8IqSrVeF-bOb8IsKQViIj5lCgBmKhaAOlGN7YQ/s400/jeopardy.png" border="0" /></a>The third and final trimester has finally come to an end.<br />And, it ended with Jeopardy!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuxkMg59DcDpDF1bCok02mNfF4GaXKReV0XO7gQmE-ZGJkQr_ntilTjbncalno5LjRaw3iIUijrRlSQAqQLz4aU1chKwG8619dldtfjXirDUmFT91okTArAoEZOd89I-MRE6xsQ/s1600-h/Priming-001.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397565405849438066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuxkMg59DcDpDF1bCok02mNfF4GaXKReV0XO7gQmE-ZGJkQr_ntilTjbncalno5LjRaw3iIUijrRlSQAqQLz4aU1chKwG8619dldtfjXirDUmFT91okTArAoEZOd89I-MRE6xsQ/s400/Priming-001.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Visual Education took their final exam.<br />Photo by Emilton.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Do0XA3D6FJSpe8auzJkzz1R4cbmZN0XMUASOMUypHXRjOtJx6Zur0Fk0zL7YZHfEZV4yI7Ox3KzUglr37x54jJB-Kfd5pLYKNRr8qUyMOivpo-2fpuJoqs72QF9SnNm6jQjU3g/s1600-h/Priming-003.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397565402826860962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Do0XA3D6FJSpe8auzJkzz1R4cbmZN0XMUASOMUypHXRjOtJx6Zur0Fk0zL7YZHfEZV4yI7Ox3KzUglr37x54jJB-Kfd5pLYKNRr8qUyMOivpo-2fpuJoqs72QF9SnNm6jQjU3g/s400/Priming-003.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Mural painting.<br />Photo by Emilton.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXaVztMNQXrCZ-ApP1mu131_LOiRsM7jhYQZSH3WNlAwLi2Wra1VIvdzs_trKHISUi1ZPp9Qe3pZOBEmavvhAa6liHQc67-_rNEr1tmireEoZkXlufTQa0aJ9G7n1Vd3Ce1ne0A/s1600-h/Priming-004.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397565392278910466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXaVztMNQXrCZ-ApP1mu131_LOiRsM7jhYQZSH3WNlAwLi2Wra1VIvdzs_trKHISUi1ZPp9Qe3pZOBEmavvhAa6liHQc67-_rNEr1tmireEoZkXlufTQa0aJ9G7n1Vd3Ce1ne0A/s400/Priming-004.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">It was probably the most overwhelming thing that<br />I have ever done.<br />Photo by Emilton.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkw4WPPKuUuDibQwa02NUmyf1KMsvtQ2GkIwQs1fs9mkU8rmOm3eNSKvptUfes1oWiddOvUG1CA7b9mJgoiZOrq6_Z5WIMKazvZALweFcNHz-rO9qbGkmIkdpLCNyH_ssFrK6pw/s1600-h/Priming-005.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397565387066918882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 373px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkw4WPPKuUuDibQwa02NUmyf1KMsvtQ2GkIwQs1fs9mkU8rmOm3eNSKvptUfes1oWiddOvUG1CA7b9mJgoiZOrq6_Z5WIMKazvZALweFcNHz-rO9qbGkmIkdpLCNyH_ssFrK6pw/s400/Priming-005.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">"Mr. M, do you always have that look on your face?"<br />"Yes."<br />Photo by Emilton.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNl0Ky1ygPGN53lq0RLdflKy-y-g1hSDClNXSV8_DHq8W8RSH6vyTj2h8KLYL6Op90qHiNLS_MHbTfSCHRG_1R9CYbIkdTlj3NolBn6mtVfIQhB7dPFgZ8LirTyrVQuf3gv0Mkw/s1600-h/Priming-006-0.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397565384340546274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNl0Ky1ygPGN53lq0RLdflKy-y-g1hSDClNXSV8_DHq8W8RSH6vyTj2h8KLYL6Op90qHiNLS_MHbTfSCHRG_1R9CYbIkdTlj3NolBn6mtVfIQhB7dPFgZ8LirTyrVQuf3gv0Mkw/s400/Priming-006-0.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">First, they rolled on the primer, white paint with wood glue.<br />Photo by Emilton.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_BvXLuHoWY-mQ2vzF3VvDuTYyEaxC6ISWUoA09pf195Z5jno9dqZyNQqeaO0cfo5WPCWWgAYu-4m6SPZvJN41oGFcBrr5byqyFvQ8y6kSQ3RQ2F93uYXbhIatJXoDoySxvdCPA/s1600-h/Tracing-006.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397561693180049154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_BvXLuHoWY-mQ2vzF3VvDuTYyEaxC6ISWUoA09pf195Z5jno9dqZyNQqeaO0cfo5WPCWWgAYu-4m6SPZvJN41oGFcBrr5byqyFvQ8y6kSQ3RQ2F93uYXbhIatJXoDoySxvdCPA/s400/Tracing-006.png" border="0" /></a><br />The following week, the dedicated students helped out after hours.<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOELH0Dj_Zw-Iu8zFvUN8QsUzlogAQqE82V6Q6Jva1dOA3oO-qc9XOG7smQXske_bDzZXxPmFHTEVr28n0Vo7GbybTWnarsPJY8otGsXtIv6YmyrmpEP1v-e0ZjgSMRfX1tYrNwg/s1600-h/Tracing-007.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397561686542189442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOELH0Dj_Zw-Iu8zFvUN8QsUzlogAQqE82V6Q6Jva1dOA3oO-qc9XOG7smQXske_bDzZXxPmFHTEVr28n0Vo7GbybTWnarsPJY8otGsXtIv6YmyrmpEP1v-e0ZjgSMRfX1tYrNwg/s400/Tracing-007.png" border="0" /></a><br />Drawing on our mural designs.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaUUqRBC5cLv-Ekq2Pxj25qe_zqIP1j1_PMcwwqKgbWGon63Ae9GiqiTtDZ_YYWcJpnfhE25-mA_q0mYOoznZkszsQ5aqWBM-Pe-3GieN2u5eRrJdk3i-DpJ6FIQ8MI3VEnUQxQ/s1600-h/Tracing-008.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397561679611815010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaUUqRBC5cLv-Ekq2Pxj25qe_zqIP1j1_PMcwwqKgbWGon63Ae9GiqiTtDZ_YYWcJpnfhE25-mA_q0mYOoznZkszsQ5aqWBM-Pe-3GieN2u5eRrJdk3i-DpJ6FIQ8MI3VEnUQxQ/s400/Tracing-008.png" border="0" /></a><br />Martyred President, Samora Moisés Machel.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN81-jwrg6W13GLW7EiNm-EE2cQvD1NcipIatKybj98-qNG-K6yE4IUxdoWi57lHQGAYH9GEvVRkKBoOKi-P_LLpiAWfIJhni6pAVWzqEnS1LOjXLtWD64bhRnpmzw34H641ux3A/s1600-h/Tracing-009.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397561677587928850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN81-jwrg6W13GLW7EiNm-EE2cQvD1NcipIatKybj98-qNG-K6yE4IUxdoWi57lHQGAYH9GEvVRkKBoOKi-P_LLpiAWfIJhni6pAVWzqEnS1LOjXLtWD64bhRnpmzw34H641ux3A/s400/Tracing-009.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Judite drawing the first president of the Republic of Mozambique.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5eLtI1BjKhyphenhyphenByP3eRTcY6ujj9JQhdznRix2RHN5E6lXIxdybfv-AIUxEbbI3kRakL9pfhKr3cm9TegEMBUuFF2u98YFsEoemYYFz3mYSo5t_62VCl72qPEgT0d9mt168Rf2HWw/s1600-h/Tracing-010.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397561666726834034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5eLtI1BjKhyphenhyphenByP3eRTcY6ujj9JQhdznRix2RHN5E6lXIxdybfv-AIUxEbbI3kRakL9pfhKr3cm9TegEMBUuFF2u98YFsEoemYYFz3mYSo5t_62VCl72qPEgT0d9mt168Rf2HWw/s400/Tracing-010.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">We had an overwhelming amount of community volunteers!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCIv-khEyk4npBRQelZ8osiTzUbb9Jjzi5tElcJsdj_YaZ2qx7VaAet1g9QA57dWZT9Psn_Lksm51yWa4VGc-uTaye3NE7sCMhJlZIW0qgXO4i_cMtnt7GBXHOE_JL5UetShDSA/s1600-h/Tracing-013.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397560026661072770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCIv-khEyk4npBRQelZ8osiTzUbb9Jjzi5tElcJsdj_YaZ2qx7VaAet1g9QA57dWZT9Psn_Lksm51yWa4VGc-uTaye3NE7sCMhJlZIW0qgXO4i_cMtnt7GBXHOE_JL5UetShDSA/s400/Tracing-013.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">The students then drew on their country's first president.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx88Cbe4KII-P5Sdmdv8a6Gk1Cv6mnFPCvhA2lNd1TcNZ_GDQU1TaRYgZi_cPSPPaAYAlkmtLPhXVhM-_6jwhdujvjs5ZrHUYJQhuePUBXtnzexfiVxDFEyyLZVgWrdxTi3JjhBA/s1600-h/Tracing-014.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397560026253460802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx88Cbe4KII-P5Sdmdv8a6Gk1Cv6mnFPCvhA2lNd1TcNZ_GDQU1TaRYgZi_cPSPPaAYAlkmtLPhXVhM-_6jwhdujvjs5ZrHUYJQhuePUBXtnzexfiVxDFEyyLZVgWrdxTi3JjhBA/s400/Tracing-014.png" border="0" /></a><br />Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzYZousRg7cYN7BKK4OaV76_ImaVFTiJFxnuwz3quhSERxor9GnnGFsuINprC-nKa0qWWr78Ov7MY2P4GZNBm8K-0r31yoaQzP31Z_QyKUY6Z-iHrBFOu0lKplDtV1Y7cstfdJA/s1600-h/Tracing-015.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397560023686538226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 351px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzYZousRg7cYN7BKK4OaV76_ImaVFTiJFxnuwz3quhSERxor9GnnGFsuINprC-nKa0qWWr78Ov7MY2P4GZNBm8K-0r31yoaQzP31Z_QyKUY6Z-iHrBFOu0lKplDtV1Y7cstfdJA/s400/Tracing-015.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">This is one of my all-stars, Eugenio.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHPbvE8LmnKlA9a1YrZ3JVujoNP5wdXNHSc35giiV0Wa7zUrZH1LRRtXlRb-2pbu1tLU-2N0nzYL9T-IBqHWm4kWsMe4sSnZb37j2jDa-Wxy_QmVKPzbYUP7PRDGwQbRUdCFKlg/s1600-h/Tracing-016.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397560018880847410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHPbvE8LmnKlA9a1YrZ3JVujoNP5wdXNHSc35giiV0Wa7zUrZH1LRRtXlRb-2pbu1tLU-2N0nzYL9T-IBqHWm4kWsMe4sSnZb37j2jDa-Wxy_QmVKPzbYUP7PRDGwQbRUdCFKlg/s400/Tracing-016.png" border="0" /></a><br />Everyone was completely absorbed.<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N92mY8RKJqkLUmB7a5y99BBh5e-cq8QCKEIDMAKb3fjcCBfIaaEVUjt8G-2mHPSJnAu0C20EGma5XnOjYrp9KHLhazcDp7IACwqA3A8XB1YzKMSyahZV_HMU5gsrT7AK-DPleA/s1600-h/Tracing-017.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397560010081920002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N92mY8RKJqkLUmB7a5y99BBh5e-cq8QCKEIDMAKb3fjcCBfIaaEVUjt8G-2mHPSJnAu0C20EGma5XnOjYrp9KHLhazcDp7IACwqA3A8XB1YzKMSyahZV_HMU5gsrT7AK-DPleA/s400/Tracing-017.png" border="0" /></a><br />The students voted for Judite's concept<br />which promotes the use of mosquito nets.<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYJPnxFSLB77yGzTRkBD4yKhA0WnEravgb8jm2cUUFWExK7w7FKTzkZI50li7eHtvzW6dJpPzjWB49oDx9xn8ijhLrhyf8eoS_BFBr6Nrrkni0cIVr17Iwmi9G7_w5CYT3UjK7g/s1600-h/Tracing-018.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397552466222108114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYJPnxFSLB77yGzTRkBD4yKhA0WnEravgb8jm2cUUFWExK7w7FKTzkZI50li7eHtvzW6dJpPzjWB49oDx9xn8ijhLrhyf8eoS_BFBr6Nrrkni0cIVr17Iwmi9G7_w5CYT3UjK7g/s400/Tracing-018.png" border="0" /></a><br />This is the money maker.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzETkp4kcgnsJJF9aUOGlT8wLobgBdtdTpxnemJdXC8fJb72B_leIbkFBdFc0s97aMjAdIc8nw6u3jycjxKPQdAVq0kxPhgFOGhwhP7DlSjxwI5WiTGssqeJ73JtjV-FbktBkkHw/s1600-h/Tracing-019.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397552462426264242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzETkp4kcgnsJJF9aUOGlT8wLobgBdtdTpxnemJdXC8fJb72B_leIbkFBdFc0s97aMjAdIc8nw6u3jycjxKPQdAVq0kxPhgFOGhwhP7DlSjxwI5WiTGssqeJ73JtjV-FbktBkkHw/s400/Tracing-019.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Thank you to the Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyTwSmkng0O78wBHsW79iAzZaoXd5WxR0a3ozQyWKra7yxsYxU42NsnyfWUR8T4nacGe1rxh5TDGXaPTF8B7c4fYUbevR5P62jTpLFcNgCdNy1AQMGE1AklXg5OGAkSZr9RqTnw/s1600-h/Tracing-020.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397552456610156786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyTwSmkng0O78wBHsW79iAzZaoXd5WxR0a3ozQyWKra7yxsYxU42NsnyfWUR8T4nacGe1rxh5TDGXaPTF8B7c4fYUbevR5P62jTpLFcNgCdNy1AQMGE1AklXg5OGAkSZr9RqTnw/s400/Tracing-020.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Also, to Peace Corps' VAST Grant Committee.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2LEBl3ay9uSCmMx-jSPF_z1tQgjIQajuawUTyss7n6xOzr5gI98H2RukCKWlfc9KKCNVdmwYqBFHt-2r6yrQyxht3YoSjBP8hGluUKaT4bYnfHIgELlm9YfW4nqq9gabs0JMZw/s1600-h/Painting-006.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397552453021797346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2LEBl3ay9uSCmMx-jSPF_z1tQgjIQajuawUTyss7n6xOzr5gI98H2RukCKWlfc9KKCNVdmwYqBFHt-2r6yrQyxht3YoSjBP8hGluUKaT4bYnfHIgELlm9YfW4nqq9gabs0JMZw/s400/Painting-006.png" border="0" /></a><br />The day after drawing, we began painting.<br />Photo by Americo Junior Mente<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpcLDYO3nsfHVfrlO8F82QYwowFHHgONr3D6xs0by2uv3XkWJrWcGKCZj3-Gku5ieBy6J2FqDXVLyBtmaLtyE1EooUQ-1WWLF9DDCnh_POADyzPMvjv648zxyPCWyxhaBL1nZ1g/s1600-h/Painting-007.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397552441274112082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpcLDYO3nsfHVfrlO8F82QYwowFHHgONr3D6xs0by2uv3XkWJrWcGKCZj3-Gku5ieBy6J2FqDXVLyBtmaLtyE1EooUQ-1WWLF9DDCnh_POADyzPMvjv648zxyPCWyxhaBL1nZ1g/s400/Painting-007.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">This is where all the problems began.<br />Photo by Americo Junior Mente<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM2ahuFWhRyP6MGvAtT-AOkuI9Qy4Un1qOyaoajoWr2oSpCuDypUkJwNN90VtPQtmQL2INxYS_pE30KIHrq1NjwvvWkZy-EzsUNeDgO6RSZHWizK4-MTixTvRG01ctDvsb5bxZQ/s1600-h/Painting-008.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397306986612469202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 277px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM2ahuFWhRyP6MGvAtT-AOkuI9Qy4Un1qOyaoajoWr2oSpCuDypUkJwNN90VtPQtmQL2INxYS_pE30KIHrq1NjwvvWkZy-EzsUNeDgO6RSZHWizK4-MTixTvRG01ctDvsb5bxZQ/s400/Painting-008.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">I knew using both oils and acrylics would be difficult.<br />Photo by Americo Junior Mente<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuhfVINtcC0mJTMFpN5kNPGH2j1Qd-QVyM-E72rxrzq7dq0uZLtBLubWBrjjasDLIbzlSm_CSbuzsSiSoDl6jBkfVJsWsOr_XPWRVzBOkNAR0elf-GEvZE6-LOsiT3ci_KR8Mog/s1600-h/Painting-009.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397306982468439282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuhfVINtcC0mJTMFpN5kNPGH2j1Qd-QVyM-E72rxrzq7dq0uZLtBLubWBrjjasDLIbzlSm_CSbuzsSiSoDl6jBkfVJsWsOr_XPWRVzBOkNAR0elf-GEvZE6-LOsiT3ci_KR8Mog/s400/Painting-009.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">But controlling 40 students proved to be near impossible.<br />Photo by Americo Junior Mente<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgngCi-P40j0KPzQy6hrcNO_K8RqH8wvs3YynKxz0b4p00BMEeMzV7mhxpK0ue37uVUBXKqY-q4PX5jo8xBPIv-0Df46Bsf9ATLDoEZjPURSZDSxvtoRh6zH7pUUGlyZA4q2oHbA/s1600-h/Painting-010.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397306976264696834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgngCi-P40j0KPzQy6hrcNO_K8RqH8wvs3YynKxz0b4p00BMEeMzV7mhxpK0ue37uVUBXKqY-q4PX5jo8xBPIv-0Df46Bsf9ATLDoEZjPURSZDSxvtoRh6zH7pUUGlyZA4q2oHbA/s400/Painting-010.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">I did my best to keep things under control.<br />Photo by Americo Junior Mente<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LUlEj1W79GicpuqA_bnL8z64fWOxXq5QjHc6xc6q0hX2x0SBxYtzV2y4xjl8EspMQQJiiy4rgtbwppNEDyBvmYfqnSrJCeGv4-sgUbjEkPI86556l37ZOPb2yVDeRXX0vFFhWA/s1600-h/Painting-011.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397306968012274450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LUlEj1W79GicpuqA_bnL8z64fWOxXq5QjHc6xc6q0hX2x0SBxYtzV2y4xjl8EspMQQJiiy4rgtbwppNEDyBvmYfqnSrJCeGv4-sgUbjEkPI86556l37ZOPb2yVDeRXX0vFFhWA/s400/Painting-011.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">At least the day ended with paint on the walls.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz66vfy4z0RP7mZHWMf6lnmkEk5hQQAkUUzoPWt6_TfGzryMRnHxKasHljANpLC6Y9q2LhIjsw7nJ2uSN9PO6c1An5CSVfymH2L9hGhNPDK69N21Fo7jTrMu6Bmwf-i5Zthdhw8Q/s1600-h/Painting-012.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397306965126056466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz66vfy4z0RP7mZHWMf6lnmkEk5hQQAkUUzoPWt6_TfGzryMRnHxKasHljANpLC6Y9q2LhIjsw7nJ2uSN9PO6c1An5CSVfymH2L9hGhNPDK69N21Fo7jTrMu6Bmwf-i5Zthdhw8Q/s400/Painting-012.png" border="0" /></a><br />The following weekend, I called in the art club for repairs.<br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbmdXAGS4PV_vnnR63w6uzmhtkRXpcuWTdB_bqTlZwKkEUqFCH0ywD6KA-lUPrFR_ZQE1wBrEP1LA5Vf4nzfLoUFmPFWZn8zrgOIRcNMlvfzTOvkytGLaPlPyrCwZ7nTACuwaFw/s1600-h/Painting-013.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397301907220904018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbmdXAGS4PV_vnnR63w6uzmhtkRXpcuWTdB_bqTlZwKkEUqFCH0ywD6KA-lUPrFR_ZQE1wBrEP1LA5Vf4nzfLoUFmPFWZn8zrgOIRcNMlvfzTOvkytGLaPlPyrCwZ7nTACuwaFw/s400/Painting-013.png" border="0" /></a><br />Repairs were adamant.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejQLhJwfdRFta7dByTHabMKArEB-eHDaiqfRZ-h8eCznFtG3blwsKm77bLOE3mikxB7Vx4Cje9pVrfakVzeQAqmeyZqlk_c0gOaufiY17-l-0BYLAnpdxXntBWEKuwUMH7GvjWg/s1600-h/Painting-015.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397301906205104242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejQLhJwfdRFta7dByTHabMKArEB-eHDaiqfRZ-h8eCznFtG3blwsKm77bLOE3mikxB7Vx4Cje9pVrfakVzeQAqmeyZqlk_c0gOaufiY17-l-0BYLAnpdxXntBWEKuwUMH7GvjWg/s400/Painting-015.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">But, we got down to it.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui-YrTYsSzQT-IfhSSyGFU01WVQoLyQIvoFjPclFbNUjSNeKPY4X8B3VqwgDwgDsnf9s6rIE2VuX1AXqubW2-LNAPnDq1C6BMR1SRHQoGAik6dVxGkyW1QhTSGVklC3EX4WFtOg/s1600-h/Final-000.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397301897415617794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 342px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui-YrTYsSzQT-IfhSSyGFU01WVQoLyQIvoFjPclFbNUjSNeKPY4X8B3VqwgDwgDsnf9s6rIE2VuX1AXqubW2-LNAPnDq1C6BMR1SRHQoGAik6dVxGkyW1QhTSGVklC3EX4WFtOg/s400/Final-000.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Two weeks later the murals were done.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT54YyxvDQ7pzcSaMufrvsYyvbK-R3V23bD_QYT1M2OM3LgWlkJ7hreEK5pKI5EwCcb2ILNFirYP6BUREHprHXj1oGXbNI1Fvq26SRJw9SMqVjmVSy_N4KqT6Ff6bnofmsFxtX_w/s1600-h/Final-002.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397301893296087330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT54YyxvDQ7pzcSaMufrvsYyvbK-R3V23bD_QYT1M2OM3LgWlkJ7hreEK5pKI5EwCcb2ILNFirYP6BUREHprHXj1oGXbNI1Fvq26SRJw9SMqVjmVSy_N4KqT6Ff6bnofmsFxtX_w/s400/Final-002.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Eugenio and his perfected painting.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwqQ2Fo6E9ghageoAjkMyZQMsujiHS6UpFkl8W1rx0JwJI-_Dc5XOnjzg3Y1o9pideQ81Dhlmx6KwNXehYkH7EdiuLVNjK6EVWLUg6XyXXVKgbCMxU39RO4rwRvhoRL7YH5S7AA/s1600-h/Final-001.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397301882099043490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 322px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwqQ2Fo6E9ghageoAjkMyZQMsujiHS6UpFkl8W1rx0JwJI-_Dc5XOnjzg3Y1o9pideQ81Dhlmx6KwNXehYkH7EdiuLVNjK6EVWLUg6XyXXVKgbCMxU39RO4rwRvhoRL7YH5S7AA/s400/Final-001.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Valdo and his masterpiece.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFUxDUGYNP43kI3984mINNpqSUIGYwAuK85QynODeyYuNp0-M_RIYmTvbCCgYm75mAUNf7uaxbQUuU7_ydvgRYQTqgdpc-KdkADzKfXxftcbRCMuBrg820oHKWUgR6iIZEuF9Hw/s1600-h/Final-003.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397297838577323826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFUxDUGYNP43kI3984mINNpqSUIGYwAuK85QynODeyYuNp0-M_RIYmTvbCCgYm75mAUNf7uaxbQUuU7_ydvgRYQTqgdpc-KdkADzKfXxftcbRCMuBrg820oHKWUgR6iIZEuF9Hw/s400/Final-003.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Samora Moisés Machel in his entirety.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zVFWIMW6r84fSoNURBJK3BoqBScbEOdbGRWdg4AtYOzmcfbgi4G60P6TMFei7EjEx2VqxAp2DKhlCL-3tcqa5RZN4zpyAzLJcscv5ixvmy-UCSXdu4xxNURqYn_NEo2zc1czug/s1600-h/Final-004.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397297847781065106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zVFWIMW6r84fSoNURBJK3BoqBScbEOdbGRWdg4AtYOzmcfbgi4G60P6TMFei7EjEx2VqxAp2DKhlCL-3tcqa5RZN4zpyAzLJcscv5ixvmy-UCSXdu4xxNURqYn_NEo2zc1czug/s400/Final-004.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Idyll Massinga.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGNme8fAivQ-E8iGjWaD4AFGVHmpJtJwjyu54t1b3Yu1FuApy6y34YDL3R5R3x-d3iRbYJWye6BEER4dphDY5DvdIC92AdSSGdBczTwQvSIqNhWBVZT0dKMDRkeTqHrI6Z3WAgA/s1600-h/Final-008.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397297861103621074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGNme8fAivQ-E8iGjWaD4AFGVHmpJtJwjyu54t1b3Yu1FuApy6y34YDL3R5R3x-d3iRbYJWye6BEER4dphDY5DvdIC92AdSSGdBczTwQvSIqNhWBVZT0dKMDRkeTqHrI6Z3WAgA/s400/Final-008.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">The diversity of Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDro4TYBOEDFRBuZBH4x3-UG3s1YOe_yIpc8CnQjmVLiRX1DtkYH76eLtDsnOY6ZBLK8aVBj44Uu5kXxuZcnGzegTtEJJWWgabTks5OTGeehzzSSzCDEw5UKood7Rx_Qvg3jk_bQ/s1600-h/Final-007.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397297852264756306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDro4TYBOEDFRBuZBH4x3-UG3s1YOe_yIpc8CnQjmVLiRX1DtkYH76eLtDsnOY6ZBLK8aVBj44Uu5kXxuZcnGzegTtEJJWWgabTks5OTGeehzzSSzCDEw5UKood7Rx_Qvg3jk_bQ/s400/Final-007.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">"Attack Mosquitos the Return of the Net."<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4XjMZrX4UNOO6kYQrEd1sTFiFBXxABMPOgYv9DdLc1E_tlwjbcvbw4iywDTmpLzP4zRuRgbMCL2h8kjwp9dQG4jq6c2Wf34IVfb8BLfsj7C7GYu2fdUm2wTLAwidNrtRrB4FKA/s1600-h/Final-009.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397297862166998994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4XjMZrX4UNOO6kYQrEd1sTFiFBXxABMPOgYv9DdLc1E_tlwjbcvbw4iywDTmpLzP4zRuRgbMCL2h8kjwp9dQG4jq6c2Wf34IVfb8BLfsj7C7GYu2fdUm2wTLAwidNrtRrB4FKA/s400/Final-009.png" border="0" /></a><br />Global HIV/AIDS Awareness.<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">The trimester has finally ended, nearly without a hitch. The past few weeks have been crammed full of grading finals, analyzing and averaging grades and attendance, painting, and studying. After turning in all of my grades, I went to the capital, Maputo, last weekend to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in a competition against my grad-school pursuing friends, Chase and Laura. After returning, I devoted all of my energy to crime investigation and mural painting since the previous weeks had left me with an unfinished mural and a nearly empty house. With the help of my incredibly dedicated students, Eugenio and Valdo, we somehow managed to complete the arduous task of completing the murals. That leaves me with time to investigate the crime scene while wrapping up school and Peace Corps obligations during my remaining time in Massinga. </div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-16770007983457228612009-10-10T10:08:00.030-05:002009-10-16T11:36:32.599-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvR2mXwNOSRE9RUbgNhm9dsUkezAO7Eyi-QAi0AFZ8WeIm4IqmLflNIWOgGO8RCsDdzGbbSG8ADHx83EQ8lFbUQv00v9ZNrqZFnDI812BYcIVmbcmNr8hQSsPWfdz_IHl_RebuQ/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-02.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvR2mXwNOSRE9RUbgNhm9dsUkezAO7Eyi-QAi0AFZ8WeIm4IqmLflNIWOgGO8RCsDdzGbbSG8ADHx83EQ8lFbUQv00v9ZNrqZFnDI812BYcIVmbcmNr8hQSsPWfdz_IHl_RebuQ/s400/Guebuza_day-02.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391091786389594370" border="0" /></a>Primary students awaiting a special visitor.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUZkUWnVA5OGkcf7yaWJCoyyONk766oiJIK3KxOVzVJTXnKomnnmkGsXxjQS3UR-KdAMUAcXEh1rHhdFLQjlgUPi17jFrDY2NgJ0LQ7pvxWLzFnUsa33iZcuwmHHbca1q2tD4/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-03.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUZkUWnVA5OGkcf7yaWJCoyyONk766oiJIK3KxOVzVJTXnKomnnmkGsXxjQS3UR-KdAMUAcXEh1rHhdFLQjlgUPi17jFrDY2NgJ0LQ7pvxWLzFnUsa33iZcuwmHHbca1q2tD4/s400/Guebuza_day-03.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391091773506229090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So special, the veterans marched through town.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C9ZvsKb_K4zjXTG3fP42LXRa-TQWQobn2aUegB_LkqVGq_pwQ5ZDOlOEupQPEIKpLdzhIvI2wCtK70e61AY-Bs1Odm0KdhIOWORJUfST4T3w_qO46NPnjx-yeiwzFqHVNXeO/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-04.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C9ZvsKb_K4zjXTG3fP42LXRa-TQWQobn2aUegB_LkqVGq_pwQ5ZDOlOEupQPEIKpLdzhIvI2wCtK70e61AY-Bs1Odm0KdhIOWORJUfST4T3w_qO46NPnjx-yeiwzFqHVNXeO/s400/Guebuza_day-04.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391091758626528050" border="0" /></a>What guest could demand such anticipation?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3e02D6oHN4qyKLYqW1zNJT6tLjoCfs0uTxDjrTfg9FkZUrIzIJKKnmn2g-qT-JTloGhzGq_-2aoou1PYOO5OLglRsOe_RAV3S15nEpRh2gko9nQJltSOaoPn8RGpX4ehv8ozZNA/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-05.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3e02D6oHN4qyKLYqW1zNJT6tLjoCfs0uTxDjrTfg9FkZUrIzIJKKnmn2g-qT-JTloGhzGq_-2aoou1PYOO5OLglRsOe_RAV3S15nEpRh2gko9nQJltSOaoPn8RGpX4ehv8ozZNA/s400/Guebuza_day-05.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391091752781385682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Such excitement?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq4bbUlRD6-l7QJnX9q6n7wfQtC468-HBc-_st_VCIjfuEKk913HgOfT5ASXUAPj5hiorHnk3pfZdglpzcRlHWYEtrGTRTOYjfVBlsY3FhCALksvURL5C_oa_lqMeEVa_xfIP2w/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq4bbUlRD6-l7QJnX9q6n7wfQtC468-HBc-_st_VCIjfuEKk913HgOfT5ASXUAPj5hiorHnk3pfZdglpzcRlHWYEtrGTRTOYjfVBlsY3FhCALksvURL5C_oa_lqMeEVa_xfIP2w/s400/Guebuza_day-01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391096961789730754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Oh you know who...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohizZvQUR0gVCuGa2P1zkN3hh-8C9pVbAkqJMR-C6jQU_A5ntI_WMt0thNqGhIf60KMMAALdKbmA7Kc7QQpeAnbh8xIyLzL2DqtegRwg3D9H6pa6P-0d9UqpiahkOdVOoGb4bQ/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohizZvQUR0gVCuGa2P1zkN3hh-8C9pVbAkqJMR-C6jQU_A5ntI_WMt0thNqGhIf60KMMAALdKbmA7Kc7QQpeAnbh8xIyLzL2DqtegRwg3D9H6pa6P-0d9UqpiahkOdVOoGb4bQ/s400/Guebuza_day-0.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391096963872485810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">President Armando Emílio Guebuza!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHOa9zgFQR6jqrKD1Wvt3MzcwWCenCnbO9BEwWBCqearxECo2PjWa7idAXshiwpthZnV_K7VxtIqeftYkiSp_bC8fkU6zsBw-L5J79olfCI190IbVXBkxBXHfHNomlHAk6VM9Yg/s1600-h/Guebuza_day-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHOa9zgFQR6jqrKD1Wvt3MzcwWCenCnbO9BEwWBCqearxECo2PjWa7idAXshiwpthZnV_K7VxtIqeftYkiSp_bC8fkU6zsBw-L5J79olfCI190IbVXBkxBXHfHNomlHAk6VM9Yg/s400/Guebuza_day-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391091799579788322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In the flesh and back for the second time since my arrival!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxr48jrZNkvBys5TvsaTu9dwpWu3w_7uYICR17VY7KIO0qMDkYVHggw5nGdMGuFY6rlSpcGUIJ2e5R_7q6ugMDqhIIiXhyphenhyphen6d6iAO7XoANNcxnsQszzO7weYj62ykp0UUTOWDX6Q/s1600-h/UPSF-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxr48jrZNkvBys5TvsaTu9dwpWu3w_7uYICR17VY7KIO0qMDkYVHggw5nGdMGuFY6rlSpcGUIJ2e5R_7q6ugMDqhIIiXhyphenhyphen6d6iAO7XoANNcxnsQszzO7weYj62ykp0UUTOWDX6Q/s400/UPSF-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391089550431719266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He came to inaugurate the new pedagogical university.<br />Edgar presented the environmental management course to him.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7V_N3PMDDFxJAuv4Z8LpWUixUcZQZSbBTsuXCQaqgYz-Anb6YdsnJkj1twEK8jknYuCtOJaeAF6MC_YwGevlCQ-lnha_7Sf6C_yV3iCDZ5gt5uQ8H0qEYomGsHk2cHrwn0T8zxA/s1600-h/E2F-Day-000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7V_N3PMDDFxJAuv4Z8LpWUixUcZQZSbBTsuXCQaqgYz-Anb6YdsnJkj1twEK8jknYuCtOJaeAF6MC_YwGevlCQ-lnha_7Sf6C_yV3iCDZ5gt5uQ8H0qEYomGsHk2cHrwn0T8zxA/s400/E2F-Day-000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391089540014528850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A few days later, Edgar celebrated his birthday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHpGKuMtnJzdi519QtVwEa6TJeh9dqHXZUgSjfQDP16tVr2UvsNNsQLC-Npo-zOl77-uhEixYApNerLarGKnjGid9WVWG3LNJFH3JYksOF-ccNyFlneJxQ34ahrQ3s3PDSgAcRQ/s1600-h/E2F-Day-007.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLDk1rLBZHTGjQeAML3c4I8q7TNPLnvTmtUV6Ev02EKY65jD05Bci50DlwaYiZf00xlQvuLbo0xAy6v4DXkNSLQesQGj4Oe_OxwCBfTIm7_BycUH1Pbh8asZqjrYtAagirF5yHA/s400/E2F-Day-006.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080716181713682" border="0" /></a>Biscuits and cake.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLjxK7xJLQ7e7M6C4RRw4Km6F5RXlxI2KInUifL2RIYdhHw2yeBPmr5Ocfy3Pas4gCsqQeTlWe_LtTR8jnpQJkLlG_EmXCrsmW3-5tY9eGjNuCapgWJaAygFwccGOi3N1zVQy2g/s1600-h/E2F-Day-003.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLjxK7xJLQ7e7M6C4RRw4Km6F5RXlxI2KInUifL2RIYdhHw2yeBPmr5Ocfy3Pas4gCsqQeTlWe_LtTR8jnpQJkLlG_EmXCrsmW3-5tY9eGjNuCapgWJaAygFwccGOi3N1zVQy2g/s400/E2F-Day-003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391089515043722034" border="0" /></a><br />He got to eat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyNtiZ_qohXzDrnGOL710yTMRjXO_lL3ZHQrRJaCtEPHRZ9vNKFjFAMbTAOaMST1tAkJrlYXDjBoIUkjaJYKdSc4uv54K-EVR8Mh9acg3nq-CpGW4rNGtDOKu5thFCQhkT0yTwA/s1600-h/E2F-Day-009.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyNtiZ_qohXzDrnGOL710yTMRjXO_lL3ZHQrRJaCtEPHRZ9vNKFjFAMbTAOaMST1tAkJrlYXDjBoIUkjaJYKdSc4uv54K-EVR8Mh9acg3nq-CpGW4rNGtDOKu5thFCQhkT0yTwA/s400/E2F-Day-009.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080701502566418" border="0" /></a><br />Pop the Cris....or Fanta.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCLZaRqLiBRgeCdHSvHh65bWNdtompFEPwVp7JEGLVTJg29rbsJDVkkSZgJh5UxRwueqBB0wu5Ucx9VFo8keCR470QZgiCXiFo8iyreDHahbOnjvhES5kbu7WnVNfGE2NVKYLRQ/s1600-h/E2F-Day-005.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCLZaRqLiBRgeCdHSvHh65bWNdtompFEPwVp7JEGLVTJg29rbsJDVkkSZgJh5UxRwueqBB0wu5Ucx9VFo8keCR470QZgiCXiFo8iyreDHahbOnjvhES5kbu7WnVNfGE2NVKYLRQ/s400/E2F-Day-005.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080726860249986" border="0" /></a><br />King of the Massinga.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP7fxdTHBVLw9v6oV4QPNjOQiNaTQ3ORj2WKdtXBgIGJ4P22kIrexmyxkKFK_C2bBhyphenhyphengC4knlRWmjKUKtn_UIH3NTDQbNOFY2BkvKKVbVDA3PZZkY-xeIulArO0ksNKQEqXIzgw/s1600-h/Isaias-002.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP7fxdTHBVLw9v6oV4QPNjOQiNaTQ3ORj2WKdtXBgIGJ4P22kIrexmyxkKFK_C2bBhyphenhyphengC4knlRWmjKUKtn_UIH3NTDQbNOFY2BkvKKVbVDA3PZZkY-xeIulArO0ksNKQEqXIzgw/s400/Isaias-002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391077471438736578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My student Isaias took me to his home.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1Xr078b2fEA0AYsTl9aynIJPhadfFigpU0I5E9ALfYpHluq-041Dg3hpgJiQ39ZvUW1hUlnww47R-JGacDMEu91FSvn_cvUxo1TdlvJWkWuFbuImunj429zwMdPgQtmAINzX0w/s1600-h/Isaias-003.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1Xr078b2fEA0AYsTl9aynIJPhadfFigpU0I5E9ALfYpHluq-041Dg3hpgJiQ39ZvUW1hUlnww47R-JGacDMEu91FSvn_cvUxo1TdlvJWkWuFbuImunj429zwMdPgQtmAINzX0w/s400/Isaias-003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391077459098008946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He carried this huge car battery for an hour on the walk to his house.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKozfWVzsB0KQj21VeFbELwe1pNAFQhBLTCEZ_pZyhM1D_fZqTdxj4uPsgL5ViQz2v3PW7X_8L9Un37o00hDaCRAPLEwznMO_r8s0tJlanrLlbSg4j9fzhcwzSX9yqRkaYDDfaQ/s1600-h/Isaias-004.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKozfWVzsB0KQj21VeFbELwe1pNAFQhBLTCEZ_pZyhM1D_fZqTdxj4uPsgL5ViQz2v3PW7X_8L9Un37o00hDaCRAPLEwznMO_r8s0tJlanrLlbSg4j9fzhcwzSX9yqRkaYDDfaQ/s400/Isaias-004.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391077453901422930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am happy to say that he is one hundred percent healthy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6Bli3oani1iUUcblDjdCi8KfFrBKvH9ZrnpAdwXhDOCty4X6Y_Lhg8CGSrx3zZCtMKkqQP_AtBHZrTKxmqOZ1FvQzj2YV4wjDbe5i97mSdqkYphljXUAaxOmeonnIu7fSbIIVQ/s1600-h/Isaias-015.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6Bli3oani1iUUcblDjdCi8KfFrBKvH9ZrnpAdwXhDOCty4X6Y_Lhg8CGSrx3zZCtMKkqQP_AtBHZrTKxmqOZ1FvQzj2YV4wjDbe5i97mSdqkYphljXUAaxOmeonnIu7fSbIIVQ/s400/Isaias-015.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391075029700420962" border="0" /></a><br />Just look at him carve this sugar cane.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRuM1b7Z-ncTySKh5_2sXxrdkFlmm5X-Vy2lzFZmO7O4nRa2HnBd1e27lAHucmDGhdeLJqRWJLGUnF-hxPDPCUSVQUarcIt_iuyCmD8gul3dpHW4fpl6vQ5BK5OBydHmqQ0UHfw/s1600-h/Isaias-009.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRuM1b7Z-ncTySKh5_2sXxrdkFlmm5X-Vy2lzFZmO7O4nRa2HnBd1e27lAHucmDGhdeLJqRWJLGUnF-hxPDPCUSVQUarcIt_iuyCmD8gul3dpHW4fpl6vQ5BK5OBydHmqQ0UHfw/s400/Isaias-009.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391077446706532178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Banana trees are the most beautiful, ironic plants on earth.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Xmg_YzvSCaXcetgJmZzDsOfx5D_pVrH5v5wPfKbw2oxCB2t600iKzq7nm-KsAt8SzWwSYbzyH_BtxwDkJhHSLOl4twvc5TbBAlg_tKRKBd2R50PVcyLKVxqBOjFSlS8P6-M-cQ/s1600-h/Isaias-010.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Xmg_YzvSCaXcetgJmZzDsOfx5D_pVrH5v5wPfKbw2oxCB2t600iKzq7nm-KsAt8SzWwSYbzyH_BtxwDkJhHSLOl4twvc5TbBAlg_tKRKBd2R50PVcyLKVxqBOjFSlS8P6-M-cQ/s400/Isaias-010.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391077434889238210" border="0" /></a>So phallic, yet so floral.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqVUQJ1ktnuqCyuuv-H7utELCRIwv5qDGqJOTTqbWFM3iFgMVKlLQXZEH-adxsMG54P6uJ6IWKj6KUFlEzsupejp1p-yp2qQV_UW76SEqxWIU1xA5wNHrjTgoWHwrl6k-wEIYNg/s1600-h/inauguration-decorativesprinkler.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqVUQJ1ktnuqCyuuv-H7utELCRIwv5qDGqJOTTqbWFM3iFgMVKlLQXZEH-adxsMG54P6uJ6IWKj6KUFlEzsupejp1p-yp2qQV_UW76SEqxWIU1xA5wNHrjTgoWHwrl6k-wEIYNg/s400/inauguration-decorativesprinkler.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391075022023177826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My school brought out the big guns for its inauguration.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4zQe181flsdgzEURcqBTmx-04tCoF97D5sCsqmljzIe5HIuvFVEHUqdmwBK5P2n7IONsKOVBa4YIFAhD_Wu06Qr0iO4tgF_G2VmTzCtoO6pRmnaCiOO2IRzAg9TBwGIN-S_qCg/s1600-h/inauguration-kidswithlucia.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4zQe181flsdgzEURcqBTmx-04tCoF97D5sCsqmljzIe5HIuvFVEHUqdmwBK5P2n7IONsKOVBa4YIFAhD_Wu06Qr0iO4tgF_G2VmTzCtoO6pRmnaCiOO2IRzAg9TBwGIN-S_qCg/s400/inauguration-kidswithlucia.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391075012652028658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If the decorative sprinklers were not enough, the flowers had to be.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBg628ZDiOx9Jqy2CPKkNnsMJEuNd9DuwH933I34WmzEqDXfWmsRf03Jm4geTwpIsJUWrHJy6Mrwi3hqIE4DBUBhlUSljpUPrqPIOmZVzm8ALLPK6drBekgEUysV1Sz6d1Hr8pQ/s1600-h/inauguration-chalkboard.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBg628ZDiOx9Jqy2CPKkNnsMJEuNd9DuwH933I34WmzEqDXfWmsRf03Jm4geTwpIsJUWrHJy6Mrwi3hqIE4DBUBhlUSljpUPrqPIOmZVzm8ALLPK6drBekgEUysV1Sz6d1Hr8pQ/s400/inauguration-chalkboard.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391075004590254146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Or, this demonstration of our wonderful 9th grade English lessons.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWsNyB3JO3JFQzLJ1LM-1SBANmXr4wfFz-f4U649JRESAkfYy-niLSbkWMu2g23JKL3XWKH5PpNOfhVe-O01mLDRgizNS-TzjuhYdQHqycsKY1wUeFkhR-A27RXigH-ht06F4jw/s1600-h/inauguration-edvis2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWsNyB3JO3JFQzLJ1LM-1SBANmXr4wfFz-f4U649JRESAkfYy-niLSbkWMu2g23JKL3XWKH5PpNOfhVe-O01mLDRgizNS-TzjuhYdQHqycsKY1wUeFkhR-A27RXigH-ht06F4jw/s400/inauguration-edvis2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391075002155190690" border="0" /></a>Visual Education Class was presented to the Minister of Education.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQR4Ozj-dKH3aVVFhGRQNGrxCTbWNCwUwplm-3Gmxf0F4Lc_b-18x_-T-9TE2RmDWyZ2ZddIkxZMbZXl6h2j67OqFZxFL5fzlZccPJZOAlf09f46parru91QrHQmgVhvKs15hmQ/s1600-h/inauguration-edvis.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQR4Ozj-dKH3aVVFhGRQNGrxCTbWNCwUwplm-3Gmxf0F4Lc_b-18x_-T-9TE2RmDWyZ2ZddIkxZMbZXl6h2j67OqFZxFL5fzlZccPJZOAlf09f46parru91QrHQmgVhvKs15hmQ/s400/inauguration-edvis.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072506729507762" border="0" /></a><br />I explained what we had been doing for the past year to a student.<br />Photo by Edgar Fragoso.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZhgiy-7zVs-08NkwW46AKWctifioBVz-kJ5y9xMkQShaNE1nbdQvl1cOxRJ5OqiaZlQwNMPaLEzGoCezl53LLBvP92_cvegg3xg2D9lmUqUbTxDKqFI6BiBWJYNhvHra-cgEiw/s1600-h/inauguration-group.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZhgiy-7zVs-08NkwW46AKWctifioBVz-kJ5y9xMkQShaNE1nbdQvl1cOxRJ5OqiaZlQwNMPaLEzGoCezl53LLBvP92_cvegg3xg2D9lmUqUbTxDKqFI6BiBWJYNhvHra-cgEiw/s400/inauguration-group.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072495707969538" border="0" /></a><br />The kids presented a mini-science fair to the Minister as well.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqSe_Jtz2bBjKjDnhyPN0sCf8J_WR41m_WIFy7k9JoOJz1IQqfyI8_qAdyOdUf3sUF1uf-xExw7YrDAyE5SGLv6T5Hfj2I1Gxc1BPi52xMtneX6Tuu5F8khKghtNk5QJ4-AJUA/s1600-h/inauguration-guiambalo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqSe_Jtz2bBjKjDnhyPN0sCf8J_WR41m_WIFy7k9JoOJz1IQqfyI8_qAdyOdUf3sUF1uf-xExw7YrDAyE5SGLv6T5Hfj2I1Gxc1BPi52xMtneX6Tuu5F8khKghtNk5QJ4-AJUA/s400/inauguration-guiambalo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072486576082162" border="0" /></a><br />At the end, my wonderful Headmaster gave a speech.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNNsNJJspXeGW-7-EofA3RyzCKj55SlpuXhoU2sDlEVAf3EDjK0qFVLuV01YYD5Cca28vQmDNLlbVymogQivoBQ6RuGK0wHIOt8c62oH8la3wOr8NJTPU0js0C4LOL0KaU23jJw/s1600-h/inauguration-minister.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNNsNJJspXeGW-7-EofA3RyzCKj55SlpuXhoU2sDlEVAf3EDjK0qFVLuV01YYD5Cca28vQmDNLlbVymogQivoBQ6RuGK0wHIOt8c62oH8la3wOr8NJTPU0js0C4LOL0KaU23jJw/s400/inauguration-minister.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072478951420338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, the incredibly intelligent and inspiring Minister of Education.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28V1N92o4vkV9ZtK4YVKISwx4jEpoQuP7F5MbxFxI5WS57gbAK03Z8Z7xc9yPkkyoWGH7Dd7SKxtBOXAzBGLOWODFHaicNCbwqUKYn_nppXQxc_KholbJwqh29a5HRqNOZjOjKw/s1600-h/fideledgarme-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28V1N92o4vkV9ZtK4YVKISwx4jEpoQuP7F5MbxFxI5WS57gbAK03Z8Z7xc9yPkkyoWGH7Dd7SKxtBOXAzBGLOWODFHaicNCbwqUKYn_nppXQxc_KholbJwqh29a5HRqNOZjOjKw/s400/fideledgarme-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391064632079233042" border="0" /></a>Afterward, there was a party for the teachers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJY0bQ6jtJ1NniRV5tD-nzRY6pqVKQNPAOs_kckqIitgyCs2_RXhvTBq7-ruA2s7FMlvUZLInJL-B27jSUUMvY_2jmikdAbffGgzI4HK4uFWTpYqfGV1zKMSETb6GwCZUqOjemvw/s1600-h/fideledgarme.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJY0bQ6jtJ1NniRV5tD-nzRY6pqVKQNPAOs_kckqIitgyCs2_RXhvTBq7-ruA2s7FMlvUZLInJL-B27jSUUMvY_2jmikdAbffGgzI4HK4uFWTpYqfGV1zKMSETb6GwCZUqOjemvw/s400/fideledgarme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391064623425785554" border="0" /></a>Fidel got these photos developed of me, him, and Edgar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistYi4znfgrfmuodXTAS2pFUYJzjQm0ItDd52UAGmv6nSuBYPcc6URLXM64ivVbKPWx8hk6N29qJJL0yXf7xe7ZaEtbG6j7IKDW30OhC0LFJdN2712NJ7E6Lrzdi-Z-KPc-Xt9dQ/s1600-h/SF-Poster.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistYi4znfgrfmuodXTAS2pFUYJzjQm0ItDd52UAGmv6nSuBYPcc6URLXM64ivVbKPWx8hk6N29qJJL0yXf7xe7ZaEtbG6j7IKDW30OhC0LFJdN2712NJ7E6Lrzdi-Z-KPc-Xt9dQ/s400/SF-Poster.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391318302135648946" border="0" /></a>My art students made a beautiful poster for the Regional Science Fair.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-iQ9fgsU_q89RqxT9ImzSWYrQgWdKEUdhG_CLk9pgHGyBZmcgMjFTmzM2f88W4c4TveyMRuDpgkadQ9TYttLChBUGjTDRYQ8DGvD3HIIOjUKGbTqyLoY5sxT08K5h4q72UylHQ/s1600-h/Theater-015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-iQ9fgsU_q89RqxT9ImzSWYrQgWdKEUdhG_CLk9pgHGyBZmcgMjFTmzM2f88W4c4TveyMRuDpgkadQ9TYttLChBUGjTDRYQ8DGvD3HIIOjUKGbTqyLoY5sxT08K5h4q72UylHQ/s400/Theater-015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072471065800194" border="0" /></a><br />Then, we started English Theater.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWi9xufngXzVSj8cRSLmBjLiEJacwkAXGXK0RUv70yeT-jSXtQTu0GnhrxIIfiae9zmqjZSQUTemioICYVpfxF2ELN8kNh1adv5ZcEwhFen_O5otxk8gTG2XYih36GkVxPDeVkg/s1600-h/Theater-020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWi9xufngXzVSj8cRSLmBjLiEJacwkAXGXK0RUv70yeT-jSXtQTu0GnhrxIIfiae9zmqjZSQUTemioICYVpfxF2ELN8kNh1adv5ZcEwhFen_O5otxk8gTG2XYih36GkVxPDeVkg/s400/Theater-020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070421400755586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The piece was written by Valdo a week before the competition.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLRUAqFteqcVZSBO7CudAWjcY70ZZ7kh0jedUnSEFRRVz7vmV6GQdH7xKv7KVqnH_99i62sLfqaVWRc1dsewUTxA8PVXoLlo3qRQ8nphWJka3mMvlE3iyRL2iytVgvfuYBvp3dQ/s1600-h/Theater-042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLRUAqFteqcVZSBO7CudAWjcY70ZZ7kh0jedUnSEFRRVz7vmV6GQdH7xKv7KVqnH_99i62sLfqaVWRc1dsewUTxA8PVXoLlo3qRQ8nphWJka3mMvlE3iyRL2iytVgvfuYBvp3dQ/s400/Theater-042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070416676828322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The day of the competition, I tried to relax and pass out snacks.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkoFUMUjIiUQqgULBJODtotb28f8mw33mA6xEI15Ac5JYY_WBkwC1MHI9JH8s1manEEn3L4kFegp-VdLzq1taF5RZ9QR2_iXNM5_9LaTFttB1K7dZoUO5JSiLy1ZQbf1vDvzE7g/s1600-h/Theater-043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkoFUMUjIiUQqgULBJODtotb28f8mw33mA6xEI15Ac5JYY_WBkwC1MHI9JH8s1manEEn3L4kFegp-VdLzq1taF5RZ9QR2_iXNM5_9LaTFttB1K7dZoUO5JSiLy1ZQbf1vDvzE7g/s400/Theater-043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070409083970274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In anticipation, my kids ate their snacks.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr4L6HIPDkPcfpOAt7BU3wFN_7-CiYjDDXYhzDBW9sci6tpGge6x98z7iFBNYGpzJI2fYFp-bE3Yr6EjXN0yLIAeALqW5I1voIv90ZR0TNQcJQobTpe3RWXGYLik3dyzAXOB1oA/s1600-h/Theater-044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr4L6HIPDkPcfpOAt7BU3wFN_7-CiYjDDXYhzDBW9sci6tpGge6x98z7iFBNYGpzJI2fYFp-bE3Yr6EjXN0yLIAeALqW5I1voIv90ZR0TNQcJQobTpe3RWXGYLik3dyzAXOB1oA/s400/Theater-044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070403109725698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then showed off their musical talent.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_YbpxJcNOmkEe-HKjxHQQLlW1a7vE1OHvOniPn31swP95hNo2h-H9K0ufXJly8oz-7lhGh7Zt57ChjXcNHK48fQffEKv9MXqZRfzQ_qx_vx_HYxt2vVVezV2bxlC4-s2TbAZBw/s1600-h/Theater-045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_YbpxJcNOmkEe-HKjxHQQLlW1a7vE1OHvOniPn31swP95hNo2h-H9K0ufXJly8oz-7lhGh7Zt57ChjXcNHK48fQffEKv9MXqZRfzQ_qx_vx_HYxt2vVVezV2bxlC4-s2TbAZBw/s400/Theater-045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391070392206113890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Which we used as narration for our play.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA33QTM3QsWgXrYSEOmwkLeNEY_fIUpV4sM3rRprXGASB4FvVaPbeGWY4S_-7l8E9AmEMyn7sId6VUIJKidsXPjrEePftLRsZ75bTE1A5N8QlCKFzPqBflWQJrrlnfz0eX4gbmeQ/s1600-h/Theater-050.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA33QTM3QsWgXrYSEOmwkLeNEY_fIUpV4sM3rRprXGASB4FvVaPbeGWY4S_-7l8E9AmEMyn7sId6VUIJKidsXPjrEePftLRsZ75bTE1A5N8QlCKFzPqBflWQJrrlnfz0eX4gbmeQ/s400/Theater-050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067769243698722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dr. Valdo and HIV-free Cordoso.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizvFGCTWLm9nYr-PX5lB-zMvltrtpC1JZnPGRn2m5bsGIjuELvBXEg-q4PB_-DNJ_h5M5-heePAn6fpuSdtsiEqbrBlUClg7-EI2doVAhsuP95fNZ0zEFSrT12FWP6YYFXwfJRg/s1600-h/Theater-060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizvFGCTWLm9nYr-PX5lB-zMvltrtpC1JZnPGRn2m5bsGIjuELvBXEg-q4PB_-DNJ_h5M5-heePAn6fpuSdtsiEqbrBlUClg7-EI2doVAhsuP95fNZ0zEFSrT12FWP6YYFXwfJRg/s400/Theater-060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067760769006706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In an ignorant rage, the HIV-positive patient<br />throws condoms at Dr. Valdo.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9nmyH7z9phJv4Jf3EE46ZpvgdN_a9hCImv6rn8g1J2yOy5wboVrgcawPm-zoMN1AedN3v4wix0OTXGLIYMGNSevs49XBjP9ISWgVLJXhl01zq4orVzQDtmrR0f4gEFqL6yBdZw/s1600-h/Theater-070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 362px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9nmyH7z9phJv4Jf3EE46ZpvgdN_a9hCImv6rn8g1J2yOy5wboVrgcawPm-zoMN1AedN3v4wix0OTXGLIYMGNSevs49XBjP9ISWgVLJXhl01zq4orVzQDtmrR0f4gEFqL6yBdZw/s400/Theater-070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067756852622850" border="0" /></a><br />Despite the hostility, the doctor calmly explains the risks<br />of traditional medicine and practices.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jStBHma8cMrIlCMe3wXNNSRJ9RqEQiHx1F6D20nw2EHBUaT2pskDFauVsSPRu-IxyUYK6p-gkCEkWS3FyFL1NSz00nNXC78Uxwt5TkH3t8l8VU7E16milzOjajUuv4UKm-0A8g/s1600-h/Theater-080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jStBHma8cMrIlCMe3wXNNSRJ9RqEQiHx1F6D20nw2EHBUaT2pskDFauVsSPRu-IxyUYK6p-gkCEkWS3FyFL1NSz00nNXC78Uxwt5TkH3t8l8VU7E16milzOjajUuv4UKm-0A8g/s400/Theater-080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067743563616498" border="0" /></a><br />In the end, the community witnesses the negative<br />effects of tradition medicine.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5h-z1p2B5fkaUA_S5vCcmsYBeho8s9cKmtnjM4NPidoSI8tXJOQIlfxDhr9ahyphenhyphenl3XHD7fr8TrOSUG80wemyfZEmz4TVpLQC8KEmBK90YnxFZPv5xA0GaiBOOf80TCqKBk8FSvA/s1600-h/Theater-090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5h-z1p2B5fkaUA_S5vCcmsYBeho8s9cKmtnjM4NPidoSI8tXJOQIlfxDhr9ahyphenhyphenl3XHD7fr8TrOSUG80wemyfZEmz4TVpLQC8KEmBK90YnxFZPv5xA0GaiBOOf80TCqKBk8FSvA/s400/Theater-090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391067732290452034" border="0" /></a><br />And, we walk away with third place!<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf_0szskPt5bbHnkZBgh-d3OWK-fBE2yuvjq1r_PZPkRYjVOePDRfABwKSLP2nV7AwWId0OPdE-P5lReo1OJYH85UrAk-aMFKHMdsstwbQa_dM_7vHUXOu1AGXTOp5tw4nUDkpA/s1600-h/Troca-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf_0szskPt5bbHnkZBgh-d3OWK-fBE2yuvjq1r_PZPkRYjVOePDRfABwKSLP2nV7AwWId0OPdE-P5lReo1OJYH85UrAk-aMFKHMdsstwbQa_dM_7vHUXOu1AGXTOp5tw4nUDkpA/s400/Troca-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062438676202066" border="0" /></a><br />Two weeks later, I found myself back in Inhamussua<br />for an inter-school exchange with my art students.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQnvRdQmEEIKd4mPJuaR1SJZP0-OowTCMxtpTNF5Y5YMjU2tz2tOcIDBHXlWwlc52UJDogKfaoXJv_K2LeIlQzV06T3QOsJg0gNRF9_bIQzFo7-ZT873d5S6MsJcHU2_TqZgrhw/s1600-h/Moose-Mural-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQnvRdQmEEIKd4mPJuaR1SJZP0-OowTCMxtpTNF5Y5YMjU2tz2tOcIDBHXlWwlc52UJDogKfaoXJv_K2LeIlQzV06T3QOsJg0gNRF9_bIQzFo7-ZT873d5S6MsJcHU2_TqZgrhw/s400/Moose-Mural-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393235808461501954" border="0" /></a><br />The Fine Art Club of Massinga was called upon for their expertise.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTFqtYUrE9F-brQvsK4yXVNKVCTKJMXKYiuEZtDKkmetZaAM6897MML4L27_Xy9TpnB-KiNtZNehllR7Z98nXfcAAG-VtW2NLAz7ZpR1VTpoQrsWnVMnOgEvqTmt2FjFGdlt9mw/s1600-h/Moose-Mural-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTFqtYUrE9F-brQvsK4yXVNKVCTKJMXKYiuEZtDKkmetZaAM6897MML4L27_Xy9TpnB-KiNtZNehllR7Z98nXfcAAG-VtW2NLAz7ZpR1VTpoQrsWnVMnOgEvqTmt2FjFGdlt9mw/s400/Moose-Mural-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393235802530964114" border="0" /></a><br />And experts we were.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIa92XcUX3DHtmW3eqZuhS4HykmepQlUki68eMuyCE0kCK2kwrToTLGDex6uzqsDtzPnMDvBs9CbbfUk6aTbnn_j5Iz3Mog5OzOqV_SywOPrZhKTKErMqWuGrrE66sI5TKzekyg/s1600-h/Troca-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIa92XcUX3DHtmW3eqZuhS4HykmepQlUki68eMuyCE0kCK2kwrToTLGDex6uzqsDtzPnMDvBs9CbbfUk6aTbnn_j5Iz3Mog5OzOqV_SywOPrZhKTKErMqWuGrrE66sI5TKzekyg/s400/Troca-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062434550475378" border="0" /></a><br />Valdo doing detail work.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEita1EcLZ9kh5h8B2Jm6bsblbN0QpKHJo8uhPCaDZ-f1-5ja0sdq97wMv901WcDUvjzaJ3IK0zMuj9xgv6Xq_3rxqamk0xZkw72AwCSAXPogRzO7Kwg-UVsUCiEjbUfRLHC4I3eiA/s1600-h/Troca-014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEita1EcLZ9kh5h8B2Jm6bsblbN0QpKHJo8uhPCaDZ-f1-5ja0sdq97wMv901WcDUvjzaJ3IK0zMuj9xgv6Xq_3rxqamk0xZkw72AwCSAXPogRzO7Kwg-UVsUCiEjbUfRLHC4I3eiA/s400/Troca-014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062426868272450" border="0" /></a><br />Ginocio painting crops with the agricultural students.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPRdThznarduQNgjJVyg2SNnbnaMIuLxoOKoFsRQhH2f0NTu-gbbU30pTrygwX__XeOc7BMnYMCV7GoHOHOhTfoPQfH-ebMpN-kAFyyyAxeiyLlnK1oVaLwJJJtOqtKgh1-zahw/s1600-h/Troca-015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPRdThznarduQNgjJVyg2SNnbnaMIuLxoOKoFsRQhH2f0NTu-gbbU30pTrygwX__XeOc7BMnYMCV7GoHOHOhTfoPQfH-ebMpN-kAFyyyAxeiyLlnK1oVaLwJJJtOqtKgh1-zahw/s400/Troca-015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062422646142578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Judite and Eugenio cleaning up.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTeEeN6XmlsbpnJoscUkvnLHrNNvUJPj3KqrhXMLUIytryh27OlFmag1-T7XeFx-xcEKYyGQ2MMXMvPDOKfYDqpXLLwC_tFf2lXIziS4emExUaJu3nqRWbL8zbnuepbxrhIu9OA/s1600-h/Troca-016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTeEeN6XmlsbpnJoscUkvnLHrNNvUJPj3KqrhXMLUIytryh27OlFmag1-T7XeFx-xcEKYyGQ2MMXMvPDOKfYDqpXLLwC_tFf2lXIziS4emExUaJu3nqRWbL8zbnuepbxrhIu9OA/s400/Troca-016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391062418150060610" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Afterward, we ate lunch together.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE0LeRVT0CFDsLDsl8-tRknMq8CWzcVgnx6fz1gUKu5YcS1iodAPkFTy6RzFM0042tcNpUINBO1AJUfVLLq7Ih5xmJWKW7ZdX_8iRIAEbRLRWbEEAImL7TU5sTa6byukDqjR6iw/s1600-h/Troca-017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE0LeRVT0CFDsLDsl8-tRknMq8CWzcVgnx6fz1gUKu5YcS1iodAPkFTy6RzFM0042tcNpUINBO1AJUfVLLq7Ih5xmJWKW7ZdX_8iRIAEbRLRWbEEAImL7TU5sTa6byukDqjR6iw/s400/Troca-017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391058505931339170" border="0" /></a><br />Valdo and Chase showing off the day's work.<br /><a href="http://chaseinafrica.blogspot.com/2009/10/face-lift.html">View the mural progression here.</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeV84kDImENnxB6C0y74oB8WNngu7-tC_zaxN1vS8upjyklnCRkgcni6C9S25tB4T5bcxk76JlIS7XiufbjWKVhyECLxCgLqcEabn93esmy8IVpXz9pZwBChgD7AQsEZhqysX_Q/s1600-h/Troca-018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeV84kDImENnxB6C0y74oB8WNngu7-tC_zaxN1vS8upjyklnCRkgcni6C9S25tB4T5bcxk76JlIS7XiufbjWKVhyECLxCgLqcEabn93esmy8IVpXz9pZwBChgD7AQsEZhqysX_Q/s400/Troca-018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391058500921448674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the end of the day, my kids had to go home.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ8vxE8CRAkbg46DD0WlbnTl9w1iIrTXGS1xx03rggHC2wyu_2sZXhJQ5gAvmWQVlySHLyil0OnpSjOYTM3m8JBLrsWN0BiIwMoy782cOIxYXgkbarxIgBnHszA9jjsL6vsjRWQ/s1600-h/Troca-20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQ8vxE8CRAkbg46DD0WlbnTl9w1iIrTXGS1xx03rggHC2wyu_2sZXhJQ5gAvmWQVlySHLyil0OnpSjOYTM3m8JBLrsWN0BiIwMoy782cOIxYXgkbarxIgBnHszA9jjsL6vsjRWQ/s400/Troca-20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391058486442145346" border="0" /></a><br />It was not going to be easy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpdESFjmcR23gOhA0E9O6P9SU2O7tlcd93fRFBSp1Xj2e9I3mxKlE4xmbgm3Spatp-1jCiZymaUGH8Y4NY6H7FVE3ealxc2QNpvlhq9OWjWLLpV_KbmGvAvVUOiOQUgGEwoi2iA/s1600-h/Troca-019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpdESFjmcR23gOhA0E9O6P9SU2O7tlcd93fRFBSp1Xj2e9I3mxKlE4xmbgm3Spatp-1jCiZymaUGH8Y4NY6H7FVE3ealxc2QNpvlhq9OWjWLLpV_KbmGvAvVUOiOQUgGEwoi2iA/s400/Troca-019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391058491309164978" border="0" /></a><br />But I was determined to get them home before dark.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y60qU8vHILsHZvXRNFf_7nxSedJtIcgUqM4GDpayasML1GL8Pxbs7yVxtY_nVZcUa3H-0jq12oTTentR7rBNVydus5yTEgH2Z1iExi4bEU28E8de-f-7LPdWGR3pWcK3N9kiRA/s1600-h/Moose-Bday-003.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y60qU8vHILsHZvXRNFf_7nxSedJtIcgUqM4GDpayasML1GL8Pxbs7yVxtY_nVZcUa3H-0jq12oTTentR7rBNVydus5yTEgH2Z1iExi4bEU28E8de-f-7LPdWGR3pWcK3N9kiRA/s400/Moose-Bday-003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391064621031790866" border="0" /></a><br />That night I attended a very formal event. A birthday.<br />Photo by Paulo Macucha.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rNhyKWVy_kl0sveXfHFYiXAkTKY8iYXK6fiQ6AAOGozi3GcKjM5Z73tXj_3bhm6HlmYfyAiOY5vJOvG5Q990IboTihNcRIaSdnN93oO3gjxolvlasYGuVrP313HlT_XgXFCfWQ/s1600-h/Moose-Bday-004.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rNhyKWVy_kl0sveXfHFYiXAkTKY8iYXK6fiQ6AAOGozi3GcKjM5Z73tXj_3bhm6HlmYfyAiOY5vJOvG5Q990IboTihNcRIaSdnN93oO3gjxolvlasYGuVrP313HlT_XgXFCfWQ/s400/Moose-Bday-004.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391064612000701538" border="0" /></a><br />I showed up in short shorts and a pink shirt.<br />Photo by Paulo Macucha.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPyCXnbIp_JN4C87tmDDVWrSH7F-HNTg7kapy37LBbi5ZXQw2Pv8DRzqGmNf5bE4HwJpsap4cWl0KXtSfhRT_RCJUgZoe81rPXTkFcK0B51QUMKagGUdmbyrVeEM6W1ORCihxOQ/s1600-h/mural-000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPyCXnbIp_JN4C87tmDDVWrSH7F-HNTg7kapy37LBbi5ZXQw2Pv8DRzqGmNf5bE4HwJpsap4cWl0KXtSfhRT_RCJUgZoe81rPXTkFcK0B51QUMKagGUdmbyrVeEM6W1ORCihxOQ/s400/mural-000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391338078567073874" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Simultaneously, the Fine Art Club of Massinga started their mural.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDEu_-xQc96UVwmfCC8sOSjIqL9n2JjUgcY9LHr8pCYLuK4oSZzBeTyLKHzHcRTnkBVRCZAJNKM2yrysF3qfgxyINs0LrsWog5xKM6YbzVNaFyUbTkiG38IHVINhV7hhGlLMBIA/s1600-h/mural-045.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDEu_-xQc96UVwmfCC8sOSjIqL9n2JjUgcY9LHr8pCYLuK4oSZzBeTyLKHzHcRTnkBVRCZAJNKM2yrysF3qfgxyINs0LrsWog5xKM6YbzVNaFyUbTkiG38IHVINhV7hhGlLMBIA/s400/mural-045.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391053428507761538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But first, they would have to prepare the surface.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgSARW4t0B2FF9u0n1r755uEwbBOHXQsv-xqPM_caUQk9mwp5xf5CKXLYye_p51lgTvXHsRBWmk1WkG2lbG9HnNyu5Xf44TjA0t1fxzr-tjjCN-MzrD_YudywUJeYC1-zxjbwhQ/s1600-h/mural-050.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgSARW4t0B2FF9u0n1r755uEwbBOHXQsv-xqPM_caUQk9mwp5xf5CKXLYye_p51lgTvXHsRBWmk1WkG2lbG9HnNyu5Xf44TjA0t1fxzr-tjjCN-MzrD_YudywUJeYC1-zxjbwhQ/s400/mural-050.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391053417044352898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We rejuvenated the wall with six coats of primer.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV2-Xv6wd90SDAUauNgqjC1nd4KDHqFX3qxsNeaUKJJlLHGtnj7E98zVROuaYfjCX85CSovnsGaHdO8n66OLtH20Jq7c08kqvIx2bYXVkzViyKKE1C3k1h_jOvy4U32HuWa2htA/s1600-h/mural-051.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV2-Xv6wd90SDAUauNgqjC1nd4KDHqFX3qxsNeaUKJJlLHGtnj7E98zVROuaYfjCX85CSovnsGaHdO8n66OLtH20Jq7c08kqvIx2bYXVkzViyKKE1C3k1h_jOvy4U32HuWa2htA/s400/mural-051.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391002869819195218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, did a lot of drawing and surveying in between.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaPRK_XkUT9WNVM9hjnCHaNgPkPcuEYPkUWQwMm48Ls0Z0PYZCZVsenAvBDcCYFmcH9xFkZlqVoHyMLLeSpCg08UXylmnsWyRJOERroD806scq3_n5tMSv35_2y_-GOy6ao1mtg/s1600-h/mural-027.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaPRK_XkUT9WNVM9hjnCHaNgPkPcuEYPkUWQwMm48Ls0Z0PYZCZVsenAvBDcCYFmcH9xFkZlqVoHyMLLeSpCg08UXylmnsWyRJOERroD806scq3_n5tMSv35_2y_-GOy6ao1mtg/s400/mural-027.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391053438481974786" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After, we drew out the designs on the wall.<br />Photo by Ismail Vilanculos.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrgGz35m7pO5jBJrCprOXzHZH4fWOXGINizj-7O8vK_MI_GCBj4kU-6zdKQgSZPwqyAsIj5wmNNaqP6MQz4xVZgR8N94EWXKQA0l2zMtoHXphhx4gfAE9Zg6ALBTClt7EM_5fuQ/s1600-h/mural-028.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrgGz35m7pO5jBJrCprOXzHZH4fWOXGINizj-7O8vK_MI_GCBj4kU-6zdKQgSZPwqyAsIj5wmNNaqP6MQz4xVZgR8N94EWXKQA0l2zMtoHXphhx4gfAE9Zg6ALBTClt7EM_5fuQ/s400/mural-028.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391053434473607202" border="0" /></a><br />This is me. Drawing.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Q-GN4K-rvmsF1YQqWK_thNTS2AdQ4FkHLtGnMkoeImppSZE5FAtsJgOxxXn7LjOPLeip-ipgQJCYfKu272QKvFqWPdrYxS08g9DQS_i3kBmp6iivy1Nridt_TG2sW0OCjETDlw/s1600-h/mural-057.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Q-GN4K-rvmsF1YQqWK_thNTS2AdQ4FkHLtGnMkoeImppSZE5FAtsJgOxxXn7LjOPLeip-ipgQJCYfKu272QKvFqWPdrYxS08g9DQS_i3kBmp6iivy1Nridt_TG2sW0OCjETDlw/s400/mural-057.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391002863821341634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finally we got to painting!<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CfPqUApOU3w1bfdB22Py9lVTFGzQM-OT-mRhsmFvf_UObgeKy8-ShktuNzCp_23bDfgVgrLXi7vI9A3cVdDfOja9Bii7-xs0tpe6-dN5-w50H-th2oS3NX97yY0tohLMfUlNzQ/s1600-h/mural-058.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CfPqUApOU3w1bfdB22Py9lVTFGzQM-OT-mRhsmFvf_UObgeKy8-ShktuNzCp_23bDfgVgrLXi7vI9A3cVdDfOja9Bii7-xs0tpe6-dN5-w50H-th2oS3NX97yY0tohLMfUlNzQ/s400/mural-058.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391002854686755890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Valdo and Felgos painting Valdo's original concept.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgfcMaWVJ4EDzgxm-ojhJEWfnuH8wr3izrgoPKCsi-CqLnamXEVMjDEhYZ9_Twc79dzbdNWCUGGXEMq9d8IHiRpDRmecH90ftuS0VvTExAMV-Jr5Qn5oMaLBL32DiGCXhRkmqZw/s1600-h/mural-059.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgfcMaWVJ4EDzgxm-ojhJEWfnuH8wr3izrgoPKCsi-CqLnamXEVMjDEhYZ9_Twc79dzbdNWCUGGXEMq9d8IHiRpDRmecH90ftuS0VvTExAMV-Jr5Qn5oMaLBL32DiGCXhRkmqZw/s400/mural-059.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391002850035290066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dalton painting the fruits of Massinga.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuM-taAQ_rr8uY6gGScd4zLx35V7lqa4A2-9X-ghQxa136wRktHvfPPCipiwdUeXuJWFu0outc__SF5-k1iyLBE2mFUfo4EIc8VTSCMFezWApkcPwffB6ZokjcVr4DvG_rDT20Q/s1600-h/mural-060.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuM-taAQ_rr8uY6gGScd4zLx35V7lqa4A2-9X-ghQxa136wRktHvfPPCipiwdUeXuJWFu0outc__SF5-k1iyLBE2mFUfo4EIc8VTSCMFezWApkcPwffB6ZokjcVr4DvG_rDT20Q/s400/mural-060.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391002839299203170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Luicano and myself working in the urine-saturated sand.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsddecnDazAoKtTSu8IyOcurRBNOnhq_cPUgFu6q_IuWQo15MPgjqwohkDHnufw7V_4jKtcszxxd3kWh48Jw9H5Dfkz_FYj6zNmk00jAS168XMJcH9W7RV2JWM85Rhn2CzHmgsuA/s1600-h/mural-061.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsddecnDazAoKtTSu8IyOcurRBNOnhq_cPUgFu6q_IuWQo15MPgjqwohkDHnufw7V_4jKtcszxxd3kWh48Jw9H5Dfkz_FYj6zNmk00jAS168XMJcH9W7RV2JWM85Rhn2CzHmgsuA/s400/mural-061.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390999107408589490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing in life can be too easy.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LQYlCkW_CVlUTjMXNPQ-Jph5GoQOQF6Sm8r_D009IlIitjTXkys4k3LvU6gKWytPJ-dPy6BIoOxhuAD7mD5F9RfgqhRwTa2BLbCt8i1WiMHPpEkr8tjHikj37vgjz-_O1Cvp1w/s1600-h/mural-064.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LQYlCkW_CVlUTjMXNPQ-Jph5GoQOQF6Sm8r_D009IlIitjTXkys4k3LvU6gKWytPJ-dPy6BIoOxhuAD7mD5F9RfgqhRwTa2BLbCt8i1WiMHPpEkr8tjHikj37vgjz-_O1Cvp1w/s400/mural-064.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390999099850572130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Luciano, Benedito, and Dalto completing their day's work.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYLLFI4vIvF-nV7j6MmVmo81_pEGEKbitp4nOTtJbeJ179Lu_k4shAorc5bEaJrAz1cry4rhv1QxFS9jmixRWT4rPEDQbSJz-9sVgC5TFLDJbbvDeRvMmUaKkqev0irXh_3SDUA/s1600-h/mural-065-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYLLFI4vIvF-nV7j6MmVmo81_pEGEKbitp4nOTtJbeJ179Lu_k4shAorc5bEaJrAz1cry4rhv1QxFS9jmixRWT4rPEDQbSJz-9sVgC5TFLDJbbvDeRvMmUaKkqev0irXh_3SDUA/s400/mural-065-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390999098253228066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Felgos and Makito finishing up.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNyihMFLMexnSJs3Ep0f0GQk8JDKapgNOo7I_bOg9Fb9xryhmU3PxGPWAZhgfaPxf1yuvY605hoRVjQZB-KPb1LeUrufjSfl3DRFvStJHZdHS3fx_s_43kFiO6RId-cfXQH1ZcA/s1600-h/mural-065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNyihMFLMexnSJs3Ep0f0GQk8JDKapgNOo7I_bOg9Fb9xryhmU3PxGPWAZhgfaPxf1yuvY605hoRVjQZB-KPb1LeUrufjSfl3DRFvStJHZdHS3fx_s_43kFiO6RId-cfXQH1ZcA/s400/mural-065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390999086838679010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The ever-scrutinizing Felgos aka Picasso...or so he thinks.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEbsvtLD5gieKohqAmv-IDxWZRMTbr5y5PVde8LPRnx5vg1EpDRwoPaNr9GpBPD-hMecuNOozpRgoNcpLOvD8mOQdwPxtMnQre-AW70LWS_e847RRhQf9E6sBqAF25UtKvkN_jg/s1600-h/mural-076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEbsvtLD5gieKohqAmv-IDxWZRMTbr5y5PVde8LPRnx5vg1EpDRwoPaNr9GpBPD-hMecuNOozpRgoNcpLOvD8mOQdwPxtMnQre-AW70LWS_e847RRhQf9E6sBqAF25UtKvkN_jg/s400/mural-076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390999083898060914" border="0" /></a><br />Me and a select few putting final touches on the mural.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVXMMqo1O0NXyljkWHx67jXX6lxTGBqR8_Z1Ca-4jBeBf-NFIOqski-jfM2k7FBrfEqikyIUJGpEAV1a4lJYtaLHaJ5dswMl76NG3SCF-RUw7OgZGElZJGCXT22_GrSVjRsaTOg/s1600-h/mural-077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVXMMqo1O0NXyljkWHx67jXX6lxTGBqR8_Z1Ca-4jBeBf-NFIOqski-jfM2k7FBrfEqikyIUJGpEAV1a4lJYtaLHaJ5dswMl76NG3SCF-RUw7OgZGElZJGCXT22_GrSVjRsaTOg/s400/mural-077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390996060498854914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Analyzing our paint situation.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdV-T_h27l3e-nVV1N86B_1eTavWgiAoVKe3k3y56ZJGdRY4Lg5SK83fKI7w4GcRWkS2v8xfyo0XE1KhAjrCWJxHrl1PfM_Uw-zi-EKMQnyY5SHvWX4Dm8XfsSJFMC4udroxcQlw/s1600-h/mural-078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdV-T_h27l3e-nVV1N86B_1eTavWgiAoVKe3k3y56ZJGdRY4Lg5SK83fKI7w4GcRWkS2v8xfyo0XE1KhAjrCWJxHrl1PfM_Uw-zi-EKMQnyY5SHvWX4Dm8XfsSJFMC4udroxcQlw/s400/mural-078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390996055644578978" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Fixing dropped paint and brushstrokes.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_0-lmcr9L29ncd2W5dneZLmBEB4Pvw6y6vNUrh8e3zIZIh2YmdebBGK4ENcw9x7pCjvWlx0vH_mNDavzhjudq10y_1SZ4oB1TUqGCP3alDu5auteDuwjrBNcSOPu19tCa70v-w/s1600-h/mural-079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_0-lmcr9L29ncd2W5dneZLmBEB4Pvw6y6vNUrh8e3zIZIh2YmdebBGK4ENcw9x7pCjvWlx0vH_mNDavzhjudq10y_1SZ4oB1TUqGCP3alDu5auteDuwjrBNcSOPu19tCa70v-w/s400/mural-079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390996044892094322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I introduced the idea of perfecting your work to the students.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WtmkETsXbCADigeYa2hFMSSdxs-h_4IlTSGyrXm28mKJSoVhbzaYq8tKz7ruGEK9zBZhedOAumE4XZqDCT11iVERitTHqfGblEZuMVaeJZnnmsFkRGcwnU-tMayZ1Fltya53jw/s1600-h/mural-080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WtmkETsXbCADigeYa2hFMSSdxs-h_4IlTSGyrXm28mKJSoVhbzaYq8tKz7ruGEK9zBZhedOAumE4XZqDCT11iVERitTHqfGblEZuMVaeJZnnmsFkRGcwnU-tMayZ1Fltya53jw/s400/mural-080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390996037897627314" border="0" /></a><br />And, required them to do two days of final touches.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNdujP2NjT6QYyVpAeHFp-7Ovpfd_CbJPmrUE8hgersyWKJK9cpZaW2IfAznRIFcatrgdY4Lu6DbmcEM644A8DUIpuLfgdrbdwTz3EJGTmPpt5dtHccmVK_V9pe4WRZvSib3kxQ/s1600-h/25dS-008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNdujP2NjT6QYyVpAeHFp-7Ovpfd_CbJPmrUE8hgersyWKJK9cpZaW2IfAznRIFcatrgdY4Lu6DbmcEM644A8DUIpuLfgdrbdwTz3EJGTmPpt5dtHccmVK_V9pe4WRZvSib3kxQ/s400/25dS-008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391058479651676258" border="0" /></a>It all payed off when the Minister of Education of Mozambique came.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DH93XnxCWH-oZqwvnQBWUhtztLfcJZoqr8eVYfoGNQgHkfHfGDo1oR0PQf3FqiVx0tJRQ33QbLhmLfW_Xi4pOH7lFlcy0crZbGTYqXux8iy4bdAzL81AjiMASKn8sOTAr2l7Mg/s1600-h/25dS-010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DH93XnxCWH-oZqwvnQBWUhtztLfcJZoqr8eVYfoGNQgHkfHfGDo1oR0PQf3FqiVx0tJRQ33QbLhmLfW_Xi4pOH7lFlcy0crZbGTYqXux8iy4bdAzL81AjiMASKn8sOTAr2l7Mg/s400/25dS-010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391053446601523362" border="0" /></a>Valdo was able to present our work to him on the 4th of October after<br />commemorating the peace agreement signed with the Portuguese in 1974.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHyPRWBN-FahP2Uh9zjd689xNUUI2SuXk5ava69dGC56NyjJXh1-437Ix1_d5-NN0IBtXzWbNzJMqLZal9YZTcjo6t36HggpoBJqs3g7xHvGHp9YkJpDWKyiAtGu007Cfg6IOOA/s1600-h/mural-099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHyPRWBN-FahP2Uh9zjd689xNUUI2SuXk5ava69dGC56NyjJXh1-437Ix1_d5-NN0IBtXzWbNzJMqLZal9YZTcjo6t36HggpoBJqs3g7xHvGHp9YkJpDWKyiAtGu007Cfg6IOOA/s400/mural-099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390996035004721138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The final piece.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxJpxfXhJsWighkgEcBjMTJYublaUZ4N13PTXuFcgnmPL8dLZpm9MVm2IfX3zufZXUzv0Os3r8EooRWEPlf6oB6eqsIuJcMUyq2wanKCtuvVX_preOQXpD0W4ZdmW-e5WXS8O8g/s1600-h/E2F-Presentation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxJpxfXhJsWighkgEcBjMTJYublaUZ4N13PTXuFcgnmPL8dLZpm9MVm2IfX3zufZXUzv0Os3r8EooRWEPlf6oB6eqsIuJcMUyq2wanKCtuvVX_preOQXpD0W4ZdmW-e5WXS8O8g/s400/E2F-Presentation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391064639937683170" border="0" /></a><br />As always, Edgar is working hard teaching a full work load every day<br />while paying half of his salary to study at university every night.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxsz9wcsj8rTyMQmTMOHOGYvTxz1Hv1n1xM85IP4RgZsH4m4g3Sv8v-VTCw0sMFooZ3W-V0sn8KdYQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />The Doctor's Dilemma.<br />Filmed by Chase Nye.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A trimester has begun and nearly ended as I find myself about to begin the last week of school. The trimester was filled with as sorts of activities and visits from government officials including the president of the Republic of Mozambique, who is scheduled to return this week, and the venerable Minister of Education of Mozambique, who gave immaculate speeches on both the inauguration of Massinga Secondary School and on "Dia de Acordos," the day which commemorates the peace agreement between Mozambique and Portugal.<br />Edgar celebrated his twenty-second birthday this trimester. At twenty two, he is already an adjunct teacher finishing up his fourth year of teaching and a first year university student. He has been a great friend of mine and I am incredibly excited to see him succeed.<br />As a follow up to my suspenseful story about my faithful student Isaias, I would like to inform that he is incredibly healthy and that his mystery illness was nothing more than scabies. This trimester, I went out to the country side with him and met his family. The walk was long and beautiful as we strode through the coconut orchards. In the end, we arrived to a beautiful home and two meals. While visiting, I also was able to meet several other students as I unexpectedly dropped into their rural homes. It was a great experience and brought me a lot closer to the kids I encountered.<br />The year has also been jammed packed with extracurricular activities. In addition to the art club we have been running since February on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm, Massinga Secondary School participated in the Peace Corps Volunteer initiated Regional Science Fair, held a local science fair which inspired a mini-fair at the pedagogical university, painted a beautiful 2x10m mural in the city park, began painting four other murals in the city park, sent five of our top art students to <a href="http://chaseinafrica.blogspot.com/">Inhamussua</a> for inter-school mural painting project, and participated in the Peace Corps Volunteer initiated English Theater Competition led by the Mozambican Theater Network.<br />The theater competition was a great experience for my kids. We had a late start due to indecisiveness on who should author the script. However, with only a week left before the competition, Valdo took matters into his own hands and wrote the whole script alone. After editing the script we me and chosing players, Valdo assigned himself the most difficult role and began practicing every morning before and every night after school. With incredible ingenuity and perseverance, my kids were able to walk away from Maxixe with pocket dictionaries and the claim to third place.<br />The day after the competition we all got together and finished the mural we had been working on for three weeks. It was an incredibly stressful and intense week. But in the end, I couldn't have been more proud. These kids really made an impression on me this last trimester. They have really worked hard and saturated Massinga with a deluge creativity and art over this past year. Massinga is about to be the creative center of southern Africa.<br /></div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-78058652964041700362009-08-29T16:04:00.004-05:002009-08-29T16:39:59.074-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI8XhmBhzb1n7SlfMn5mx2506gKuekN9vd1VNx_OWCpUOLyuMlLVdfwu0dZqAnFQfIv95PAJ2fPTP6kexwHaw3HsVuyTNL-EROi9rVE80Y1jlE7rZMIhPJubxUINBKoagMljCAg/s1600-h/bar-mechase.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI8XhmBhzb1n7SlfMn5mx2506gKuekN9vd1VNx_OWCpUOLyuMlLVdfwu0dZqAnFQfIv95PAJ2fPTP6kexwHaw3HsVuyTNL-EROi9rVE80Y1jlE7rZMIhPJubxUINBKoagMljCAg/s400/bar-mechase.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375499746179858530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We spent our entire first day in Barrada being creative in this room.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcu5J_4AVvHawY7-DWsAMsn9ukn_LxM0CmR8p-5mXiqVnPr1oL2eO7mbcenxe-AuBUCUWWRpv-8DFdElhdgTQAt9ZhQPZhjfOZrA4Qk5XG0rcUWs-T06mb4l2M5KycthunMllCw/s1600-h/bar-megab1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcu5J_4AVvHawY7-DWsAMsn9ukn_LxM0CmR8p-5mXiqVnPr1oL2eO7mbcenxe-AuBUCUWWRpv-8DFdElhdgTQAt9ZhQPZhjfOZrA4Qk5XG0rcUWs-T06mb4l2M5KycthunMllCw/s400/bar-megab1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375499735574591842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Gabriel and I looked for sand castle materials.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlZbSw4KTSX9MkqNVaXzkZITY7hehjJEROmPb_qqogVU3JU_wNLWDwZBOHQhSri0iEdoPJ3E9LgzZSppTNKo7LGxSCGwKXqPFyq5SWwRw6oMromEm1fQ3ToTmoBJcaBiyCMZ7fg/s1600-h/bar-megab2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlZbSw4KTSX9MkqNVaXzkZITY7hehjJEROmPb_qqogVU3JU_wNLWDwZBOHQhSri0iEdoPJ3E9LgzZSppTNKo7LGxSCGwKXqPFyq5SWwRw6oMromEm1fQ3ToTmoBJcaBiyCMZ7fg/s400/bar-megab2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375499729061147778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then teamed up for construction.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExLmTd3j3swSfjTTfTML7ECqY3YmRsAwtCBNo9_PXh2yR2MqirfsS3eXhqjLOdbZ1-v9022JBYMEZueKV1hK5q0k8mP24GEc8tXnEHHqOTQNSmwTf8N-V7huDgkagbykHlYPNaQ/s1600-h/bar-megabclose.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExLmTd3j3swSfjTTfTML7ECqY3YmRsAwtCBNo9_PXh2yR2MqirfsS3eXhqjLOdbZ1-v9022JBYMEZueKV1hK5q0k8mP24GEc8tXnEHHqOTQNSmwTf8N-V7huDgkagbykHlYPNaQ/s400/bar-megabclose.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375499714876857010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What beautiful lady wouldn't want this man to father their child.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sxs5Ok6JOfmIW_ask91uShVBqqlYCtep8NDgatMFK4827tyo8N9dWnhpM82z4EKSz7OTUsKAxZllmegVOKtrODjlnZZbkay6oNTP6W5kLBMEJ64PM4l5p3Xy_d8Lx9usuVY16g/s1600-h/bar-mecambeach.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sxs5Ok6JOfmIW_ask91uShVBqqlYCtep8NDgatMFK4827tyo8N9dWnhpM82z4EKSz7OTUsKAxZllmegVOKtrODjlnZZbkay6oNTP6W5kLBMEJ64PM4l5p3Xy_d8Lx9usuVY16g/s400/bar-mecambeach.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375499709496359618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously?<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9ssVSnLTwyisf27zfr6uACXt7-ig-MDJP4v1ZaGN2Xt8to4qjUrcuBp1S-wgzlrCUj_Sq6_A0wD8Yqe-9-fTwlfBl1Eb8NQOhdwpahukDae9RRf7_56cb5HfF9KBRB7vKqIsHA/s1600-h/bar-physics3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9ssVSnLTwyisf27zfr6uACXt7-ig-MDJP4v1ZaGN2Xt8to4qjUrcuBp1S-wgzlrCUj_Sq6_A0wD8Yqe-9-fTwlfBl1Eb8NQOhdwpahukDae9RRf7_56cb5HfF9KBRB7vKqIsHA/s400/bar-physics3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375497976774234162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Testing physics.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev6itris1eDBHrohVRb20wnIfMb5y_vWBOFXdyPlT9Wo4RQYn5x7g0BFm_xoyikoC4gXHG17uEQQaP4H8KK94QtlNi-59JaWrItUhrFaOyz0xM8feauQtS4PvTSncN-PYGY5atQ/s1600-h/bar-physics2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev6itris1eDBHrohVRb20wnIfMb5y_vWBOFXdyPlT9Wo4RQYn5x7g0BFm_xoyikoC4gXHG17uEQQaP4H8KK94QtlNi-59JaWrItUhrFaOyz0xM8feauQtS4PvTSncN-PYGY5atQ/s400/bar-physics2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375497969732658994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We had way more fun with this than you might think.<br />Photo by Cameron Cuchulainn.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUdQBdmqF3hXnpy7mnM2c81hrPtTbLrspN3-qZ6lYxwRdAPQUXWck32xZXGRniJnq_sTSFJyjikIP7kH5vrN3DY39FLHzyieX6ja1HW_BRpdlVmE6UegSnBfTTXk3R_YDGWhthQ/s1600-h/bar-mecam.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUdQBdmqF3hXnpy7mnM2c81hrPtTbLrspN3-qZ6lYxwRdAPQUXWck32xZXGRniJnq_sTSFJyjikIP7kH5vrN3DY39FLHzyieX6ja1HW_BRpdlVmE6UegSnBfTTXk3R_YDGWhthQ/s400/bar-mecam.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375497959302052530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, we hiked back to Cameron's pad.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNZMN-CCSieymexmSLkCnifuut1DQASwy8yFad7jnBt3zAoL07FJFPyhUI9DqTjTXAnVEXaNTB2xuoHPGypaiJ86KSridKcruMwu-zIfpPXF33BQCrgue5cVcjEEUZFntv25aw/s1600-h/bar-followleader.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNZMN-CCSieymexmSLkCnifuut1DQASwy8yFad7jnBt3zAoL07FJFPyhUI9DqTjTXAnVEXaNTB2xuoHPGypaiJ86KSridKcruMwu-zIfpPXF33BQCrgue5cVcjEEUZFntv25aw/s400/bar-followleader.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375497952617561666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Following the leader.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ODyB8E-yVLASprnby4-jD-WFiQtk3p_RyIU-fBtNBxgZK1kGpnYdRA0E-lAhUgsGgTYX5kie3Pw_8_ZDrgF5dt2JahZBWFyDOLbhyz6DaHJ3TRwXAcIJIp1OvZMVBjsEFXg5g/s1600-h/bar-morningdeparture.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64ODyB8E-yVLASprnby4-jD-WFiQtk3p_RyIU-fBtNBxgZK1kGpnYdRA0E-lAhUgsGgTYX5kie3Pw_8_ZDrgF5dt2JahZBWFyDOLbhyz6DaHJ3TRwXAcIJIp1OvZMVBjsEFXg5g/s400/bar-morningdeparture.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375497941236490994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The sun rose and we left Barrada.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I wanted to include some of the photos taken by Chase and Cameron during our rendezvous in Barrada. They are much better photographers than me. Plus, I wanted to show everyone my ephemeral faux-fatherhood. Gabriel is one cool kid. It was an awesome trip for all of us, even if it took a day and a half to arrive. Despite the difficulty to get to Cameron's village, I think that he, and his site mate Tommy, have a premium site.<br /></div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-52492014442072560662009-08-28T13:25:00.024-05:002009-08-29T18:53:12.786-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJceYsT0eUTFBiqhFMA3rloVLBN3tm2mmkrnVPhPB-P5JkTHk7JniCQYWUaj-oFocEmj3x3y9bWh66oSvLfSbAkFMZLgYzHHHsoyqjSJ2Bv4ocbglRRBtUrKx3PC8so-z8W5PV2g/s1600-h/arrival-000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJceYsT0eUTFBiqhFMA3rloVLBN3tm2mmkrnVPhPB-P5JkTHk7JniCQYWUaj-oFocEmj3x3y9bWh66oSvLfSbAkFMZLgYzHHHsoyqjSJ2Bv4ocbglRRBtUrKx3PC8so-z8W5PV2g/s400/arrival-000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375134846332545874" border="0" /></a>In July, I went to the airport to big up some visitors.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-fuvPbo8AuR5zq-6Dplkvp70pUC63y2G18NffAfMCPqKrvEd7LLBmhy5WFSZojBD553zhBMygdeC3KWd5DnTTwLl6Y8MZSveM1unI2uvWXb4zDYlsOyRSbZNVFcypeL2z8IFXg/s1600-h/arrival-01-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-fuvPbo8AuR5zq-6Dplkvp70pUC63y2G18NffAfMCPqKrvEd7LLBmhy5WFSZojBD553zhBMygdeC3KWd5DnTTwLl6Y8MZSveM1unI2uvWXb4zDYlsOyRSbZNVFcypeL2z8IFXg/s400/arrival-01-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375134837344851906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, anxiously awaited their arrival.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBOsmefX6Nfw4sJ-c_lQ48QmT3hw_D7cJ1OdW5tvSIOo6J5L5w6F8H7YGkI-6owDvi3uDCIg73w_dEeiKDfkAx0yc5dMFHcuPcC3VX2dEdhsaa5vclNwoSw7U-ocqrwMz6FIyCg/s1600-h/arrival-01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBOsmefX6Nfw4sJ-c_lQ48QmT3hw_D7cJ1OdW5tvSIOo6J5L5w6F8H7YGkI-6owDvi3uDCIg73w_dEeiKDfkAx0yc5dMFHcuPcC3VX2dEdhsaa5vclNwoSw7U-ocqrwMz6FIyCg/s400/arrival-01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375134825297751746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Palms sweaty, nerves on edge.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjLeEhftGioFJzzytZxoCJrdqMElw8C1iM7j7VdF2lWDk1ybsiOHJDooOTgLlVoNVdjfxCCdiHKWP1DdrACitoems-d8y9nSs9ziGcsqAtntlb7d58SKLeMCFlnB7poVCYKr68g/s1600-h/arrival-02.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjLeEhftGioFJzzytZxoCJrdqMElw8C1iM7j7VdF2lWDk1ybsiOHJDooOTgLlVoNVdjfxCCdiHKWP1DdrACitoems-d8y9nSs9ziGcsqAtntlb7d58SKLeMCFlnB7poVCYKr68g/s400/arrival-02.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375134817758694498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And then, they showed up.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW-LWcXmHVL9nTZXZ-3hZWXiSZFwsAtS8Sfzs4f_0SwfeuESDAGiyvrkO3u_xvEaKyN-cWhDg2hhJpgvWUj7HYcU2bHaK8CYRPn-7yawXJ7JfAO9C8vnLse5oLiIgAkwSh1gg7Q/s1600-h/arrival-03.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXW-LWcXmHVL9nTZXZ-3hZWXiSZFwsAtS8Sfzs4f_0SwfeuESDAGiyvrkO3u_xvEaKyN-cWhDg2hhJpgvWUj7HYcU2bHaK8CYRPn-7yawXJ7JfAO9C8vnLse5oLiIgAkwSh1gg7Q/s400/arrival-03.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375134810151250498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My sister, Emily.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq1-f9J7dLW38FIvTbkRj1PvGg7Hcd-KHm0ylM0725vz9IBW_MdQG8UewdQrzG_KLFrfF3RYrY_4ppL4ZlPGD2XgdtISZ1V6esn5DhBtVsiPYjqmhReyDTOCxxge4a8sObJ302w/s1600-h/arrival-04.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq1-f9J7dLW38FIvTbkRj1PvGg7Hcd-KHm0ylM0725vz9IBW_MdQG8UewdQrzG_KLFrfF3RYrY_4ppL4ZlPGD2XgdtISZ1V6esn5DhBtVsiPYjqmhReyDTOCxxge4a8sObJ302w/s400/arrival-04.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375132478659931218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And brother, Sean.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsItQkRojGOZTUxwMmK16tlY441nGzIPcR4DFK3MM_4xG1PG61qlhYIpxKkmwN8QRp7hfgAjvqreaZlL5PR0seRYIHCFcMQQ9Y520CD-Oz6tLXxFX1RIwefScA62pjx8_VBAJiQ/s1600-h/arrival-grouphug.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsItQkRojGOZTUxwMmK16tlY441nGzIPcR4DFK3MM_4xG1PG61qlhYIpxKkmwN8QRp7hfgAjvqreaZlL5PR0seRYIHCFcMQQ9Y520CD-Oz6tLXxFX1RIwefScA62pjx8_VBAJiQ/s400/arrival-grouphug.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375132468834170818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was the beginning of our first sibling adventure.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWafl-x_Rzw2yKlre8VddguWUiHisR-tZHaMyrzMQZ1A31wHXFoeuxwX84T7rBILi3L4kFzYtQr31rPvm-SeFrCyTUpGobTfcqygfRAbneFdC1Z4GyaCHgCnRRzibau-BnYjxy8A/s1600-h/arrival-group.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWafl-x_Rzw2yKlre8VddguWUiHisR-tZHaMyrzMQZ1A31wHXFoeuxwX84T7rBILi3L4kFzYtQr31rPvm-SeFrCyTUpGobTfcqygfRAbneFdC1Z4GyaCHgCnRRzibau-BnYjxy8A/s400/arrival-group.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375132458985410290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They had no clue what they were in for.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFies9ppLhkcYgcNjFXUqc1Q0ILUn1Bu8ZD_HxZ450WmMrsUXjrhM4KF0NsCC66XNYxmAQiKHoA_XjHGDO4muV-yau-Wlylc8FTaEoRgmvQPJ-DIoHHg9SWeGVmafPxprkAKGN_g/s1600-h/maputo-chapa-westside.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFies9ppLhkcYgcNjFXUqc1Q0ILUn1Bu8ZD_HxZ450WmMrsUXjrhM4KF0NsCC66XNYxmAQiKHoA_XjHGDO4muV-yau-Wlylc8FTaEoRgmvQPJ-DIoHHg9SWeGVmafPxprkAKGN_g/s400/maputo-chapa-westside.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375132452271264674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We met a friend of Tupac and Biggie on our first bus.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUcOQA-KI0S9r7WLvrGT6JNL_NWLLslia5I5aYDslzTRXc4GOyin2l-gM5E1zOVd37Exh9XdzRUWGlGMQdSb6I_Rx1IuxSQQ0e-99aXn1T69_1BtUt6ihjoBjt97PZ3zAjAYOPA/s1600-h/swaziland-chapa.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUcOQA-KI0S9r7WLvrGT6JNL_NWLLslia5I5aYDslzTRXc4GOyin2l-gM5E1zOVd37Exh9XdzRUWGlGMQdSb6I_Rx1IuxSQQ0e-99aXn1T69_1BtUt6ihjoBjt97PZ3zAjAYOPA/s400/swaziland-chapa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375132443184227266" border="0" /></a><br />Then got on our first "chapa" to Namaacha.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIX1e1ROqxsoZ8DqF5bGbMGl1r3f9GifZihzC593ZkfCQGO2DIqrqMWm2pzNgLfOw9F79lWpGChRZBEvJgS7b9SJPeO1nSlVrvHNwx5cdLSoEHMggW11ga5ot3vOcU_drFVqTEA/s1600-h/swaziland-bus.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIX1e1ROqxsoZ8DqF5bGbMGl1r3f9GifZihzC593ZkfCQGO2DIqrqMWm2pzNgLfOw9F79lWpGChRZBEvJgS7b9SJPeO1nSlVrvHNwx5cdLSoEHMggW11ga5ot3vOcU_drFVqTEA/s400/swaziland-bus.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375129827855535426" border="0" /></a><br />Less than three hours after their arrival,<br />we were on a bus in Swaziland.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldgLzBsfydzGETsQepVW1Nt-n-EWIejj9vPDM_qml0fhxbIzZOB3fECLgaEUu72UzP8UVwcOn7uO2QljvFBUI0bRC2UkDW_VCmX6SPd2JFAz77-D0AvCQrg6O-PAZ7duo9miCDQ/s1600-h/mhkaya-rhinos-more.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldgLzBsfydzGETsQepVW1Nt-n-EWIejj9vPDM_qml0fhxbIzZOB3fECLgaEUu72UzP8UVwcOn7uO2QljvFBUI0bRC2UkDW_VCmX6SPd2JFAz77-D0AvCQrg6O-PAZ7duo9miCDQ/s400/mhkaya-rhinos-more.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375129817832144370" border="0" /></a><br />24 hours later we were looking at rhinoceros.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1z0XsHgJwTACP_2Ji1htHwdjGzwlnGRHutqrtC74MvGE43c1Mull32GJ_mmTs1tQKA7IvJZur_zEc-4vFehcZUVd-AU5-KgrQj4mblrhcq0ZGtLrRD3pmwX8Q_tZa1NyVZnigig/s1600-h/mhkaya-rhinos.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1z0XsHgJwTACP_2Ji1htHwdjGzwlnGRHutqrtC74MvGE43c1Mull32GJ_mmTs1tQKA7IvJZur_zEc-4vFehcZUVd-AU5-KgrQj4mblrhcq0ZGtLrRD3pmwX8Q_tZa1NyVZnigig/s400/mhkaya-rhinos.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375129809980920322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">3 siblings?<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS5sDAjltOwoIxxZhNhhd1Jxkuiob8dWQotEH1Xmlh_gS-nSoRRIASDLgzCgYXJNwEXgyy9rc_Ek2flKeMMCt9AO18tE0Vsy0Xjdf2WXFeS74yIwgWYFc3H1JzjSBoi-FYnCOQQ/s1600-h/mhkaya-rhinos-eat.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS5sDAjltOwoIxxZhNhhd1Jxkuiob8dWQotEH1Xmlh_gS-nSoRRIASDLgzCgYXJNwEXgyy9rc_Ek2flKeMMCt9AO18tE0Vsy0Xjdf2WXFeS74yIwgWYFc3H1JzjSBoi-FYnCOQQ/s400/mhkaya-rhinos-eat.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375129801393551842" border="0" /></a><br />Or dinner?<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPWvI0d9fwSe996BAcY81cM-lVX5M1O8LwiL0eILVfmdxwMJdQ5c1p1rBQpOee4u5abSEhyphenhyphenAVy7x-qN1DwmAmdV1dKGLKwLKK0cay9pukLcHLfvRTk5lEoiYqCRZFEVm1y5QIxA/s1600-h/mhkaya-giraffe.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPWvI0d9fwSe996BAcY81cM-lVX5M1O8LwiL0eILVfmdxwMJdQ5c1p1rBQpOee4u5abSEhyphenhyphenAVy7x-qN1DwmAmdV1dKGLKwLKK0cay9pukLcHLfvRTk5lEoiYqCRZFEVm1y5QIxA/s400/mhkaya-giraffe.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375129793324470866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Giraffes are one of the most beautiful, aristocratic creatures.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH1H9VeibCndvV_jX_3gJRqbZ3auKtiaIffxN1pvd6o4JH_5hFUnK18ClzGMhVDxAgS1UIDRY237QSyAEsNLLLAjinbivzCw_bXcglDLa9fZ7ZQMFR_nXS-kUF9cED2G3aM-K8A/s1600-h/mhkaya-centipedetrain.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH1H9VeibCndvV_jX_3gJRqbZ3auKtiaIffxN1pvd6o4JH_5hFUnK18ClzGMhVDxAgS1UIDRY237QSyAEsNLLLAjinbivzCw_bXcglDLa9fZ7ZQMFR_nXS-kUF9cED2G3aM-K8A/s400/mhkaya-centipedetrain.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375127004216353970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We encountered a caterpillar train on the path to our room<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6-3Rke30__6DMByFLEmLTNAxKqF9esCY5iZfiHd_G7RmB5ueEGdaOTrDEu7xLoJIbB04GkFDlyfMhI0aScLgovUtQCZ0Nna_gxi1Yqm8xxC-NlGa_sA-oteICdmFBsmzd1soBQ/s1600-h/mhkaya-eatinwnhala2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6-3Rke30__6DMByFLEmLTNAxKqF9esCY5iZfiHd_G7RmB5ueEGdaOTrDEu7xLoJIbB04GkFDlyfMhI0aScLgovUtQCZ0Nna_gxi1Yqm8xxC-NlGa_sA-oteICdmFBsmzd1soBQ/s400/mhkaya-eatinwnhala2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375126998211457970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then a nhala interrupted our lunch.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GPvlqmfPsQvEmCSYi7i8BilzGNp3RXULpYPw3nSJryxsIsqdbfLfMg4Sz3sHyo5xtBwpyyWZFw57S-l-TeAtvJpw28Iu496NwBsz6AcPt5ljIu5woRD-CAF5imEQmrgsN2G06w/s1600-h/maputo-eatingwithnhala.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GPvlqmfPsQvEmCSYi7i8BilzGNp3RXULpYPw3nSJryxsIsqdbfLfMg4Sz3sHyo5xtBwpyyWZFw57S-l-TeAtvJpw28Iu496NwBsz6AcPt5ljIu5woRD-CAF5imEQmrgsN2G06w/s400/maputo-eatingwithnhala.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375126989527841890" border="0" /></a><br />They weren't shy at all.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB_X5NIJCqkjtd5xBKputAHG93M9-Fx4LlX9q42LPlMpH7Q3XvddTwFzGYmWhgLA1fx1KglT0O3Q6P4XBvz9jd5e66LRaqAauT-zj3IeN7TG98OIK-_pL3uPPObBKtGa_DTMv4Q/s1600-h/mhkaya-eatingwnhala.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB_X5NIJCqkjtd5xBKputAHG93M9-Fx4LlX9q42LPlMpH7Q3XvddTwFzGYmWhgLA1fx1KglT0O3Q6P4XBvz9jd5e66LRaqAauT-zj3IeN7TG98OIK-_pL3uPPObBKtGa_DTMv4Q/s400/mhkaya-eatingwnhala.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375126978794373698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Especially for being on the menu last time I was at Mhkaya.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrP2XTf17SXlZDSA86quFR8ZaoP4kmnyKnfG8wOCoRunpKs2hJPQbfgJFLgLSfX4A7nJ-TV1NN9DTgnCg4SaBzvyE6afuz8OE3QCtic6dL6HaHxVD2zZY7vzeECVMDprcVhbiBg/s1600-h/mhkaya-gunieafowl.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrP2XTf17SXlZDSA86quFR8ZaoP4kmnyKnfG8wOCoRunpKs2hJPQbfgJFLgLSfX4A7nJ-TV1NN9DTgnCg4SaBzvyE6afuz8OE3QCtic6dL6HaHxVD2zZY7vzeECVMDprcVhbiBg/s400/mhkaya-gunieafowl.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375126976459320690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another species of guinea fowl. These are some pretty class birds.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6vBwyZEskT8qmXi6tDj2paoA3aYyIp8HojX2BEqvAmF1TOTO7WNwq4egb2tCxV_XbdjieVcTiN1IHydKitxHG4y3ohEhKvFTnSi0QA_1EM9Du1EEErokCC_i2eaIO5hfOtrOqA/s1600-h/mhkaya-grouponcouch.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6vBwyZEskT8qmXi6tDj2paoA3aYyIp8HojX2BEqvAmF1TOTO7WNwq4egb2tCxV_XbdjieVcTiN1IHydKitxHG4y3ohEhKvFTnSi0QA_1EM9Du1EEErokCC_i2eaIO5hfOtrOqA/s400/mhkaya-grouponcouch.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375123976731184914" border="0" /></a><br />And, some pretty classy siblings.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHGERhNZySv1onZF25PZv7KzGGG9c8ff8Q9CNtgY5ht2iLHoGbA1kgoh0Dv0jd8cKJdeZpHtDJFspRkQ-0XZN_KRddWe-1rKTCPr7t6ivxzSfEe4UVnlwNjpCC9-Url2FYQVm1g/s1600-h/mhkaya-hyena.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHGERhNZySv1onZF25PZv7KzGGG9c8ff8Q9CNtgY5ht2iLHoGbA1kgoh0Dv0jd8cKJdeZpHtDJFspRkQ-0XZN_KRddWe-1rKTCPr7t6ivxzSfEe4UVnlwNjpCC9-Url2FYQVm1g/s400/mhkaya-hyena.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375123971370558690" border="0" /></a><br />I swear that this is a hyena.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Kd00XWAuagngfz03QaAq32EW99LA_EOelU5iqKsStHYYVmjow0SIkhHR37COOlZzmYakCzrsygq-yBkHTKGzaBxZSfUnenq5DFzluVvhe4XGiCUWRGwpvoiFsETGGKF8z-uJMg/s1600-h/swaziland-elephant.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Kd00XWAuagngfz03QaAq32EW99LA_EOelU5iqKsStHYYVmjow0SIkhHR37COOlZzmYakCzrsygq-yBkHTKGzaBxZSfUnenq5DFzluVvhe4XGiCUWRGwpvoiFsETGGKF8z-uJMg/s400/swaziland-elephant.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375123959437326290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this, an elephant.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYbtzWfNUhcBrkIwYiqVVCKNh9XfzXgTK8ii2vrz6pRL2JNtdqdx1XfupGsUXWG4_DgYTPWAYgN9KP_HWj5HyGTlfqPSX-xwYowPjSDKAViyRpbcYX8gkxwRpyqws2vpKmpGPUQ/s1600-h/mhkaya-spider.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYbtzWfNUhcBrkIwYiqVVCKNh9XfzXgTK8ii2vrz6pRL2JNtdqdx1XfupGsUXWG4_DgYTPWAYgN9KP_HWj5HyGTlfqPSX-xwYowPjSDKAViyRpbcYX8gkxwRpyqws2vpKmpGPUQ/s400/mhkaya-spider.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375123950330109410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A spider figured he would say goodbye to us.<br />And, terrify Emily on our way out of the park.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlOZqSpg-JzxeXa8xXf9-nC23L0gSR8FVdAqpYB5ozSnEAISEu04zXqhZmfnBgQ3vJ2icLeP_Bq3i3z5KxBemT7RP-DpsMJsMoQj7zXnop17LpFy1rduJIqO5t93AST5stGslg/s1600-h/namacha-machamba.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMlOZqSpg-JzxeXa8xXf9-nC23L0gSR8FVdAqpYB5ozSnEAISEu04zXqhZmfnBgQ3vJ2icLeP_Bq3i3z5KxBemT7RP-DpsMJsMoQj7zXnop17LpFy1rduJIqO5t93AST5stGslg/s400/namacha-machamba.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375123945059700514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Before heading back to Maputo, we stopped in Namaacha.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxmbcyrij7iTkhDu9YvOoMvQJ9Sw6xATQNqzhq3v8PEkapdcsxv5pzY2PJcT1FJDVULjhKyJU6wGoJDi4t-1UHOen7hO7R-e265FKXqjVOU8wJ9Kxqj5v33kJ22EJGfmoTSLE1A/s1600-h/namacha-machamba2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxmbcyrij7iTkhDu9YvOoMvQJ9Sw6xATQNqzhq3v8PEkapdcsxv5pzY2PJcT1FJDVULjhKyJU6wGoJDi4t-1UHOen7hO7R-e265FKXqjVOU8wJ9Kxqj5v33kJ22EJGfmoTSLE1A/s400/namacha-machamba2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375120778663189746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the peak of the growing season.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyiVN4yof4E6f0AnXlXxT_xfhLIt4vxj0IFmuM4OmanXiG63KdG64IU1XkI-2gqTKuIvDNWmQSKtjmyvsKz09vvxnPpuwiTm7XEagtTewfNYeDUTr_9n2MIsADd771hqbMAUb_g/s1600-h/namacha-meandlucia.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyiVN4yof4E6f0AnXlXxT_xfhLIt4vxj0IFmuM4OmanXiG63KdG64IU1XkI-2gqTKuIvDNWmQSKtjmyvsKz09vvxnPpuwiTm7XEagtTewfNYeDUTr_9n2MIsADd771hqbMAUb_g/s400/namacha-meandlucia.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375120768487362370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My host-mother in front of her farm.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdurNw9vrwmVbI8e5sQIYLnoYihSEieDSW5ixE5aDbONCQ1UsQG1BWInDObFlvS3YirY668e8Effi9fnGuyL8o2fePYV-dmB2Y9tSJvfhbZPeDzQqKsWcDp3DPMd2R6U0aJJdxA/s1600-h/namacha-families.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdurNw9vrwmVbI8e5sQIYLnoYihSEieDSW5ixE5aDbONCQ1UsQG1BWInDObFlvS3YirY668e8Effi9fnGuyL8o2fePYV-dmB2Y9tSJvfhbZPeDzQqKsWcDp3DPMd2R6U0aJJdxA/s400/namacha-families.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375120759199833938" border="0" /></a><br />My two families.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBEReZxBUikfmHo4nQWsBuuAQo6Xie0cjXp33E-GUBseoROudq2pl02po1xzDNccm7VVHsN_OomYnFFEfRF1CaoF5pzw0yxaU-ni0quh4QYkWLqwg4hYHUwUO97G65RsA9pEniA/s1600-h/moose-calfandme.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBEReZxBUikfmHo4nQWsBuuAQo6Xie0cjXp33E-GUBseoROudq2pl02po1xzDNccm7VVHsN_OomYnFFEfRF1CaoF5pzw0yxaU-ni0quh4QYkWLqwg4hYHUwUO97G65RsA9pEniA/s400/moose-calfandme.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375120754020652546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I stumbled upon a calf in Inhamussua.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gFrK_A4yL29-xMm6zg3sZbY9NfjcpWNQb-Zj2GX8X3r7J_Qm-qST9GUM0XFbdnzw0vUxWkYPxSn0kwEZvqly7-V_fVIii-lLurxUuDY7GDGKPcJ3V2AQqbAGRBdq2EK6ZlFT3w/s1600-h/moose-calf.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gFrK_A4yL29-xMm6zg3sZbY9NfjcpWNQb-Zj2GX8X3r7J_Qm-qST9GUM0XFbdnzw0vUxWkYPxSn0kwEZvqly7-V_fVIii-lLurxUuDY7GDGKPcJ3V2AQqbAGRBdq2EK6ZlFT3w/s400/moose-calf.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375120743434807538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Chase thought it would be a good idea to invite it inside his home.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3dISm4_vh8FNQX4WBgRaT-mpz_PMbb5NheuJj7a_zrxQzuBnz9eRt6Tno9u2hhd-pwxdkcCqFyNwHo6PXq4w0yqJd43mFcRbPyvqRn82OzfYZyY_zAB8HV1x5QbpFCi21WAZbw/s1600-h/moose-calfdisc.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3dISm4_vh8FNQX4WBgRaT-mpz_PMbb5NheuJj7a_zrxQzuBnz9eRt6Tno9u2hhd-pwxdkcCqFyNwHo6PXq4w0yqJd43mFcRbPyvqRn82OzfYZyY_zAB8HV1x5QbpFCi21WAZbw/s400/moose-calfdisc.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116499757923618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh from the mother's womb.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmhmYdGcr3gvyaMdrl4OCK0bRpXIdfw7F3A1uAOw3vBskEnsxqw222M8vDfnenfXa1pq_l8nSpE7Hqa2601LkJw8oKrKtxLb_trerki4xUrWRBc0IGWtt4SZpggZthZDw6z3Klg/s1600-h/moose-slacklining.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmhmYdGcr3gvyaMdrl4OCK0bRpXIdfw7F3A1uAOw3vBskEnsxqw222M8vDfnenfXa1pq_l8nSpE7Hqa2601LkJw8oKrKtxLb_trerki4xUrWRBc0IGWtt4SZpggZthZDw6z3Klg/s400/moose-slacklining.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116494535143810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The next morning we slack-lined.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UWG1rqR5PW7iaZ1d2js3RCu2ZzRdk5HHNqMEPl15rcOulei-fJ7TGs9UqC9kCIzlaMZY2oUq_7hYul_Kg1x4bwvAs3rSCxaCQE-Aj7rLwYTxhzkSToPZUsH7PtiAc7r8VnKEoA/s1600-h/moose-capoeira-02.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UWG1rqR5PW7iaZ1d2js3RCu2ZzRdk5HHNqMEPl15rcOulei-fJ7TGs9UqC9kCIzlaMZY2oUq_7hYul_Kg1x4bwvAs3rSCxaCQE-Aj7rLwYTxhzkSToPZUsH7PtiAc7r8VnKEoA/s400/moose-capoeira-02.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116489322352754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, we learned capoiera.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJiDWsMVND6ZkcQefdJ1SSbOK2b8jcsbdnTZfbTslwN5LgnguzRtJc9CxJSrdWEUXI9rU63Rt-XSirD0muPwyrhqIlHPSU0g84K9Pdyh62wB_yVoifwVR8svE8y1mU-J8I-bciw/s1600-h/moose-capoeira-03.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJiDWsMVND6ZkcQefdJ1SSbOK2b8jcsbdnTZfbTslwN5LgnguzRtJc9CxJSrdWEUXI9rU63Rt-XSirD0muPwyrhqIlHPSU0g84K9Pdyh62wB_yVoifwVR8svE8y1mU-J8I-bciw/s400/moose-capoeira-03.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116478557589042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Brazilian Dance Fighting.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GtgLMXALhgcJmG19fXCvP__PhHGi0UtDDvFM0M-br8Z8HeoQG0i7Y82XEdCvlKdqFqcRklLkok8NIO4pn5a13vKjbr09PKNcVRBlTdZv4jCso-WQxVwBwyJ0sEcPEfloVi-bvQ/s1600-h/moose-capoeira-sVs.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GtgLMXALhgcJmG19fXCvP__PhHGi0UtDDvFM0M-br8Z8HeoQG0i7Y82XEdCvlKdqFqcRklLkok8NIO4pn5a13vKjbr09PKNcVRBlTdZv4jCso-WQxVwBwyJ0sEcPEfloVi-bvQ/s400/moose-capoeira-sVs.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116471779808642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sean and Chase warmed up.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdQuJSnwuya_2ornXc6TGx_m4LJLwp8tX_ASW1rsX4_ZpJTI1yNeLP6uMt-ONArOrYIbCMl-Bv087JqkOA2gcXOG_pTPN_GQdE-LCuCeBVXbaplBagbsSbfwd6_2IpF71cW2aCw/s1600-h/moose-capoeiraholdinghands.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdQuJSnwuya_2ornXc6TGx_m4LJLwp8tX_ASW1rsX4_ZpJTI1yNeLP6uMt-ONArOrYIbCMl-Bv087JqkOA2gcXOG_pTPN_GQdE-LCuCeBVXbaplBagbsSbfwd6_2IpF71cW2aCw/s400/moose-capoeiraholdinghands.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113606419739922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then Chase and I began our showdown.<br />Photo by Sean Mohundro.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgIrH1t3CGitRmFX0aO_wB89Mb4g5EFNGo2Muyhbod0NIZkdEncICOFOk6kzZxwDVLP80iTDW1m63reN8y_8n7fePgyWzcYExzbZYGJqokrFOyTnrAT6x3eSrZvN6YXZ-oEkFCw/s1600-h/moose-capoiracartwheel.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgIrH1t3CGitRmFX0aO_wB89Mb4g5EFNGo2Muyhbod0NIZkdEncICOFOk6kzZxwDVLP80iTDW1m63reN8y_8n7fePgyWzcYExzbZYGJqokrFOyTnrAT6x3eSrZvN6YXZ-oEkFCw/s400/moose-capoiracartwheel.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113596632616530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was a pretty good match.<br />Photo by Sean Mohundro.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_oYWMGvnWrFnbwze9DmU2ToJIwgULqOFxqulM2JZ30oDxaB-Cys2XVOfKa-r6yhTSeV95M8qmYmKOu5V3V1fvztpS3NB803NHQVpwnsQ63A-X-Mfu2iaTGqm6BNtmdsk9sWo9Q/s1600-h/moose-capoeirakick.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_oYWMGvnWrFnbwze9DmU2ToJIwgULqOFxqulM2JZ30oDxaB-Cys2XVOfKa-r6yhTSeV95M8qmYmKOu5V3V1fvztpS3NB803NHQVpwnsQ63A-X-Mfu2iaTGqm6BNtmdsk9sWo9Q/s400/moose-capoeirakick.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113588704433986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But in the end, I had to show Chase who is the "Rick Ross" of capoiera.<br />Photo by Sean Mohundro.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8CGifyAvpwCyCXd-gYOx1KH2DADBvO4YKbhxPqZbDq5iTM8AYx49zKxw1eWqlLdz20ypodT5tXZ5bRXQR5V4AEfZGADRBAPj5BbL4kO0FRhhSvzZSNT2aor8zJjP06qi3fZsDA/s1600-h/moose-dam.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8CGifyAvpwCyCXd-gYOx1KH2DADBvO4YKbhxPqZbDq5iTM8AYx49zKxw1eWqlLdz20ypodT5tXZ5bRXQR5V4AEfZGADRBAPj5BbL4kO0FRhhSvzZSNT2aor8zJjP06qi3fZsDA/s400/moose-dam.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113584791557954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We spent some time chilling at the school's<br />failed attempt to restor a colonial dam.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswMmbI2PZRNc_PNuFhNU_BOq8g8XwPbKPy5YVhLZLHBxxkwT6osp0hhogKxQgOKXkl4sEyCwAl0nJgv0Bmksoo7GFD7zuKD1eDONMY3SnI7dER7PpyIdfUngCTq7r3RRU447OUQ/s1600-h/moose-pasties.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswMmbI2PZRNc_PNuFhNU_BOq8g8XwPbKPy5YVhLZLHBxxkwT6osp0hhogKxQgOKXkl4sEyCwAl0nJgv0Bmksoo7GFD7zuKD1eDONMY3SnI7dER7PpyIdfUngCTq7r3RRU447OUQ/s400/moose-pasties.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113577078426658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, made vegetarian pasties for dinner.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Wxl1l2Ha3Wd8NurdT_25-sDcBCGmw4YlpZezPYm5uNzt-ZHe76sTsbLCQrGVHmn1zkHtKhnXowjhailwQsUez3OWe_WI4YtoSkhwuDr5f1J5z7pTJcTIATOuL75BNrMA9eRqQ/s1600-h/moose-bedlings.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Wxl1l2Ha3Wd8NurdT_25-sDcBCGmw4YlpZezPYm5uNzt-ZHe76sTsbLCQrGVHmn1zkHtKhnXowjhailwQsUez3OWe_WI4YtoSkhwuDr5f1J5z7pTJcTIATOuL75BNrMA9eRqQ/s400/moose-bedlings.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375110700739188210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is how we slept for the majority of our adventure.<br />Photo by Chase Nye.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBCPX1MsQAwFl3dBw2dwFkTxuX_O5-EuuPv7dnhrWdx9EQZadl54mmBm5mmBLW8VDLcZD7EXnjLY72rDIlnXJvs-FMyO_jSnfsnjMm5yRFY8ttivCHdl770TjLWspv6CP7ou2CA/s1600-h/moose-inchapa.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBCPX1MsQAwFl3dBw2dwFkTxuX_O5-EuuPv7dnhrWdx9EQZadl54mmBm5mmBLW8VDLcZD7EXnjLY72rDIlnXJvs-FMyO_jSnfsnjMm5yRFY8ttivCHdl770TjLWspv6CP7ou2CA/s400/moose-inchapa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375110693403678146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We crammed into open-back transportation to return to Maxixe.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYa-WxqNB8jypDrKbdHVZC75hfDwMkJbj4lkXSJ3WkxkewbP48zUqQlo_U-XgRs192YNsDRe02lhTGziJxV4zaNAmHRWaclLbryoJE-0MVzPCHrW2Wq2BRwquQoN7utS7x482HQ/s1600-h/moose-chapa.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYa-WxqNB8jypDrKbdHVZC75hfDwMkJbj4lkXSJ3WkxkewbP48zUqQlo_U-XgRs192YNsDRe02lhTGziJxV4zaNAmHRWaclLbryoJE-0MVzPCHrW2Wq2BRwquQoN7utS7x482HQ/s400/moose-chapa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375110688294131890" border="0" /></a><br />We had between 20-24 people in the back of this truck.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSVZ1mI4iFxjnaatyU5Pv3XN89y258dKJV9UQ2d_flJPt93hReorTQ_ADTfPdMg_rY71sTjPw_SlvEuIQqowYKq4VDbdfx0eny-51UEdAAdTZTy-aE3qhMmKdnvYzO0I7bdX6kA/s1600-h/mass-salsa1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSVZ1mI4iFxjnaatyU5Pv3XN89y258dKJV9UQ2d_flJPt93hReorTQ_ADTfPdMg_rY71sTjPw_SlvEuIQqowYKq4VDbdfx0eny-51UEdAAdTZTy-aE3qhMmKdnvYzO0I7bdX6kA/s400/mass-salsa1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375110678063441826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In Massinga, my siblings prepared salsa for our black eyed peas.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSajRdKEe12yc477fl21lByAPxH1ljuHFTdWrLm4RtEXvhw_CJo3xIu2PhK2IhJHK02o4RuO5DuJLZLfFLuCn0DLHo_i-vMo-v4KdPL-9vuKjxdrkn9kni2ZwU1LmLDBCHt476g/s1600-h/mass-salsa.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSajRdKEe12yc477fl21lByAPxH1ljuHFTdWrLm4RtEXvhw_CJo3xIu2PhK2IhJHK02o4RuO5DuJLZLfFLuCn0DLHo_i-vMo-v4KdPL-9vuKjxdrkn9kni2ZwU1LmLDBCHt476g/s400/mass-salsa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375110668779101202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Emily ate true organic food, possibly for the first time in her life.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfD6DUnXwJkSi4WgRjKDZGSSihIx5wwdVDrYX0Iimeg4gSTIhYtLvL9EmoExpKrVGM-RcZHmlPo_XhCMGAdBuA1y1c-d3aGDGQjGLHau9uUXBHrXReKLV84f5PAJqW3NP-s09iw/s1600-h/mass-washing.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfD6DUnXwJkSi4WgRjKDZGSSihIx5wwdVDrYX0Iimeg4gSTIhYtLvL9EmoExpKrVGM-RcZHmlPo_XhCMGAdBuA1y1c-d3aGDGQjGLHau9uUXBHrXReKLV84f5PAJqW3NP-s09iw/s400/mass-washing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375108664323457314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sean and I washed his clothes.<br />Something I haven't done myself in over a year.<br />Photo by Emily Maule.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmGNKZnL6yAr5SB7fW5V6-SfJ1PFntlwwdl15ovqEW7F8UTwm7iEwmKLCoLPm7dnR18bons0ihCUJ7L4rhHnbmDLJTEHsirtLh448iXu_Iij54rk9HAEVUyI4XVBuL3Kgo2wURg/s1600-h/mass-curanbefore.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmGNKZnL6yAr5SB7fW5V6-SfJ1PFntlwwdl15ovqEW7F8UTwm7iEwmKLCoLPm7dnR18bons0ihCUJ7L4rhHnbmDLJTEHsirtLh448iXu_Iij54rk9HAEVUyI4XVBuL3Kgo2wURg/s400/mass-curanbefore.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375108656997211330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, we got all dressed up to see the traditional healer.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QxWbABIwM-pi7zAn4SttZ-IueTrePkhpgE09IdKvM75-CT8ax397oNbnY841O3i2wNFqGY0u-Nt6rA1p5GjAVgY-9WVjACD9FoD7gVX3ZJSJugR8e9tno3QPsWyqNVW7fhusuw/s1600-h/mass-curanwalking.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QxWbABIwM-pi7zAn4SttZ-IueTrePkhpgE09IdKvM75-CT8ax397oNbnY841O3i2wNFqGY0u-Nt6rA1p5GjAVgY-9WVjACD9FoD7gVX3ZJSJugR8e9tno3QPsWyqNVW7fhusuw/s400/mass-curanwalking.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375108650062699650" border="0" /></a><br />Emily was not happy about the 15 minute walk.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnhspA8umbTG6Xxh1wF-Xh1qXVw-wFAvXoFLtJDSXDRm_OlF56Ag8BfV59Fyz2kyZ6AbEkTx4puzjWKfGV4-t6JfPsVwX0a70_hzyke_ndIZ9fkreLTVkqr7ziRVCdUDZNTeyiQ/s1600-h/mass-curan.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnhspA8umbTG6Xxh1wF-Xh1qXVw-wFAvXoFLtJDSXDRm_OlF56Ag8BfV59Fyz2kyZ6AbEkTx4puzjWKfGV4-t6JfPsVwX0a70_hzyke_ndIZ9fkreLTVkqr7ziRVCdUDZNTeyiQ/s400/mass-curan.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375108640788745074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The traditional healer's die.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaufRaZrX2Gqj3xScX6PKGYI67C2WDkJyi9gAhQXJ6qWfhPfhSO_4TNU-pPdPC78H_obfge_32pgM-4dsbloN6h7L7edkGOpOn5MMb9n7ZtpQzkxyT7ZGKgxDXyX0yBvF0q6MuA/s1600-h/mass-curandice.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaufRaZrX2Gqj3xScX6PKGYI67C2WDkJyi9gAhQXJ6qWfhPfhSO_4TNU-pPdPC78H_obfge_32pgM-4dsbloN6h7L7edkGOpOn5MMb9n7ZtpQzkxyT7ZGKgxDXyX0yBvF0q6MuA/s400/mass-curandice.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375108630648191698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">An assortment of charms, bones, and seashells guaranteed to read our fortunes.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IB1ZoC9zbCW3H6eLYwg5wobgxQtFsazCrpcuKnpQYKf8yJmahl8Aufghy6wQKWNVoMJvHv3dIdkOnWPd280JL1X-39og9naiIYF9hn0ds-rYSOJe8K_y7w5GQMvUcoF1LxsFbg/s1600-h/mass-curanfinalspell.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IB1ZoC9zbCW3H6eLYwg5wobgxQtFsazCrpcuKnpQYKf8yJmahl8Aufghy6wQKWNVoMJvHv3dIdkOnWPd280JL1X-39og9naiIYF9hn0ds-rYSOJe8K_y7w5GQMvUcoF1LxsFbg/s400/mass-curanfinalspell.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375102810387072178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After reading our fortunes, the "curandeiro" told one last spell.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObenKuUan7Ynri3gKlNGT2_eyTkTmFalMjQCdnOJuCgskgMNxAwxsqkyEELfjVBcEuDZIFXuo8Htj5Rui8NfmZG_G9C5m7Nl9FQIFS40vlNOn2okCyWGW44c_ZoKmSGJ6jWwO-Q/s1600-h/mass-curanequip.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObenKuUan7Ynri3gKlNGT2_eyTkTmFalMjQCdnOJuCgskgMNxAwxsqkyEELfjVBcEuDZIFXuo8Htj5Rui8NfmZG_G9C5m7Nl9FQIFS40vlNOn2okCyWGW44c_ZoKmSGJ6jWwO-Q/s400/mass-curanequip.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375102802284088210" border="0" /></a><br />Amongst all his ritual artifacts,<br />the bottle of dollar gin made its way into the ceremony.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeIZnPNo55GJhYhhly26YvkkgZjfjxllbBrHyBSfhG9jhZCGQyQg1mJEkwqts1D2iTKn2jXReGn0zd_evEh7eiHjaZXeTSYDypEn2mulSLvAMT-piMcUBE_5FjCdRP_3BXVrdUQ/s1600-h/mass-curanfinalspell1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeIZnPNo55GJhYhhly26YvkkgZjfjxllbBrHyBSfhG9jhZCGQyQg1mJEkwqts1D2iTKn2jXReGn0zd_evEh7eiHjaZXeTSYDypEn2mulSLvAMT-piMcUBE_5FjCdRP_3BXVrdUQ/s400/mass-curanfinalspell1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375102795766057890" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Though a popular spirit, I would hardly call Carvela Gin traditional.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkihVobNjnlYKukOhmvsc0arILIK6Y8u2TungdClnBuZmbkuBkFsXG0u5XHKHCGwuFbhzGDs91ljKKR3qV76VsU_WRxFXnTaF8CIPPjU4s2yIsMUv6fAnabncVHj6vKJllzmD-pQ/s1600-h/mass-curangroup.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkihVobNjnlYKukOhmvsc0arILIK6Y8u2TungdClnBuZmbkuBkFsXG0u5XHKHCGwuFbhzGDs91ljKKR3qV76VsU_WRxFXnTaF8CIPPjU4s2yIsMUv6fAnabncVHj6vKJllzmD-pQ/s400/mass-curangroup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375102787170618546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The siblings and Silvin.<br />Photo by Justino Cossa.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVgUBYvrz0bPdG27rCwKP9WXuRg3dLqpkGGo2dDrtVOFeGrQSApMoorazB-8qecRVZNgVnR19DzeETEvYzir_2ViQjjsFX8Fqb4y5lTIM8l3QUVEOUkDqJvpWsRn64PXq_NXouA/s1600-h/mass-magic0000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVgUBYvrz0bPdG27rCwKP9WXuRg3dLqpkGGo2dDrtVOFeGrQSApMoorazB-8qecRVZNgVnR19DzeETEvYzir_2ViQjjsFX8Fqb4y5lTIM8l3QUVEOUkDqJvpWsRn64PXq_NXouA/s400/mass-magic0000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375102777082030658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Silvin gave us some magic to help us with our problems.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNFCVH2fQaVk3Eq1yNyk8Zm8RaLZhnohGV6RbngBvNS6mWy6bSnngPRASUB87rXmlzWdjGlzqvP71XQ8uv47f9niMP4yW5CgSa8tA8JWvJw1dQU4LbQBfKXmH42OSlpBzYTvWsQ/s1600-h/mass-magic00.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNFCVH2fQaVk3Eq1yNyk8Zm8RaLZhnohGV6RbngBvNS6mWy6bSnngPRASUB87rXmlzWdjGlzqvP71XQ8uv47f9niMP4yW5CgSa8tA8JWvJw1dQU4LbQBfKXmH42OSlpBzYTvWsQ/s400/mass-magic00.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375099759838070562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently, our deceased grandfather Cotton felt neglected.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9kOOO3zbnpjf9Ls4vo83_pVSCFv9pfLcy56l5ARC4al6SiqP0g3eLQkgGFhGw9B8_bQDVOqyTZPMqhfIfIop-fJDp5t3havvVWsF3zeC3IbzS3gLaYN0npgc9yeDOoKKLYBqXg/s1600-h/mass-magic000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9kOOO3zbnpjf9Ls4vo83_pVSCFv9pfLcy56l5ARC4al6SiqP0g3eLQkgGFhGw9B8_bQDVOqyTZPMqhfIfIop-fJDp5t3havvVWsF3zeC3IbzS3gLaYN0npgc9yeDOoKKLYBqXg/s400/mass-magic000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375099751588013234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So, we said our prayers in hopes that he would be placated.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIyhRTNmZKS6FyYPZQ4GecZAjU5i5r2MZfuxf21rx1Y5wDqNasViDAZTFxRNcg90z2FlE6qlqwnAmmJlsMmYIs7lD2gM9mcmvAKV9oC8bsCupsYHIu9PhBAd1yc55zMsTdzyBgg/s1600-h/mass-magic01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIyhRTNmZKS6FyYPZQ4GecZAjU5i5r2MZfuxf21rx1Y5wDqNasViDAZTFxRNcg90z2FlE6qlqwnAmmJlsMmYIs7lD2gM9mcmvAKV9oC8bsCupsYHIu9PhBAd1yc55zMsTdzyBgg/s400/mass-magic01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375099741675968930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The smoke filled my house.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiob195MW20bw98jT1Xk_MSNoKXqzwRrwjQmqSsU_zBvonjCgQccM8uQ3gmHdE9BJNyDzg8K4nopyOdJ778REenNxXd2adm2xpzyGKGNFwUrcy7_Bh-c8-qihUivXf6MARVRFCfew/s1600-h/mass-magic2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiob195MW20bw98jT1Xk_MSNoKXqzwRrwjQmqSsU_zBvonjCgQccM8uQ3gmHdE9BJNyDzg8K4nopyOdJ778REenNxXd2adm2xpzyGKGNFwUrcy7_Bh-c8-qihUivXf6MARVRFCfew/s400/mass-magic2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375099732026550802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And set an eerie stage for our spell.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh8hyphenhyphenMVQJx80wBdifNmAeDOtAGd0Zm-J-scuzjCcGWccdZ7il09kAt5IGVl2Uz2mdv05qI_F1Px7jFSFMEOzQl0zxX7glWBvRe8dmRQ2pvEPDDMTmmb2wePB4G0Pl0qu6D_2tQQ/s1600-h/mass-magic04.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh8hyphenhyphenMVQJx80wBdifNmAeDOtAGd0Zm-J-scuzjCcGWccdZ7il09kAt5IGVl2Uz2mdv05qI_F1Px7jFSFMEOzQl0zxX7glWBvRe8dmRQ2pvEPDDMTmmb2wePB4G0Pl0qu6D_2tQQ/s400/mass-magic04.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375099724046424082" border="0" /></a><br />We gave thanks and expressed our concerns.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg821ZquB_HRvos3zr0f-gkxuhDfUQy6sKbahv5vtVbh5VE_jrg9ESqQI1uST2Xp560EWj92DQQdlcP7GdLrcQlQRSbxLjkaMVHok_GBbYbD2rTTNhojHg3pkqO5TjrUL5e2K4mmQ/s1600-h/mass-magic05.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg821ZquB_HRvos3zr0f-gkxuhDfUQy6sKbahv5vtVbh5VE_jrg9ESqQI1uST2Xp560EWj92DQQdlcP7GdLrcQlQRSbxLjkaMVHok_GBbYbD2rTTNhojHg3pkqO5TjrUL5e2K4mmQ/s400/mass-magic05.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093454485072674" border="0" /></a><br />And advanced to level seven wizardry.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX8ZS6zhSCRP_2_usKVlQUGptqoB7NY0Zp-W_gSnSFh0FgCp2pRB-4bVN9xb5P4PNwru7EUs9P8_Bz4HgbibhjvyDda2qzxdHk9hPhV_q8sXeThjtLXhXctuamxi3pbYVe1u2OA/s1600-h/mass-magiccoal.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX8ZS6zhSCRP_2_usKVlQUGptqoB7NY0Zp-W_gSnSFh0FgCp2pRB-4bVN9xb5P4PNwru7EUs9P8_Bz4HgbibhjvyDda2qzxdHk9hPhV_q8sXeThjtLXhXctuamxi3pbYVe1u2OA/s400/mass-magiccoal.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093461030728018" border="0" /></a><br />The end of the magic.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bq7g_-ZqWc3phs7eCCyOFAV7kiWJoTzItOkIJxWAhwvsUbYbXZElm8PyW7HCkCZkbxRlJygIAI1rQ-IgpBG5xT1wZ_Nv_onPYpgF4xrluPupgSs6XmBti2v514_X4d6YTdtg5w/s1600-h/boat-0000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bq7g_-ZqWc3phs7eCCyOFAV7kiWJoTzItOkIJxWAhwvsUbYbXZElm8PyW7HCkCZkbxRlJygIAI1rQ-IgpBG5xT1wZ_Nv_onPYpgF4xrluPupgSs6XmBti2v514_X4d6YTdtg5w/s400/boat-0000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093446944861298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The following morning, we crossed the Inhambane Bay.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobZGI60_aaN3ujV_ZD58fOdXtlji0JJqskwLiFD_PHJXh9NV4-jNmFwPrWrJaMEF4m2f9MB8w1kMTVHT8-BPSsTv__0BvfKGBriRZQjGO29r9WjIdyEeBhPmpoU4x5U8BM6u8Dg/s1600-h/boat-0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobZGI60_aaN3ujV_ZD58fOdXtlji0JJqskwLiFD_PHJXh9NV4-jNmFwPrWrJaMEF4m2f9MB8w1kMTVHT8-BPSsTv__0BvfKGBriRZQjGO29r9WjIdyEeBhPmpoU4x5U8BM6u8Dg/s400/boat-0.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093436654515058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I convinced my siblings to take the dow.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxsypm3pstr8NRmiXaAVQIIcQvSUG9e6HfXN8PScGLrTkukGbMvPs6Bd26_dQkpuNU3dJkharshnET4kuxtCG9Q7ecbk7e9QLqB3AHEu85K4-PoGHfB261SY8GsOtKt5ER4NR0Q/s1600-h/boat-000.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxsypm3pstr8NRmiXaAVQIIcQvSUG9e6HfXN8PScGLrTkukGbMvPs6Bd26_dQkpuNU3dJkharshnET4kuxtCG9Q7ecbk7e9QLqB3AHEu85K4-PoGHfB261SY8GsOtKt5ER4NR0Q/s400/boat-000.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093428753336402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And that this was a cultural experience.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBeaF_za7ZCECEjOesegJSdXN_2Ao2SA9ZkbyI7QUMD8xhx2JoLdm8j04ZK4n4WfREeWpAq1hef8qkmO8grAfYSWsGZI1uIemKX4IBSCgWgy3wNTM13hwYPJG-Mlu9bZ92trQpQ/s1600-h/boat-00.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBeaF_za7ZCECEjOesegJSdXN_2Ao2SA9ZkbyI7QUMD8xhx2JoLdm8j04ZK4n4WfREeWpAq1hef8qkmO8grAfYSWsGZI1uIemKX4IBSCgWgy3wNTM13hwYPJG-Mlu9bZ92trQpQ/s400/boat-00.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090744902248738" border="0" /></a><br />Sean was less than enthused.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO92tePNDBT-P0CFBJ7JBnzCg9kOy6mcWqS3B-j9vwJDky0EXjKotUfyXlLnBtADBBHrpP02KVww6eIJdbQ_hZCsB2Rm3yHmS8DZDgbZCOPYRI2qU4rvcIOZQE_o6vj1q3AS1cUw/s1600-h/boat-01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO92tePNDBT-P0CFBJ7JBnzCg9kOy6mcWqS3B-j9vwJDky0EXjKotUfyXlLnBtADBBHrpP02KVww6eIJdbQ_hZCsB2Rm3yHmS8DZDgbZCOPYRI2qU4rvcIOZQE_o6vj1q3AS1cUw/s400/boat-01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090733424308882" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Nevertheless, we had a beautiful boat ride to Inhambane.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PTEpUW2FD6Lu_q0hYqCtiu1H7lsAKeE5hoQ3o0fk7pwoZBc9EwtzbmDwhgJRynqH6E3tQVqxGdUNcznZjzHlaGBJKuLKfWtQkIV9vganRoT0g8mKq0ARsywQwApmz083MX4odg/s1600-h/macola-sean.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PTEpUW2FD6Lu_q0hYqCtiu1H7lsAKeE5hoQ3o0fk7pwoZBc9EwtzbmDwhgJRynqH6E3tQVqxGdUNcznZjzHlaGBJKuLKfWtQkIV9vganRoT0g8mKq0ARsywQwApmz083MX4odg/s400/macola-sean.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090727054033090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, the beach was cold! We spent a ton of time indoors.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEd9D0WOIs_kq-ttT029ImwPUdX52DeM1LDtjGBAnvWRRuueQBh4Tch5lLP7stxH7pVWA72FYkgYlwSdVG2u8bYB3Gt8MKOfm8Y5GEMyaT5NNiK4M2XI1Qf1EvArLBjMyyCuVvA/s1600-h/flambay-emi.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEd9D0WOIs_kq-ttT029ImwPUdX52DeM1LDtjGBAnvWRRuueQBh4Tch5lLP7stxH7pVWA72FYkgYlwSdVG2u8bYB3Gt8MKOfm8Y5GEMyaT5NNiK4M2XI1Qf1EvArLBjMyyCuVvA/s400/flambay-emi.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375084499314063586" border="0" /></a><br />Our last night, we splurged and went out to eat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOz8JyAj0rF8ZyXxqKGv77QvToZRJqK9dGQLBaPAkRzNDbGv92PiJmwpnBtSrNvVJr7mkxLQ2qfygUx0W4L4qGZcV7Qndve23GGDDbSMsC5Sh7sbx4wNlI9tVbFsX3ZC3AnXJLA/s1600-h/flambay-sean.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOz8JyAj0rF8ZyXxqKGv77QvToZRJqK9dGQLBaPAkRzNDbGv92PiJmwpnBtSrNvVJr7mkxLQ2qfygUx0W4L4qGZcV7Qndve23GGDDbSMsC5Sh7sbx4wNlI9tVbFsX3ZC3AnXJLA/s400/flambay-sean.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375084493444362434" border="0" /></a>The mood was somber, the food unimpressive.<br />Thanks Flamingo Bay.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHP0bNHbjICi_jtFNBOMRrYgjZ-wobG-pgvzJA-whhC3Dd-WxhMxQA3URJx5-9FSBzhh48x29hVzGIzFih-2SWbQ9pE_0xYACWV1gz6RcoqMgwHZnc0ih4t3UTdOPzXhrz6UiU9Q/s1600-h/airport-siblings.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHP0bNHbjICi_jtFNBOMRrYgjZ-wobG-pgvzJA-whhC3Dd-WxhMxQA3URJx5-9FSBzhh48x29hVzGIzFih-2SWbQ9pE_0xYACWV1gz6RcoqMgwHZnc0ih4t3UTdOPzXhrz6UiU9Q/s400/airport-siblings.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090711984333618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After five days on the beach, it was time for my siblings to leave.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDMd9LVbXtF5a6F2BOSHTm7CSLHH3Dav4CRMKTt6dus2Bb50XQn2NfDOdhpktBhlu-ns7_LWLQAkmsik_l2l3Bf2IjVyqVMzCvhEXykbS2VNePOLFGixYZVFJpXEL2Gp2AIOlRg/s1600-h/airport-end.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDMd9LVbXtF5a6F2BOSHTm7CSLHH3Dav4CRMKTt6dus2Bb50XQn2NfDOdhpktBhlu-ns7_LWLQAkmsik_l2l3Bf2IjVyqVMzCvhEXykbS2VNePOLFGixYZVFJpXEL2Gp2AIOlRg/s400/airport-end.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090708825436242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was the end of our first sibling adventure.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M_CRiHDYl2PyC2LD9B9aBZTqehq1gIpDsq8idqfW-BkP2Mq1c_UaoORun4kgH-uJZdt0F1SIUq-fJdXxuha7QHNVEPrpvFxz2TvWl_9pyC8gCZhDeSieImjtfe16IfIadpsNSQ/s1600-h/end-siblings.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M_CRiHDYl2PyC2LD9B9aBZTqehq1gIpDsq8idqfW-BkP2Mq1c_UaoORun4kgH-uJZdt0F1SIUq-fJdXxuha7QHNVEPrpvFxz2TvWl_9pyC8gCZhDeSieImjtfe16IfIadpsNSQ/s400/end-siblings.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375084522619552114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I was sad to see them gone.<br /></div></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQySoPN9uxVAmdNCiNKiaLFUUCJjheBe8MJHXCbkf-5cxlORKjhhb1nxEwrf-7bPcE6djFdledh5Rq2YFnZxePh-k3U3FwObuF0m_Gu4CMfmVkw_atVocdcUHnegSkt_0sNczbbA/s1600-h/end-dock.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQySoPN9uxVAmdNCiNKiaLFUUCJjheBe8MJHXCbkf-5cxlORKjhhb1nxEwrf-7bPcE6djFdledh5Rq2YFnZxePh-k3U3FwObuF0m_Gu4CMfmVkw_atVocdcUHnegSkt_0sNczbbA/s400/end-dock.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375084512305526274" border="0" /></a>To cross the bay alone.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzwc7MOkoGqyUoD2L5OdFixsVCCamoPkUGgAFmddJLONRyjqmjPPgwlGZCGPWUCdc4jb8DA3eMZDwPaM35PZRwcijF9q7iD77_1tE8YOuMlRdTbIuJZdWzUfMvmhc7IIL4AXwPw/s1600-h/end-maxixe.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzwc7MOkoGqyUoD2L5OdFixsVCCamoPkUGgAFmddJLONRyjqmjPPgwlGZCGPWUCdc4jb8DA3eMZDwPaM35PZRwcijF9q7iD77_1tE8YOuMlRdTbIuJZdWzUfMvmhc7IIL4AXwPw/s400/end-maxixe.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375084514196071154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> And to begin my last trimester at Massinga Secondary School.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJeYnuLU6hzNJzyLoDm-l2IVkZacqD0pZ1BlUcD_D0YU-5hQXxZGrTi9cEEimwrsfdcZnE27zn99M' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />A clip of Sean being fearless.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dysUCjFB_M3NTuVVEnxJbEFioVPsg9noxugUs4yymVn3agxrVYdh6yaRcmdJO8KZ4_sBGt8aEilR1A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />My best slack-line attempt of the day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We had been playing around with the idea since March but we weren't sure if we would be able to make this happen. Emily had minor aviophobia, Sean is a struggling design student, and my mother, a concerned parent. Africa seemed like a long shot for my younger siblings. However, one late May evening, Sean, Emily, and I made a spontaneous, unanimous decision to buy two plane tickets to Johannesburg. Sean and Emily would be coming to Africa.<br /><br />But, getting here would not be easy. After a three hour delay in Atlanta, the plane to cross the Atlantic was behind schedule and my mother, a nervous wreck. After confirming their international flight every step of the way, the concern intensified when there was no post-arrival phone call. It was clear that they had missed their flight to Maputo. Nevertheless, the distraught mother of a thirteen year-old girl forced her oldest son to take a cab to the airport at 11 o'clock to investigate.<br /><br />We didn't hear from Sean or Emily that night, but I was there to welcome them as the first flight from Johannesburg arrived the next morning. Out they came, like two newborns bursting from their mothers womb.<br /><br />We began our adventure immediately, making a short stop at the Peace Corps Headquarters in Maputo then heading for the Namaacha-Lamahaacha boarder. We met a fellow American traveler, Maya, who accompanied us to Swaziland. The next day, we headed out to Mhkaya Game Reserve to see real African wildlife, something Mozambique lacks nearly entirely. There, we saw all of the things that my mother and I saw in November the previous year. This time, the park was particularly stocked with different antelope which roamed our dining and resting areas.<br /><br />After Swaziland, we visited my host family in Namaacha. It was pretty awesome for my siblings to see where I lived and eat what I ate for my first three months in Mozambique. After roaming the hills and replenishing ourselves with a hearty chicken stew and rice, we got back on the road to Maputo.<br /><br />After a nice restaurant meal and overnight in Maputo, we headed north by means of public transportation. We attempted to hitchhike for an hour or so but, as the morning sun rose, we decided it best to get on the road. It was a particularly eventful ride. My siblings thought the communal experience of box-wine-sharing between passengers was particularly amusing. There was even a huge fight about a bag of bread someone had forgotten on the bus on a previous trip that ended in our bus driver speeding off down the one-lane highway.<br /><br />Chase welcomed us to Inhambane as we arrived in Maxixe. We stocked up on comfort foods and headed to the agrarian school Chase teaches at in Inhamussua. This would be my siblings "bush" experience. We were all able to rest for the next few days after being exhausted from travel. The bush brought unique experiences like hanging out with a new born calf, learning capoeira, witnessing the intense effects of malaria, and bucket-bathing. Chase was a great host and relieved me of my hosting duties for a couple of days. After wearing out our welcome, we all left Inhamussua together to see Massinga.<br /><br />Massinga was another opportunity for all of us to just chill and hang out together. I had a bit of work to do since I skipped out on post-trimester meetings. However, we were able to get some culture in the intense Massinga market and in the small hut of a local witch doctor. Politically correct traditional healers, are government certified and culturally renown for getting done whatever job needs to get done. So, we payed an exorbitant fee so that the malungus could experience the culture. The healer informed my brother and I that our mother's father has been meddling in our lives because he feels we don't respect our maiden heritage. He informed our sister than the spirits of a former friend of hers are intervening with her love life. After fortune telling for an hour or so, the "curandeiro" prepared different potions to use at home and on the beach. These concoctions would protect us from evil spirits and assuage our grandfathers feelings of neglect.<br /><br />After a night casting out the demons, we headed to the highly anticipated beach. However, Africa showed my siblings that it too can be a cold continent. The days were sunny but the wind was cold, so we were forced to stay on the porch or inside of our rented, 30 dollar-a-day house. But the Mohundro/Maule family is a creative one, and we entertained ourselves with card playing, cooking, haggling with beach vendors, and making bonfires. We also ran into another volunteer and her family and got to watch live music and dancing at a neighboring resort.<br /><br />In the end, my siblings were ready to go home. I blame it on the shitty weather, but I'm sure the whole experience was exhausting for them. We traveled for thousands of kilometers and rest was diluted by a cramped bed. Not to mention, we had evil spirits haunting us for most of the trip.<br /><br />It was tough saying goodbye, especially knowing I had to go home and plan for my last trimester. However, Sean and Emily had rejuvenated my spirit. I was ready to take on my last trimester in Massinga and all of the stress that would come along with teaching, isolation, and saying goodbye. Goodbye again? Holy shit. This is my last trimester. I am coming home soon.<br /></div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-13220783752339837802009-07-08T15:13:00.005-05:002009-07-08T15:43:43.999-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3XAawemIZ3Ui91QKeS-6tGxX6GVYh_yYchYu7ehh7kj7zJKDjlULjdFwabbp0uyl5J8GGsFJ2cHNgkSveT09r-I1XSJWQ5t94SuQtPNbrtM_XYxKomCmszbFTdWAm0F4ZUUsZA/s1600-h/061409.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3XAawemIZ3Ui91QKeS-6tGxX6GVYh_yYchYu7ehh7kj7zJKDjlULjdFwabbp0uyl5J8GGsFJ2cHNgkSveT09r-I1XSJWQ5t94SuQtPNbrtM_XYxKomCmszbFTdWAm0F4ZUUsZA/s400/061409.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186078802866962" border="0" /></a><br />Study for "Pascoal-e."<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37k8eeK_ysRjJD-HJyB3kP16yWSlVR11cSenF356feTqpevyIaPsxCnmriVAFmDtd4DFJj-3bMFf32e8d4uF0jIxqhqlWYzwLe5nDeCiRF7Wb4sodAHXsY_OZ1FPj4qJRKBoiyA/s1600-h/061509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37k8eeK_ysRjJD-HJyB3kP16yWSlVR11cSenF356feTqpevyIaPsxCnmriVAFmDtd4DFJj-3bMFf32e8d4uF0jIxqhqlWYzwLe5nDeCiRF7Wb4sodAHXsY_OZ1FPj4qJRKBoiyA/s400/061509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186089011946898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Blind man and study for "Sherbert Shoes."<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRg412bzdT5W_QACBjgQbEHQb4Yo5YqVx4zZNbWhYTCNG02jqFCjw753mNjVea4z5rH959gwWRke9Es1wGveYJO65d4Ka3yZ1FC_VsGYOeFimmMcjrPJ16NDy2TY5P9EEleYoSA/s1600-h/062209.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRg412bzdT5W_QACBjgQbEHQb4Yo5YqVx4zZNbWhYTCNG02jqFCjw753mNjVea4z5rH959gwWRke9Es1wGveYJO65d4Ka3yZ1FC_VsGYOeFimmMcjrPJ16NDy2TY5P9EEleYoSA/s400/062209.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186106140908594" border="0" /></a><br />Digression and resuscitating digression.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8EIZIzqKvuIVe7W6CT7en7Na0fLklk0ze63vFSJF1CqdBC1kC8QpOEfli6Tb1y0F2hAoQorQHMpIV4g_bhxbThB7e8H3nhdaoQUmI6uwuDwWCiO2ob_F_qT2DgvaRNbq2itKNg/s1600-h/062009.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8EIZIzqKvuIVe7W6CT7en7Na0fLklk0ze63vFSJF1CqdBC1kC8QpOEfli6Tb1y0F2hAoQorQHMpIV4g_bhxbThB7e8H3nhdaoQUmI6uwuDwWCiO2ob_F_qT2DgvaRNbq2itKNg/s400/062009.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186096330415138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">More young men and study for "Ice Pick."<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfx-j7eL9stpEIDRGzwHZCwcS1hpnq9Xc8J45F0N549ncAWimkJVKgyjXNfXS2TXYQb4ZxtFct5bfdsCIeYR4GdL3hQnnJJpNK__u6_4G9kvDFuhXfuT5vYazmyKgd8zuaUtslg/s1600-h/062609.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfx-j7eL9stpEIDRGzwHZCwcS1hpnq9Xc8J45F0N549ncAWimkJVKgyjXNfXS2TXYQb4ZxtFct5bfdsCIeYR4GdL3hQnnJJpNK__u6_4G9kvDFuhXfuT5vYazmyKgd8zuaUtslg/s400/062609.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356186112826640386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Samora Machel.<br />Study for "A Mother with a Big Heart and Wants to Be Loved"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6IhL7BckuouBFxt1p3bypwoFxr0iG3cHIsFpUhD6xzVhcJp7WlJuEeAg6julY7W_a8Ne1Ln5AwfCiIWc4CbE8ubZa5k2s92Hj8U5oRBWivxUg7IJFRrQ5hRdGt2wXhXlVXbsCA/s1600-h/063109.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6IhL7BckuouBFxt1p3bypwoFxr0iG3cHIsFpUhD6xzVhcJp7WlJuEeAg6julY7W_a8Ne1Ln5AwfCiIWc4CbE8ubZa5k2s92Hj8U5oRBWivxUg7IJFRrQ5hRdGt2wXhXlVXbsCA/s400/063109.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356187377428765330" border="0" /></a>The end of another sketch book. Falling in so many ways.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-74544792564102739652009-07-08T12:44:00.010-05:002009-07-08T15:06:16.063-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguov_F13S_eVGU9oAqTTx8Ff0zTztupObh7sEsBpB1kmmV8HLWFwl3NHLbdlFmVy4fyU8maiwJFNW9MUztiJhyphenhyphenAp9OwfMuywBOWxg0146ze4aWGlHIiqU1KdqZcYaDTTkmMNq6Aw/s1600-h/boat-cam.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguov_F13S_eVGU9oAqTTx8Ff0zTztupObh7sEsBpB1kmmV8HLWFwl3NHLbdlFmVy4fyU8maiwJFNW9MUztiJhyphenhyphenAp9OwfMuywBOWxg0146ze4aWGlHIiqU1KdqZcYaDTTkmMNq6Aw/s400/boat-cam.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356161805603488882" border="0" /></a><br />Chase and I went to Barada to visit our amazing friend Cameron.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxTILsotw4oU8TuKJSKeT6I1Y9kx8-9vtRKbdpdw93JWXztB4k9p6eKr6xXQNV6bD72VO6YVJishpqoYDtCGyCK-asVHUVc_PmpSxkosSgKC02q8O0ZFTSExJgK5fwuzJhGm7cw/s1600-h/beach-gabriel-esmeralda.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxTILsotw4oU8TuKJSKeT6I1Y9kx8-9vtRKbdpdw93JWXztB4k9p6eKr6xXQNV6bD72VO6YVJishpqoYDtCGyCK-asVHUVc_PmpSxkosSgKC02q8O0ZFTSExJgK5fwuzJhGm7cw/s400/beach-gabriel-esmeralda.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356159926196116850" border="0" /></a><br />Gabriel and Mafalda.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_1HDorEZWNpR22OclSFGD7kKIhve6CVcslOscfncb34Qp5iaq1zNPEIPsYWF4BUdkw91S-W99BlwhQjljbxk2u7zWL5npM0NxASXin5AFUVFoTgP04X8hdALaEEpYlflyb3Clg/s1600-h/beach-relaxing2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_1HDorEZWNpR22OclSFGD7kKIhve6CVcslOscfncb34Qp5iaq1zNPEIPsYWF4BUdkw91S-W99BlwhQjljbxk2u7zWL5npM0NxASXin5AFUVFoTgP04X8hdALaEEpYlflyb3Clg/s400/beach-relaxing2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356159920562336690" border="0" /></a><br />Chase enjoying hard sand.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgMkkj7_6O-mA_CBx1tDwbEjmpz9BIuAcVmct2F-2ztV1XGPRdoU_wLDTM8eXcZI2nSRbN_eG3Lt5WpfNVJ57S0Ys0OSy1GsJDvyP0sYWYE3vKRruIFkZbJ-j68M1maBGSlDdyw/s1600-h/beach-capoeira.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgMkkj7_6O-mA_CBx1tDwbEjmpz9BIuAcVmct2F-2ztV1XGPRdoU_wLDTM8eXcZI2nSRbN_eG3Lt5WpfNVJ57S0Ys0OSy1GsJDvyP0sYWYE3vKRruIFkZbJ-j68M1maBGSlDdyw/s400/beach-capoeira.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356159863218652434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, getting aggressive with Capoeira.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52tEx9BBnlPuGtGnRDeGJVkxXVYc-BXjB7XCLXAeNvaOIf2k01oDTMIodebUhfp7hC6WtP7UcoFzJodkvK8hKVwo-nOOD9orYsH7jCnaN8AV6TzJ-tYHz-zMH_Sy2lNYkqPByzw/s1600-h/beach-capoeira-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52tEx9BBnlPuGtGnRDeGJVkxXVYc-BXjB7XCLXAeNvaOIf2k01oDTMIodebUhfp7hC6WtP7UcoFzJodkvK8hKVwo-nOOD9orYsH7jCnaN8AV6TzJ-tYHz-zMH_Sy2lNYkqPByzw/s400/beach-capoeira-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356159854853990930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">More Brazilian dance-fighting.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoX2QujeURA3eW0aw_nouGNRUad-ZRBIp4gO0UDQ96i61qF-bJfWmhvjR5me1DQ6JhTAkqCcMkyfFOVNbd7Y3eg0Ydce3jOx7AVtc7KgpAE_gzldzZgZMoD7SD9zdwpIYMl7X2A/s1600-h/beach-capoeira3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoX2QujeURA3eW0aw_nouGNRUad-ZRBIp4gO0UDQ96i61qF-bJfWmhvjR5me1DQ6JhTAkqCcMkyfFOVNbd7Y3eg0Ydce3jOx7AVtc7KgpAE_gzldzZgZMoD7SD9zdwpIYMl7X2A/s400/beach-capoeira3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356157966393228546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Cameron brought it home.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXJJGBSVIZj45q_UVt-L3F8rCKy-oosiomy0n-zfkyuu98qsG81rBLsbzrHXEzvw3Aux_PNM87nmIeYCiV7lg2q0EK-gc8A9dLnNbmnN4tvOayQed-FxAtI-D_90BVVG_9gOqTw/s1600-h/beach-duel-prep-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXJJGBSVIZj45q_UVt-L3F8rCKy-oosiomy0n-zfkyuu98qsG81rBLsbzrHXEzvw3Aux_PNM87nmIeYCiV7lg2q0EK-gc8A9dLnNbmnN4tvOayQed-FxAtI-D_90BVVG_9gOqTw/s400/beach-duel-prep-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356157958042286866" border="0" /></a><br />Then I prepared for battle.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLu65lDK5_IfaTv7pNNDP8VMd5OTKWlEoq49Zj4EYE5WUwMt9LIiJTtvrKfFUbDWww0sbvCyNzw_Zxa0mmjfQGkUVwctqb-SnRKsEKs6cRDUcf5DeuKqUpoaqWmzwribeIfIaLg/s1600-h/beach-duel-prep-2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLu65lDK5_IfaTv7pNNDP8VMd5OTKWlEoq49Zj4EYE5WUwMt9LIiJTtvrKfFUbDWww0sbvCyNzw_Zxa0mmjfQGkUVwctqb-SnRKsEKs6cRDUcf5DeuKqUpoaqWmzwribeIfIaLg/s400/beach-duel-prep-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356157945838687762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With my arch-nemesis and fellow super-volunteer, Chase.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23l4JYfKUvHWNWR6RNCkh8Ul8LrcbK84Mqd3cKF6B8W2hg3aDZroL-xJPuHsDtSxb4HPieJgDTlEHXrjeBsb9c3q8-uA1ab1wOIzL8p2AZ7_JWX-hn5sflopt65NWst1ijop_cQ/s1600-h/beach-duel-4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23l4JYfKUvHWNWR6RNCkh8Ul8LrcbK84Mqd3cKF6B8W2hg3aDZroL-xJPuHsDtSxb4HPieJgDTlEHXrjeBsb9c3q8-uA1ab1wOIzL8p2AZ7_JWX-hn5sflopt65NWst1ijop_cQ/s400/beach-duel-4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356157937475395490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Poo-shaw!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSEPKN38auFKf9z9Crwh2hUqX-YI0RjAZdQ93EmVBZgQJz7jBnfEJWS0dO50ekpU2oCJQbWXua52VQU_9pnW7kAJ_H85Jn5iyWetDs0FFYb12qwGrDROXemq4x65p_Ai3lTFfXQ/s1600-h/beach-duel-2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSEPKN38auFKf9z9Crwh2hUqX-YI0RjAZdQ93EmVBZgQJz7jBnfEJWS0dO50ekpU2oCJQbWXua52VQU_9pnW7kAJ_H85Jn5iyWetDs0FFYb12qwGrDROXemq4x65p_Ai3lTFfXQ/s400/beach-duel-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356157937060071378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Fwi-tuh!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3jrPZe6SYd4mr0iWguJqG48jWXCvepBn2G-t_aw8jLSlV4rwk1Hiti50r2aU9xMXRBRLqLzIZNQjj7M_LhmYaRnCwpyMEGr8Es9airbNATJ0qd_DmMq4DBkcN13oIDtBfzaDRA/s1600-h/binpatrack.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3jrPZe6SYd4mr0iWguJqG48jWXCvepBn2G-t_aw8jLSlV4rwk1Hiti50r2aU9xMXRBRLqLzIZNQjj7M_LhmYaRnCwpyMEGr8Es9airbNATJ0qd_DmMq4DBkcN13oIDtBfzaDRA/s400/binpatrack.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156307226552866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To say the least, Bin Patraak had a good time at the beach.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1AeSQWEeBKiKuwn0DGxeVnZL-gu4ZobqkAfvYtDjftUnKiRMtp1HDHjMnG0mbw7VOE63OwBxcgy7Brieo98GF5Ab0wUMEEGa1Vl8ifZvH2NbklRqLDiCoEEwdDxrt_wdEXNvpw/s1600-h/fairy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1AeSQWEeBKiKuwn0DGxeVnZL-gu4ZobqkAfvYtDjftUnKiRMtp1HDHjMnG0mbw7VOE63OwBxcgy7Brieo98GF5Ab0wUMEEGa1Vl8ifZvH2NbklRqLDiCoEEwdDxrt_wdEXNvpw/s400/fairy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156303732104930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He is not a pimp, he is a fairy (t-shirt coming soon).<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwpA8ix-xEG2zwFSgLrwe4EElOFHGFT2Trl-XD_oHh50AYuqg9GYQuLIjkLKzX9TGBlpkFq5AgQ7geBW6JywbFhZXwRe77wOnpRd0f3Nh5csreIyJAKJJFFet7H3LH9S_sXqDjg/s1600-h/boat-cs.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwpA8ix-xEG2zwFSgLrwe4EElOFHGFT2Trl-XD_oHh50AYuqg9GYQuLIjkLKzX9TGBlpkFq5AgQ7geBW6JywbFhZXwRe77wOnpRd0f3Nh5csreIyJAKJJFFet7H3LH9S_sXqDjg/s400/boat-cs.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156293150706594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Leaving Barada.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaudabSjP0sD_Y88YGypyBTmzudzUDqmlrUQTZxatBOuqRpR1ThEVr7otjNWia9YyQ5ouT-wb1jo4Ci4e5NojOP0FOgaYBdJ41pH2niuzdyBWsGCPw8A14JPQbttmYpqESOKpiAg/s1600-h/boat-beach.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaudabSjP0sD_Y88YGypyBTmzudzUDqmlrUQTZxatBOuqRpR1ThEVr7otjNWia9YyQ5ouT-wb1jo4Ci4e5NojOP0FOgaYBdJ41pH2niuzdyBWsGCPw8A14JPQbttmYpqESOKpiAg/s400/boat-beach.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156284639511330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Have I mentioned Mozambique has amazing beaches?<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgrpliuniyBIxd-pKE7AeNUeu22hsJF2hpza4CaYlPrICMWAqhRxvyMutWhpgOjzDiOitBggzGfe4VNdKqcvQpX4OYgcz2FAaDzaP0c0P6XHpCBQeTLFuwP8U01oO0oQMI8_xIA/s1600-h/boat-transportation.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgrpliuniyBIxd-pKE7AeNUeu22hsJF2hpza4CaYlPrICMWAqhRxvyMutWhpgOjzDiOitBggzGfe4VNdKqcvQpX4OYgcz2FAaDzaP0c0P6XHpCBQeTLFuwP8U01oO0oQMI8_xIA/s400/boat-transportation.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156275764286386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mozambique's three best modes of transportation.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoEm95T8MY_JbWtbY7h-gmPW3nqTTLFgIxIxR1X9b998vmcGTPErVvosUnQxARB9bitQJCw5WOT4oc3PknkxLS35v8zhZHa4-3UrWibpCFZDTI-dliSM7q6-ah-oq0F_3IZYEiA/s1600-h/boat-infrontgroup.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoEm95T8MY_JbWtbY7h-gmPW3nqTTLFgIxIxR1X9b998vmcGTPErVvosUnQxARB9bitQJCw5WOT4oc3PknkxLS35v8zhZHa4-3UrWibpCFZDTI-dliSM7q6-ah-oq0F_3IZYEiA/s400/boat-infrontgroup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356154787202930066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A weathered group of adventurers.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R7alfUPANHy-UKler00goaUTpiR41Mlnd8S9_UOVdZ-kVf5rcIASg3WEiryGRo_weN6REAvSxgHIG0R4zTZ-i3auN6bHTINWtdj8gsE_nFG0hBEwtfmPD-WY8gt14hx-IRL0og/s1600-h/photo-group.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R7alfUPANHy-UKler00goaUTpiR41Mlnd8S9_UOVdZ-kVf5rcIASg3WEiryGRo_weN6REAvSxgHIG0R4zTZ-i3auN6bHTINWtdj8gsE_nFG0hBEwtfmPD-WY8gt14hx-IRL0og/s400/photo-group.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356154784334841586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While I was gone, some Canadians took charge of my Art Group.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5aFbAYDmEUYsnEcQN8hpcm9lBLSpebHLF0Ul7D6P6PgsZiFp5pdG0HhrAqQDe2d0yc2J_0g8O5S8vokYzzL1lehQHrpXd5hrUdSrmZlI8iEIHsYI2V_l5uhM2mVYhaVanM3AGA/s1600-h/photo-valdo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5aFbAYDmEUYsnEcQN8hpcm9lBLSpebHLF0Ul7D6P6PgsZiFp5pdG0HhrAqQDe2d0yc2J_0g8O5S8vokYzzL1lehQHrpXd5hrUdSrmZlI8iEIHsYI2V_l5uhM2mVYhaVanM3AGA/s400/photo-valdo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356154773228167458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The same wonderful Canadians donated cameras to my art club.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVDk9rSTzILOEBz0TkvHh_OIwSkT2NwDFyA3PnWFnO6JCpplFBdzceqdbPtVVq-atJvvkq85WVisrqyoWEC8mRZgHZ1IAlHeJ-aevtaP7Jcqztrl-QGzUZGO_dgSj0bTAk9YWAw/s1600-h/photo-tomatoes.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVDk9rSTzILOEBz0TkvHh_OIwSkT2NwDFyA3PnWFnO6JCpplFBdzceqdbPtVVq-atJvvkq85WVisrqyoWEC8mRZgHZ1IAlHeJ-aevtaP7Jcqztrl-QGzUZGO_dgSj0bTAk9YWAw/s400/photo-tomatoes.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356154770097588466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And taught them to take amazing pictures.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hqaqzlg_GkjlM5sggqNlNCqvz4Cfvptoc72pi387SJ4yOyvd1ugZaE6w1sjI_r-uRCY6IRqvyPB4PqyU1SErqxOZ9A5DgPLgjPwWP5E-ers1eiVhmc2QTdUYOBrlHYm_uHW0FA/s1600-h/photo-ron-liam.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hqaqzlg_GkjlM5sggqNlNCqvz4Cfvptoc72pi387SJ4yOyvd1ugZaE6w1sjI_r-uRCY6IRqvyPB4PqyU1SErqxOZ9A5DgPLgjPwWP5E-ers1eiVhmc2QTdUYOBrlHYm_uHW0FA/s400/photo-ron-liam.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356152115749739442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And how to be mimes.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1FtqqOAwGmYK99oS3AQD8bAI8QIwNr4lJDM1E9Ndz1ccU-GGSuATuIJdgmqS6fgxPhjS1TqIjTHRcLWySE6KsHkDXOm-E2gYJD33kIpzxuM-dFVByyUZtN4GFP9sUwrWvxse9w/s1600-h/photo-goat.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1FtqqOAwGmYK99oS3AQD8bAI8QIwNr4lJDM1E9Ndz1ccU-GGSuATuIJdgmqS6fgxPhjS1TqIjTHRcLWySE6KsHkDXOm-E2gYJD33kIpzxuM-dFVByyUZtN4GFP9sUwrWvxse9w/s400/photo-goat.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356152106609519730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the students took pictures of their culture.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkmfJWExlbdq3k_Xb7rZOD4n4AqegtRrRU6Q_atCXEu1EseEBg_MXhmTCWG0pRtenalVxf4b1rSVZROAKNSvukB6MQog4RDXNU5hwNi5agzpGRoHywXcCsaoDjJvsmvatTTF0tA/s1600-h/photo-freelimo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkmfJWExlbdq3k_Xb7rZOD4n4AqegtRrRU6Q_atCXEu1EseEBg_MXhmTCWG0pRtenalVxf4b1rSVZROAKNSvukB6MQog4RDXNU5hwNi5agzpGRoHywXcCsaoDjJvsmvatTTF0tA/s400/photo-freelimo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356152101174147346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Emphasizing newly learned techniques.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxFvp850qXxiMZgnAiAZAi2-EOBMC4k9Kd2BJOGp93DH4dNBxeNQlDcQwyeQJg-V3cGLW1BavyHaprFXEmdJJuAITEV1SyRniAXpRZeL7r6m2A9Mk9DYt9u5_95230TtGl0uwaQ/s1600-h/photo-food.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxFvp850qXxiMZgnAiAZAi2-EOBMC4k9Kd2BJOGp93DH4dNBxeNQlDcQwyeQJg-V3cGLW1BavyHaprFXEmdJJuAITEV1SyRniAXpRZeL7r6m2A9Mk9DYt9u5_95230TtGl0uwaQ/s400/photo-food.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356152092827042530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Like perspective.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAMef7eBfqSZNFR3DdI8lQZ9ubXCmvCe3R3vmiAdXJ5PbD39zJTqDndUWaK6Kij3Ke-Mt2MICASJvq9YdSOGleyvXCRMsac5p6MGB-cAZlm5DX2oeFirvoU-hU-05UWQYNenhmA/s1600-h/photo-close-up.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAMef7eBfqSZNFR3DdI8lQZ9ubXCmvCe3R3vmiAdXJ5PbD39zJTqDndUWaK6Kij3Ke-Mt2MICASJvq9YdSOGleyvXCRMsac5p6MGB-cAZlm5DX2oeFirvoU-hU-05UWQYNenhmA/s400/photo-close-up.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356152084778670866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the close-up.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvScK2qGLdmDbXPZRJva4-deMXvPM8X8tGlktia8LOvkP0dypQf1-S-9vNJPSOAUVx-yTvDxNgPDDFgU_IUo5I-ZMF-h2hIh5MeB-Jugnu__gqrZ7jUzCAOQEH0Ypq74GOMn1w9Q/s1600-h/photo-chicken.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvScK2qGLdmDbXPZRJva4-deMXvPM8X8tGlktia8LOvkP0dypQf1-S-9vNJPSOAUVx-yTvDxNgPDDFgU_IUo5I-ZMF-h2hIh5MeB-Jugnu__gqrZ7jUzCAOQEH0Ypq74GOMn1w9Q/s400/photo-chicken.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356150250097498194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, the rule of thirds.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNElttFLKtJqUKwcWvlzYeGGSLjfxjEe1XufpZpm7IwORlW1lDblMfNqZYVEsRr3ZXK4WT7KdxwdYfDGgmhDOG5s9ldEAhKHTF9znzBRFm3PZilH3E_nP7e2rT6dKuNRkDiA9ing/s1600-h/photo-group2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNElttFLKtJqUKwcWvlzYeGGSLjfxjEe1XufpZpm7IwORlW1lDblMfNqZYVEsRr3ZXK4WT7KdxwdYfDGgmhDOG5s9ldEAhKHTF9znzBRFm3PZilH3E_nP7e2rT6dKuNRkDiA9ing/s400/photo-group2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356150230911348498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you Canada.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQR5LZMN-Ua-9shR4Eek05ab6qJFFY_sYJV7FjhvoR1yR0mFSL04z99tYK2rLtuxM-igfqXg153ozcUCFgfTiHpzxfm0vdWWP8wVj49KdJnoNYqscrLgpWQyXJOqum5S5rf8z8Q/s1600-h/club-map.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQR5LZMN-Ua-9shR4Eek05ab6qJFFY_sYJV7FjhvoR1yR0mFSL04z99tYK2rLtuxM-igfqXg153ozcUCFgfTiHpzxfm0vdWWP8wVj49KdJnoNYqscrLgpWQyXJOqum5S5rf8z8Q/s400/club-map.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356150214856539554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Canadians also donated art supplies.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT60oxfgjFnjXDL04slJoHSeQ6NroGj-dSiBSSnRiEmMi1SIC_JKNpmEAVBRArSSWYm6vhGeuVnM8F0iMxwmP56SdQZb1u692BUqLPbwVPCtFOlMr7IeGzH_QBihXSdMS_zz4ihg/s1600-h/club-watercolor.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT60oxfgjFnjXDL04slJoHSeQ6NroGj-dSiBSSnRiEmMi1SIC_JKNpmEAVBRArSSWYm6vhGeuVnM8F0iMxwmP56SdQZb1u692BUqLPbwVPCtFOlMr7IeGzH_QBihXSdMS_zz4ihg/s400/club-watercolor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356150208162592370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Some students were bewildered.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDuggU8x4Q4cPvtkmLMeqzQOkG2HXf6_fbfnz0xRynk39DTRgTfhSC9I3c-WjlFN4OsYVwGjaT1cIWyb5O0u36I9i7FRewJ7j3BLJ_A269OJbH-j4NLQbMjpFsXijl7yRl8OYjg/s1600-h/club-colorwheel.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDuggU8x4Q4cPvtkmLMeqzQOkG2HXf6_fbfnz0xRynk39DTRgTfhSC9I3c-WjlFN4OsYVwGjaT1cIWyb5O0u36I9i7FRewJ7j3BLJ_A269OJbH-j4NLQbMjpFsXijl7yRl8OYjg/s400/club-colorwheel.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356150198745890306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Others, enthralled.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS7bGlXcQBBFqeol9kWkna95gH_iA5Tvltol0BOdlKpEyAfj3ZM2DmTD7ICvWLmoIHm-GSg8z8TiJbQwKUV968fIx1YA1PQIXJbjMfUI6n-HGjZnnswdqLbwK8whSzpnx5DND7A/s1600-h/club-holding.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS7bGlXcQBBFqeol9kWkna95gH_iA5Tvltol0BOdlKpEyAfj3ZM2DmTD7ICvWLmoIHm-GSg8z8TiJbQwKUV968fIx1YA1PQIXJbjMfUI6n-HGjZnnswdqLbwK8whSzpnx5DND7A/s400/club-holding.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356148151905698674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Some really knew how to pose.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sfs8pVzdWWC7pZGDOrwBUy3lomyCYYAonEx096IyqS2jwF89WHWFHLw7_U6elVqAD5o6tcSJycd2d4ebzmmT8zCEp5bQSEb7_sXmOoC39hkf7h2UqW9twFUZtK-XQxpHTpjMOg/s1600-h/club-candid.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sfs8pVzdWWC7pZGDOrwBUy3lomyCYYAonEx096IyqS2jwF89WHWFHLw7_U6elVqAD5o6tcSJycd2d4ebzmmT8zCEp5bQSEb7_sXmOoC39hkf7h2UqW9twFUZtK-XQxpHTpjMOg/s400/club-candid.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356148141958821138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Others were more candid.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LCqfx7NC4JrFAY0hSGAVjeQnTaBgSKOr9MgUtiaaG6kzPoF-8H5oRXECDfRVf2if2IVNPTlhZy8ZPIT_oKAWbdsgOkzSna-BB7MQvkz1UpA123XsBQR_zuKIKMMOtIc-x_eQug/s1600-h/club-passing.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LCqfx7NC4JrFAY0hSGAVjeQnTaBgSKOr9MgUtiaaG6kzPoF-8H5oRXECDfRVf2if2IVNPTlhZy8ZPIT_oKAWbdsgOkzSna-BB7MQvkz1UpA123XsBQR_zuKIKMMOtIc-x_eQug/s400/club-passing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356148129469765794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The supplies will help my last trimester JOMA Fine Arts Club fantastic.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV2jze0I7FMXUi6t5a_M3BsKCxdVpKW6IFrpNGdX2izYDHJ4qYG02KWvweoKBzzMaXh8d7Koj6qLFLpE1opEQN6nNsdsFsjiecR6xU3PZ2lByAkJn-6WXKczEdAsTACpBZ5-iVg/s1600-h/club-group.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV2jze0I7FMXUi6t5a_M3BsKCxdVpKW6IFrpNGdX2izYDHJ4qYG02KWvweoKBzzMaXh8d7Koj6qLFLpE1opEQN6nNsdsFsjiecR6xU3PZ2lByAkJn-6WXKczEdAsTACpBZ5-iVg/s400/club-group.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356148119330952498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My student is holding a sign that says "Thanks Canadians."<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKnLv3-ZkNiPo9ykhX5GYPQEXvTHoLOij2alsgZoY3CTXXfsEQP0M42_KzvpN_PqCRe6zeALvDKpggYPNYmLMZPQRv3ovQo16UACDOXLzo-EtJd0wmK4l1GeBPuKjEArffseo7g/s1600-h/mowing.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKnLv3-ZkNiPo9ykhX5GYPQEXvTHoLOij2alsgZoY3CTXXfsEQP0M42_KzvpN_PqCRe6zeALvDKpggYPNYmLMZPQRv3ovQo16UACDOXLzo-EtJd0wmK4l1GeBPuKjEArffseo7g/s400/mowing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356148114412542434" border="0" /></a><br />I can't help to find this highly amusing. This is my school. That is a lawnmower.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0FuXGfwIVs79EDMeBZMHRp1aGb546GgnIh0HdZg0uIOODT6wnJZstPY3W2iSUkN1e85lT2dFB694' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">June was good, good, good. Massinga hosted, and is still hosting, a gang of Canadians who are bringing a bit of white to the world of Mozambique. These arm carrying med-student, doctors, actors, artists, highschool students and friends have helped me, and my colleagues, give drawing, watercolor, and photo seminars, geography lessons on Canada, and biology lessons on heriditary and non-hereditary diseases. Also, they showed Mozambicans how to, once again, lose at hockey, they made delicious breakfast for dinner, and donated a plethora of art supplies, incluiding digital cameras, high quality paints and paper, and maps of canada, to the Fine Art Club of Massinga. Coincidentally another Canadian, sent more art-related books and supplies to help amp up the resources at the Peace Corps Library and Creative Center of Massinga. So, thank you Canada. As the United States of America's delegate of Massinga, I would like to say that you are great and, despite any rumors, we love you like a sibling.<br /><br />Also in June, I got to meet Chase's Mom and step-dad. This was really cool since it mostly involved drinking, hanging out at the beach, and cooking. Well, they did most of the drinking because, after trying to keep up with Jerry on the first night, I was out of commision until the last day of their visit. So, I made up excuses and tagged along with their straight-edge son, Chase.<br /><br />The following week, we had exams and Mozambique's Independence Day. So, I made a tough decision to bail out on exams and go north with Chase to visit Cameron. It took us 12 hours to get north to Beira, but by 12 pm we were nestled in Cameron's welcoming arms. The next day we got up early to catch a 2 hour boat ride across the river to get to the landing for Cameron's village Barada. From there, we walked on the beach for about 45 minutes, then through the bush for another hour, before reaching the Catholic missionary where Cameron teaches. The following day, we did not leave the dorm where Cameron lives. In fact, we hardly left the bedroom Chase and I were sharing. I drew, Cameron graded tests, and Chase played guitar. It was quite the cozy collective we had operating. Chase and I also worked on a song he had been theorizing for about 2 months and we made spaghetti sauce from a can; something in which I have not done for at least 20 months. After a day of lounging and recooperating from travel, we headed to the beach with Cameron's missionary buddies Gabriel and Mafalda. It was pretty fantastic despite being only 80 or so degrees. I made what I might consider my best sand castle ever under the supervision of Gabriel, we had Olympic jumping games in which I took second place (losing to the shortlimbed, acrobatic Chase), and played a slew of other games to show Gabriel that we too were once young. Or, maybe I have not completely grown up like I thought I had. Anyways, it was a ton of fun and playing with Gabriel reminded me how much I like kids and aspire to be a young dad. Get ready ladies!<br /></div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-17920418916502930522009-06-17T16:12:00.002-05:002009-06-17T16:39:22.971-05:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-c0Rotjw4MJrU1SoA2Hhr7NXfogMAVAPa7j6kHHFJ5aJQwi_iVuDT6bSfaquNf2nNaWiKagIag612uzk9R4LEbtEO5OPqJVUOOmUuMqqYHzJYZoxBDnbkpMwMgi9cEpGIiLTNw/s1600-h/Ulysses.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-c0Rotjw4MJrU1SoA2Hhr7NXfogMAVAPa7j6kHHFJ5aJQwi_iVuDT6bSfaquNf2nNaWiKagIag612uzk9R4LEbtEO5OPqJVUOOmUuMqqYHzJYZoxBDnbkpMwMgi9cEpGIiLTNw/s400/Ulysses.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348408548438392658" border="0" /></a>If you think the book is in rough shape,<br />you should see what it did to my brain.<br /></div><br />I finally finished James Joyce's "Ulysses." Aside from reading a short Jungian essay that made little sense to me about a year and a half ago, I didn't know much about the book or author. I made a point not to read the forward, or article on the decision made by John M. Woosley to lift the US ban on the book, until after I had read it in it's entirety. So, now that I have formed my own opinions about what the books means, how I felt about the book, et cetera, I feel myself free to enjoy and consult the millions of other theories and criticisms engendered in the past 75 years. Thus far, I am finding my reading experience was a bit par for the course: fantastically entertaining and fluid at times, while painful and impossible to get from word to word at others.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-76181359595985267742009-06-13T18:02:00.004-05:002009-06-13T18:14:27.581-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Recent Work by:<br />O Clube das Belas Artes de Massinga<br />(The Fine Art Club of Massinga)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunaOAa2Qqplo0XaTn8kcWjv9KWarQZ-9Lc5MO50812H2RGF_kZJyy9dlgEqKZq-oAqoCGnFK4qM60XnAZXv6dvx4YMswUKXbd3z0sY8l8CcfaTC0tzMtXsZzDoQhDRerJm4MkVg/s1600-h/Nafital.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunaOAa2Qqplo0XaTn8kcWjv9KWarQZ-9Lc5MO50812H2RGF_kZJyy9dlgEqKZq-oAqoCGnFK4qM60XnAZXv6dvx4YMswUKXbd3z0sY8l8CcfaTC0tzMtXsZzDoQhDRerJm4MkVg/s400/Nafital.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346951750400686242" border="0" /></a>"Virgin Mary" by Nafital Alexandre Matavel<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsGBe4oCUTYszAv09FXwIy6P02fuuwKZBonU9OgrM8DZXqM7XQFtTjOS3qyFseW_IQ8Lj7ZPWMNZxXmSAgIxrm0fNKF_8cl4toJhvmDje5pue0A93bZJJx1yKI_QZ72J-2JF7Iw/s1600-h/Felgos.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsGBe4oCUTYszAv09FXwIy6P02fuuwKZBonU9OgrM8DZXqM7XQFtTjOS3qyFseW_IQ8Lj7ZPWMNZxXmSAgIxrm0fNKF_8cl4toJhvmDje5pue0A93bZJJx1yKI_QZ72J-2JF7Iw/s400/Felgos.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346951743606718082" border="0" /></a>"After Jean Dubuffet" by Felgos José<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUb6ldU-0aHOdzM2xN8L7GTsQnNznybB1FcusaIuSU_kovCJDHDpivyHuONRI8bMobmUjMctrrYsqP18Uuw6dMfh4VtHTbeBLCF1TX3qZionwDAuxJ4o_vcM9QERNRRY-5ePGCQ/s1600-h/luciano.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUb6ldU-0aHOdzM2xN8L7GTsQnNznybB1FcusaIuSU_kovCJDHDpivyHuONRI8bMobmUjMctrrYsqP18Uuw6dMfh4VtHTbeBLCF1TX3qZionwDAuxJ4o_vcM9QERNRRY-5ePGCQ/s400/luciano.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346951740375839426" border="0" /></a>"After Milton Dacosta" by Luciano Júlio Mangue<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-34145130020308139662009-06-13T16:29:00.002-05:002009-06-13T16:35:31.843-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Today's Drawing<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QD_gSK8rHq_wBQI1MhIL3om1EQyit9xUIs9fZo1wTdNXfTUyeiwAlsNxswiWi6OP27r00cdZO5wgT-JTO0fJNLmdGU1Aem0VgbqSV-hWzYk_p3IoFghGziR7V59FZXOmBJofdw/s1600-h/061309.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QD_gSK8rHq_wBQI1MhIL3om1EQyit9xUIs9fZo1wTdNXfTUyeiwAlsNxswiWi6OP27r00cdZO5wgT-JTO0fJNLmdGU1Aem0VgbqSV-hWzYk_p3IoFghGziR7V59FZXOmBJofdw/s400/061309.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346927969349247394" border="0" /></a>Study for "Picking Is Not Choosing."<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recent Drawings<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1Sq8pOgNIlJlU1Khxoe5hunk2C_X9u0v6XzTkQ56ek3av-3ZKHaqVTgZagT9rPRh55lE4HzgQC2dsFqWuy7lRIy5V7y7WWlFJAX_T2Et5CkVOMbzeZAfnkX4XxBUoY_lXRDRdw/s1600-h/060909.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1Sq8pOgNIlJlU1Khxoe5hunk2C_X9u0v6XzTkQ56ek3av-3ZKHaqVTgZagT9rPRh55lE4HzgQC2dsFqWuy7lRIy5V7y7WWlFJAX_T2Et5CkVOMbzeZAfnkX4XxBUoY_lXRDRdw/s400/060909.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346927960257699538" border="0" /></a>Study of "Student." Study of "The Teacher Dance."<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Cse6yBmnqgKFvFB7kUdVftOgam12QWpZiiL5J8XLU4B8EIaWABa5L9adHKGps5kfNPYfY2u4W6laNjWItvg-_UwoF2FhXesYLyex4v4h5CnuMHzsdeDZ_rAF-uWgTpKVDJHZIQ/s1600-h/060809.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Cse6yBmnqgKFvFB7kUdVftOgam12QWpZiiL5J8XLU4B8EIaWABa5L9adHKGps5kfNPYfY2u4W6laNjWItvg-_UwoF2FhXesYLyex4v4h5CnuMHzsdeDZ_rAF-uWgTpKVDJHZIQ/s400/060809.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346927955234253410" border="0" /></a>Two more men.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-42123185633157655912009-06-07T16:05:00.001-05:002009-06-07T16:08:48.568-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Today's Drawing<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qzgte5rC0pipRaLlI3N2PLPNWvF-U9yK-GuDr1ZD4gmci7v4d67qPtsRTlez8hpgNI3YQkp8FOCC-ojlDeK2LE1lG613mdItnlO_xJi0S7tCtQ9DI1d0meb8sOLgu2xChYV3Uw/s1600-h/060709-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qzgte5rC0pipRaLlI3N2PLPNWvF-U9yK-GuDr1ZD4gmci7v4d67qPtsRTlez8hpgNI3YQkp8FOCC-ojlDeK2LE1lG613mdItnlO_xJi0S7tCtQ9DI1d0meb8sOLgu2xChYV3Uw/s400/060709-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344695086497371330" border="0" /></a>Study for "Bunny Hugs."<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-7745844632963536322009-06-06T17:40:00.004-05:002009-06-06T18:12:40.992-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday's Drawing(s):<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLZxOoWxOLSiuucMfqOJHCvqb5GABTXTqdjyZ1js4CKiPhs0ZgiOl-RxLBovgywES4v1mlcnvmqxHBWH91vRkURYWt6gf02IXWO1L-mr3kgJ3Bic27bge6kwtnGqgjImzZvWqUQ/s1600-h/060709.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLZxOoWxOLSiuucMfqOJHCvqb5GABTXTqdjyZ1js4CKiPhs0ZgiOl-RxLBovgywES4v1mlcnvmqxHBWH91vRkURYWt6gf02IXWO1L-mr3kgJ3Bic27bge6kwtnGqgjImzZvWqUQ/s400/060709.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344355544964055106" border="0" /></a>Three musicians and a woman.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8zhvPAeb7mbvwSK41IkiBidWViLxGqsxRVc9da89MUH1zoUpusNdU1H3XQOuDh2zXi5dQBOhSYg3iJu8F0y5nDAAsjJ77QgSfRLes5AvR3wglE4eX8FYDgvctGivVJ7lhg6PYQ/s1600-h/060509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8zhvPAeb7mbvwSK41IkiBidWViLxGqsxRVc9da89MUH1zoUpusNdU1H3XQOuDh2zXi5dQBOhSYg3iJu8F0y5nDAAsjJ77QgSfRLes5AvR3wglE4eX8FYDgvctGivVJ7lhg6PYQ/s400/060509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344351374764587378" border="0" /></a><br />Pascual and a man.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN27ETBNUNS8WpNWvfNQdxa9D4AOUNQXqAeCY_enkmDdInh31tQNbq4tLp7rdkDID757Ky7gtUVAXll8KSY6Y84Qhuapo3N-7kXYBNJ6OcFMutkSMqEAuvHi8yR2guZOZb5iXG5g/s1600-h/060109-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN27ETBNUNS8WpNWvfNQdxa9D4AOUNQXqAeCY_enkmDdInh31tQNbq4tLp7rdkDID757Ky7gtUVAXll8KSY6Y84Qhuapo3N-7kXYBNJ6OcFMutkSMqEAuvHi8yR2guZOZb5iXG5g/s400/060109-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344351366899534130" border="0" /></a><br />A farmer and Cameron (on his birthday).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN-bvwXp6krhuRAKOA3GRJbmTfYgLVsmFeJHwhJEbV0u4LpXAggD9smIF4jSN8lfb7MD0YH4rFafCArMc6RziURUSwzveNh89RrrZTa80d4bSgu8XLpnQLxpecr4O7pzCaFDidQ/s1600-h/053009.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN-bvwXp6krhuRAKOA3GRJbmTfYgLVsmFeJHwhJEbV0u4LpXAggD9smIF4jSN8lfb7MD0YH4rFafCArMc6RziURUSwzveNh89RrrZTa80d4bSgu8XLpnQLxpecr4O7pzCaFDidQ/s400/053009.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344351358107087874" border="0" /></a>Student in progress and scuba-diving.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-82638873470900822992009-06-04T07:17:00.020-05:002009-06-07T16:20:51.720-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCoZtFwfp-lsb4f4Qwr3srS6bxWazcWmTiCbYzpq6VdfBPLPMaHsBOpOCijpS9fJt1dbCwnbm2CnzLJDJSANx6F-kibCLAeJYqOWuxwCS4mstGi1_Di2Nj0a9-2Ny1wmnolCVXQ/s1600-h/Me-Cam_by-Nerenhausen"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCoZtFwfp-lsb4f4Qwr3srS6bxWazcWmTiCbYzpq6VdfBPLPMaHsBOpOCijpS9fJt1dbCwnbm2CnzLJDJSANx6F-kibCLAeJYqOWuxwCS4mstGi1_Di2Nj0a9-2Ny1wmnolCVXQ/s400/Me-Cam_by-Nerenhausen" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343534926274574274" border="0" /></a>Two wild and crazy guys...Déjà vu?<br />Photo by Claire Nerenhausen<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSH9h7P_ij9MDmFkUVxmA-BgfVVejgnUZPU8xjUSThb1GYApSLAF401M_6Nox0wqVaMlrWJ2lrJ9UGPsKuNUIPQr8cXsPTVoB9DIkNkxpDcNY7lSATrB5UFlh9EKIae8B3-8NSA/s1600-h/notouching.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSH9h7P_ij9MDmFkUVxmA-BgfVVejgnUZPU8xjUSThb1GYApSLAF401M_6Nox0wqVaMlrWJ2lrJ9UGPsKuNUIPQr8cXsPTVoB9DIkNkxpDcNY7lSATrB5UFlh9EKIae8B3-8NSA/s400/notouching.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343536021746423650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"No touching!"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSVoemEk9hNdF0pnpFAjvhomLPjYXlpfKKZiuXHjXlYNk1bQPyxF8OfIn5ibYp7P37Rl69sjeixc7dQUX9JaczHUgS-Dw1tyj2M0FMl2SUEFMWY3RiRVJxytuLuSWxYSoa8RhSw/s1600-h/joma-all.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSVoemEk9hNdF0pnpFAjvhomLPjYXlpfKKZiuXHjXlYNk1bQPyxF8OfIn5ibYp7P37Rl69sjeixc7dQUX9JaczHUgS-Dw1tyj2M0FMl2SUEFMWY3RiRVJxytuLuSWxYSoa8RhSw/s400/joma-all.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533398825118578" border="0" /></a><br />Teaching my JOMA kids to draw with the grid.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2EaKGTBpVkcJxOEQ7ivFAMFHCxiBpewj4mU0-yLbH78IkvmQIXBo02BXbAJQYSGHQ7OhhfwG_Ws5IbNp9loG7T02AV6O_G1n7PXHYX9Z3xMEAcxTH__I1-fkopolZdqzFcXPKQ/s1600-h/joma-samora.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2EaKGTBpVkcJxOEQ7ivFAMFHCxiBpewj4mU0-yLbH78IkvmQIXBo02BXbAJQYSGHQ7OhhfwG_Ws5IbNp9loG7T02AV6O_G1n7PXHYX9Z3xMEAcxTH__I1-fkopolZdqzFcXPKQ/s400/joma-samora.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533388457999282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, I did a bit of refreshing myself.<br />Photo by Valdo Isaias<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FqWMBbmQ32N-JZD3ey3iUKf0GaQEBR9i8k7IgTLTCJV3-uPTx5xM14MajJuNHr7X8T0NhBxQoqBsH_ocYMHoowOPeFKQdYLO1Mu9QdKRA5jxgz7FzBuhyjO2uwnzK-8DyUXtZg/s1600-h/claudio.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FqWMBbmQ32N-JZD3ey3iUKf0GaQEBR9i8k7IgTLTCJV3-uPTx5xM14MajJuNHr7X8T0NhBxQoqBsH_ocYMHoowOPeFKQdYLO1Mu9QdKRA5jxgz7FzBuhyjO2uwnzK-8DyUXtZg/s400/claudio.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533381140772674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Claudio modeling the suspenders my mother bought him.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FydhEFpFU8zY13xj-FWEMYHqfv-oVQj339ZAFuHWrCDS6OUGvDB0rLTbyqnncsc-WZWpxDu5lzc9kIHZfjSnk9jFalYsc32yGc2QDSUTH8yFIxFi4ZcungfFPWDLgiiJpkag4Q/s1600-h/spider-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FydhEFpFU8zY13xj-FWEMYHqfv-oVQj339ZAFuHWrCDS6OUGvDB0rLTbyqnncsc-WZWpxDu5lzc9kIHZfjSnk9jFalYsc32yGc2QDSUTH8yFIxFi4ZcungfFPWDLgiiJpkag4Q/s400/spider-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533377159305586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A crazy-beautiful spider.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQALphUHMI0CZX6f7uGTRQ_ci9bBKTrGTC2LqK34hcdmGYKHJcVRUM_OKmzLI367JHngqt1J6xZWBtRphMlNhWM6rg1d72S4Gl99Ef2a6uXc4P5m2e7YI26eObIELk8BIVTEypig/s1600-h/spider-2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQALphUHMI0CZX6f7uGTRQ_ci9bBKTrGTC2LqK34hcdmGYKHJcVRUM_OKmzLI367JHngqt1J6xZWBtRphMlNhWM6rg1d72S4Gl99Ef2a6uXc4P5m2e7YI26eObIELk8BIVTEypig/s400/spider-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533371196671618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">That had to have been poisonous. I emphasize the past tense.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIPPD-34JYEn8BvPakTh9u-DCujupX-xbSAMgfzSBQG0q6YhKZmSyo6uKnsj-zyiWDcZnB8f0yl8v1jUe4J0X4Y9YDUYqZKpRSeAqHqM6FxwFBynBKM8iMXNuObqap1jW04hcBg/s1600-h/joma-park.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIPPD-34JYEn8BvPakTh9u-DCujupX-xbSAMgfzSBQG0q6YhKZmSyo6uKnsj-zyiWDcZnB8f0yl8v1jUe4J0X4Y9YDUYqZKpRSeAqHqM6FxwFBynBKM8iMXNuObqap1jW04hcBg/s400/joma-park.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343465066142395842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My JOMA kids on a field trip, drawing landscapes.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSZtnxmUpJTx0GSBemNrV9tpntEkj9tAPfjSgyw-a1j41WzPBvD8fNTiVUNcoe30B89OmcpCoKCPqE6LB2sFniI0bElaaQ65EVfrG7z8_M5XyvZWU1KxmHtZQKrLXP1Vj2k92vA/s1600-h/dinnerates.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSZtnxmUpJTx0GSBemNrV9tpntEkj9tAPfjSgyw-a1j41WzPBvD8fNTiVUNcoe30B89OmcpCoKCPqE6LB2sFniI0bElaaQ65EVfrG7z8_M5XyvZWU1KxmHtZQKrLXP1Vj2k92vA/s400/dinnerates.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343462999182623170" border="0" /></a><br />Dinner and dessert at Edgar's. Matapa and watermelon.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugMfL3Z0FPrVAreaJThmmN2vLqfoziJZtuzJhXgToss73E1-bHH4xgv5o_cXgX2IZ8bbsJi75Sh0o8bEAbaLuK97tqcPHzvFyiIRKEUsewIqbvgcUPWfpiqGxCfzEKxN4u4edIA/s1600-h/house-01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugMfL3Z0FPrVAreaJThmmN2vLqfoziJZtuzJhXgToss73E1-bHH4xgv5o_cXgX2IZ8bbsJi75Sh0o8bEAbaLuK97tqcPHzvFyiIRKEUsewIqbvgcUPWfpiqGxCfzEKxN4u4edIA/s400/house-01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343523080686908946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I noticed two girls playing house.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mzzQWjGIq4NlNw08Y0cKNhVoy4d10pYSlx2nu3RX7BmHApz1qmOKayA_mbucX8BA1vZ4jDYf5YD2qh9_VfXOZEuuZsnMRTyOaF1qnGS93B1Mj3wH2NDnlTOAPrIn2oOcGZ7u_Q/s1600-h/house-02.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mzzQWjGIq4NlNw08Y0cKNhVoy4d10pYSlx2nu3RX7BmHApz1qmOKayA_mbucX8BA1vZ4jDYf5YD2qh9_VfXOZEuuZsnMRTyOaF1qnGS93B1Mj3wH2NDnlTOAPrIn2oOcGZ7u_Q/s400/house-02.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343460923752676898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With real fire, a beer bottle, and something strange a-brewing.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMpdDxct-MEAmkHidgmRorXndlIhOymtwm0AIr2TRHe_DSMu7OfjkGwnv-TDpn4cMXL8fsIC1I7NZNL_-dgBsbsgIpoOGRaZCw-hQfqBJSA87H9AIsZLwsrpKNOc7Ga9_6ju9Fg/s1600-h/return-sat-0.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMpdDxct-MEAmkHidgmRorXndlIhOymtwm0AIr2TRHe_DSMu7OfjkGwnv-TDpn4cMXL8fsIC1I7NZNL_-dgBsbsgIpoOGRaZCw-hQfqBJSA87H9AIsZLwsrpKNOc7Ga9_6ju9Fg/s400/return-sat-0.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343460923817364114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We celebrated the return of my director<br />after a pedagogical scandal earlier this year.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTfv6xUCvKgoRj3oojdhV7R2TOwqDzv_EqzDg4J8HZplrb3gBZ9l6D28CILp5NCAp3pgpo1t1IuNmR4DZNodNK0exJAeWqDXemvu4vm38Ji38JFX7UpQ4iS2LEaAj3aaOjCbNqw/s1600-h/return-sat.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTfv6xUCvKgoRj3oojdhV7R2TOwqDzv_EqzDg4J8HZplrb3gBZ9l6D28CILp5NCAp3pgpo1t1IuNmR4DZNodNK0exJAeWqDXemvu4vm38Ji38JFX7UpQ4iS2LEaAj3aaOjCbNqw/s400/return-sat.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343460918493942130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Later, I enjoyed a drink from a magical cup.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABSEGQB8ra1HJZabiE-kfHrqUSpQtoR9iEkeWitQWx9PtJdHgfO-EALmKc4B2M_UT70Tse58QbVMb76P-w7M7S9hx0F5EY3zOyMX1NO8f0_3WcsqtZWktY29_gEGeMZdfrnFOJw/s1600-h/torto.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABSEGQB8ra1HJZabiE-kfHrqUSpQtoR9iEkeWitQWx9PtJdHgfO-EALmKc4B2M_UT70Tse58QbVMb76P-w7M7S9hx0F5EY3zOyMX1NO8f0_3WcsqtZWktY29_gEGeMZdfrnFOJw/s400/torto.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343456950033129554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I decided I should feed the previous volunteer's dog<br />that has been frequenting my house.<br />That is a big step for me and pet-nurturing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSGNyqS_dQ8zsyFakqlcaztHU9flu8_hTZYu7RtOYyMPHJVf_j5yRdulkvrJDZNbuSlXzhQ54mCIMkPa6UuVOJ29eJ5SkkCM3s1KUHdcLJ-OSkqS_Ff0ys6rD9aVwSEvwmFHC5g/s1600-h/barra.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSGNyqS_dQ8zsyFakqlcaztHU9flu8_hTZYu7RtOYyMPHJVf_j5yRdulkvrJDZNbuSlXzhQ54mCIMkPa6UuVOJ29eJ5SkkCM3s1KUHdcLJ-OSkqS_Ff0ys6rD9aVwSEvwmFHC5g/s400/barra.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343454760291873906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To celebrate the May PCV birthdays,<br />we spent a weekend on Barra Beach.</div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9oGBDyIlP1hc7rGa4g80s014gSGrNzepEIC376HfiRft4aoHnZg1RokNAN8fh9rna-3po0gf-Fe0qKGDmlM3etacyyKrj_OHUO2ZyZZbkBaATRwGyk0prghzQwNb5X4HMvtTAw/s1600-h/clean-hair.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9oGBDyIlP1hc7rGa4g80s014gSGrNzepEIC376HfiRft4aoHnZg1RokNAN8fh9rna-3po0gf-Fe0qKGDmlM3etacyyKrj_OHUO2ZyZZbkBaATRwGyk0prghzQwNb5X4HMvtTAw/s400/clean-hair.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343456948707342466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">There, I washed my hair for the first time in over a year!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VFtt2hzCXKnZtQBKNHGxxGFw9MXuuBqlqvqyOUUt4ert3edW-0FyooqRSGLf2OwVyHw4CZWdfwaR_-8n6MHF62mAyGRxjmfVq5VeU2WFzff9m9LUhcsL7DFDyC3LgzwUgzDmKA/s1600-h/the_colonel.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VFtt2hzCXKnZtQBKNHGxxGFw9MXuuBqlqvqyOUUt4ert3edW-0FyooqRSGLf2OwVyHw4CZWdfwaR_-8n6MHF62mAyGRxjmfVq5VeU2WFzff9m9LUhcsL7DFDyC3LgzwUgzDmKA/s400/the_colonel.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343456940088562978" border="0" /></a><br />I became Colonel Hindesworth Greensborough Bettertrothe Carlin.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCABRLkhM3lM-gHnwwWgPs_W1hdLUGaiUyn2UTj0ZupuhoWU5WdfOXRBmhvsECl5Kw55wR4gXxJWAI0z3sHgneKPRF98FKbZhKogQkKH4aGNamRAtSMh3hWus_42jnveV4s_7Fw/s1600-h/chase-barbalosa.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCABRLkhM3lM-gHnwwWgPs_W1hdLUGaiUyn2UTj0ZupuhoWU5WdfOXRBmhvsECl5Kw55wR4gXxJWAI0z3sHgneKPRF98FKbZhKogQkKH4aGNamRAtSMh3hWus_42jnveV4s_7Fw/s400/chase-barbalosa.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343454755321065954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">On the way back we got dropped off in the bush.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCp1U2ohZE38gyTg43ffU3tKjc39SW40lsLbX5Ag9CNywIrM_ySUEGOLuzFc9dob50n1QS580n2vtzI8uGkHevDheBObS067YfJxZ_o-cWfGZUoqqX-rQ9vaYtO06O1HkaMfp0g/s1600-h/boat.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCp1U2ohZE38gyTg43ffU3tKjc39SW40lsLbX5Ag9CNywIrM_ySUEGOLuzFc9dob50n1QS580n2vtzI8uGkHevDheBObS067YfJxZ_o-cWfGZUoqqX-rQ9vaYtO06O1HkaMfp0g/s400/boat.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343454752473204034" border="0" /></a>Then, we got to ride the new ferryboats.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCp1U2ohZE38gyTg43ffU3tKjc39SW40lsLbX5Ag9CNywIrM_ySUEGOLuzFc9dob50n1QS580n2vtzI8uGkHevDheBObS067YfJxZ_o-cWfGZUoqqX-rQ9vaYtO06O1HkaMfp0g/s1600-h/boat.png"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDvNSJliEVBwcOULuZMyZs6jUXYJnSV3VUk6FEbSZOHN7TrVedc3g3BYd3w7mtTY3ppEz9nJWMCCk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></a><br />Spider Video!<br /></div><br />My birthmonth played host to a series of wonderful events, including the return from "Beer Olympics," my appointment to computer lab technician at Massinga Secondary School, my birthday, and an end-of-the-month celebration at Macola Bay on Barra Beach. It felt very satisfying and accomplished.<br /><br />In other events, I have also assumed responsibility of community doctor. It was only yesterday that I gave an English lesson explaining medicines and what they can treat when, later that evening, I had a frequently-tutored student stop by and show me his penis.<br />The dialogue went a bit like this:<br />Hello Mr. M. Hello Isaias, how are you? I am well teacher and you? I am well thank you Isaias.<br />(The rest is in Portuguese)<br />Teacher, you have to forgive me but I have had this sickness for a long time. It is here. He lifted his shirt more and more. I thought to myself, how low is this sickness? Then, out plopped his penis.<br />See, I have all this bumps on my "bolinho" (literally:little cake). I have them until they are sores. He puts his little cake away. I have gone to the hospital 2 or 3 times but they keep coming back. You must forgive teacher but I am asking for help.<br />Hmm...do they hurt? No, it only itches. It itches so much I always have to excuse myself during class to go to the bathroom and itch it. Okay, well, first let's wash your hands. It is always important to wash your hands after you touch it, okay? Okay teacher.<br />I went to get my "Where There is No Doctor" book that smells like like vinegar...perhaps because I haven't opened in over 6 months.<br />Okay, you have bumps like this. Are you sure it doesn't hurt? No, it only itches teacher. Okay, do you have any bumps or rashes on your body? Sometimes on my hands. Have you ever peed blood? Ahh, teacher I don't know. Maybe sometimes the pee is dark but I am not sure if it is blood. Okay, I think that when your pee is dark it is blood. Okay teacher.<br />I think you have this disease but I don't know the name of it in Portuguese. Let me call my friend. Chase, how do you say syphilis in Portuguese? I have no clue, but I have my computer right here. Okay, it is the exact same. Sífilis. How do you spell that? S-í-f-i-l-i-s. Okay thanks, I am with a student right now and I think he has it, I'll talk to you later.<br />Okay, Isaias. Are you accustomed to having sex? Ahh, no teacher. Are you sure? Have you ever had sex. No teacher.<br />Do you remember the name of the medicine the doctor gave you? Injections of Penicillin and Tylenol. Good. That is good that they treated you with this. How often? One injection of Penicillin every day for five days. Hmm...that is interesting. The book says to take 2.4 units of Penicillin all at once. One injection in each butt cheek. Here, I will write all of this information down for you.<br />Thank you teacher. I wanted to go to the hospital today but it was not possible and, tomorrow, I have physical education. I will go Friday. Very good Isaias. It is very important that you resolve this as soon as possible because even if the bumps go away, the disease can still spread. Okay teacher, no problem. I will see you tomorrow. Okay, sleep well Isaias. Sweet dreams teacher.<br /><br />So, that was a bit of a "Peace Corps Kodak Moment" for me. It looks like I will have another month full of excitement and adventures.Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-19646488652064239482009-05-27T16:01:00.003-05:002009-05-27T16:16:16.618-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxODP7F-HWopQdKbsy1Dda3SU7-AbOBPYeiBgeORQsKU9v3WZ7oF6HAhdmMUYpxMbC_QSoeojPCpP4Y89tG7BGu3g6MAJWLwRrHIOm4GTl2RDkg_v5xd46Vy39JtjhXyqanNUDgw/s1600-h/270905.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxODP7F-HWopQdKbsy1Dda3SU7-AbOBPYeiBgeORQsKU9v3WZ7oF6HAhdmMUYpxMbC_QSoeojPCpP4Y89tG7BGu3g6MAJWLwRrHIOm4GTl2RDkg_v5xd46Vy39JtjhXyqanNUDgw/s400/270905.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340613790769317138" border="0" /></a>Two wild and crazy guys being all crazy (Me and Cameron).<br />Drawing of May 25th: He's not a pimp, he's a fairy.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-79949152436746104522009-05-24T15:09:00.002-05:002009-05-24T15:17:00.075-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hvSzHhH55-BfHRUVCadkfvzWmcq82PioSkTk6XTT1uhbdLb9gXGIilJ1ptlepif7PKa0tNmVU_OTTdiVC9G5B3iIPv-E4N2zJ-pI2neQgGFIZR9QLqz-WxaSEPfRGu0q3hJ4iQ/s1600-h/240905.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hvSzHhH55-BfHRUVCadkfvzWmcq82PioSkTk6XTT1uhbdLb9gXGIilJ1ptlepif7PKa0tNmVU_OTTdiVC9G5B3iIPv-E4N2zJ-pI2neQgGFIZR9QLqz-WxaSEPfRGu0q3hJ4iQ/s400/240905.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339486260572021522" border="0" /></a>Study for "Student in Suit."<br />Yesterday's Drawing: Dancing man.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucuy_ktdR5LioUBJF8g7lphw4Qgmt_2IdDugeG0xZzXOD5kSJBFfNGvD5N0vSnvK2d32jHASvKvWC8UNXbqZST1OyqJ8nmXV4qoZEe3TtU5spoqEFYdjOii2PuYq3RkBdiVEvUw/s1600-h/220509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucuy_ktdR5LioUBJF8g7lphw4Qgmt_2IdDugeG0xZzXOD5kSJBFfNGvD5N0vSnvK2d32jHASvKvWC8UNXbqZST1OyqJ8nmXV4qoZEe3TtU5spoqEFYdjOii2PuYq3RkBdiVEvUw/s400/220509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339486251653904370" border="0" /></a>"B" for Boss.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-56338406185825567042009-05-21T15:23:00.001-05:002009-05-21T16:14:04.968-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WBIcjRGvaVFq2SEjUT2lMovEEV3nhW8fpL8VnTqmPVlqlUGsEqRCc3cBZN3yyjhat1v0j9XcpDJMCQ0P8rKIBVvri_-WKUrlvofCIR65FdSfigpLeQAGwbivZ0OyUfm7AVe3yg/s1600-h/210509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WBIcjRGvaVFq2SEjUT2lMovEEV3nhW8fpL8VnTqmPVlqlUGsEqRCc3cBZN3yyjhat1v0j9XcpDJMCQ0P8rKIBVvri_-WKUrlvofCIR65FdSfigpLeQAGwbivZ0OyUfm7AVe3yg/s400/210509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338387961698493810" border="0" /></a>Two more men. Yawn.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiZIHY3gY__OtKA-hCUN3W3DFEukjRrlrfEhQ0ICkno-NgZEg5x7rqOvAs07la2Hw6KbW083SMMZpjPc3UXjYKpFACi5-cQdawP1fxn2U-d7kWQSDpRyc2OZ5pioXEzwNSyOJxA/s1600-h/200509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiZIHY3gY__OtKA-hCUN3W3DFEukjRrlrfEhQ0ICkno-NgZEg5x7rqOvAs07la2Hw6KbW083SMMZpjPc3UXjYKpFACi5-cQdawP1fxn2U-d7kWQSDpRyc2OZ5pioXEzwNSyOJxA/s400/200509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338387953552931218" border="0" /></a>Heart and Ecko. Claudio holding a coconut.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-89982566496103516632009-05-20T16:41:00.003-05:002009-05-20T17:16:42.663-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ0_Vs_eCe3QzeEzkE0z8F8ObxCfOKd2uGNkfzMLaIQBXXO07tJ7HVYI6cMAmrsbxXtfnCzXXBjCivaMGkCXSY21TuKNHSpQ820l6hmwFYQ3o5dwmL6qL7V1UsR0vXgjX2HUQwQ/s1600-h/Pants_of_Power.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ0_Vs_eCe3QzeEzkE0z8F8ObxCfOKd2uGNkfzMLaIQBXXO07tJ7HVYI6cMAmrsbxXtfnCzXXBjCivaMGkCXSY21TuKNHSpQ820l6hmwFYQ3o5dwmL6qL7V1UsR0vXgjX2HUQwQ/s400/Pants_of_Power.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338024764129680242" border="0" /></a>"Pants of Power. Power Pants? Pop.pp..."<br />Graphite, Watercolor, and Permanant Marker on Bleached Cardboard<br />49.5x30cm<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This drawing was actually done around a year ago, but, I forgot to bring my sketchbook to the computer lab this evening. So, this was the best I could do. It is the first piece of the series that includes the drawing, "Judite is a Runt.Whoa...o..Oh.Oh."</div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-43695499731007391922009-05-17T15:49:00.006-05:002009-05-20T16:51:05.715-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing(s) of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM2DYroae7fxd5Lqkz7U6XCeKTkKq6xmL9OtHpoOVEq86HfUs-hrgFQYuxormd74H-6aK4vexJ9DH-F6CTKKGJtxhneO5et21_yDeVX1JsGYR6fHlmIpl-nlz-sB_usQcXJdjyw/s1600-h/Judy_is_a_Runt.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM2DYroae7fxd5Lqkz7U6XCeKTkKq6xmL9OtHpoOVEq86HfUs-hrgFQYuxormd74H-6aK4vexJ9DH-F6CTKKGJtxhneO5et21_yDeVX1JsGYR6fHlmIpl-nlz-sB_usQcXJdjyw/s400/Judy_is_a_Runt.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899476920483074" border="0" /></a>"Judite is a Runt.Whoa...o..Oh.Oh."<br />Graphite and Watercolor on Bleached Cardboard<br />20x41cm<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWys0R2mkGe1dLasYHRL7H3uDuJvjVWTrKT3BuLOu1yHHZfoavpEjQan6aUk21Ot7SNtP3c6xTVaeOS6UU1OahEbEV2MCjGNdK3zBP48N_w0XkrNZcOW3o9NsFryF_vft8VXPyg/s1600-h/170509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWys0R2mkGe1dLasYHRL7H3uDuJvjVWTrKT3BuLOu1yHHZfoavpEjQan6aUk21Ot7SNtP3c6xTVaeOS6UU1OahEbEV2MCjGNdK3zBP48N_w0XkrNZcOW3o9NsFryF_vft8VXPyg/s400/170509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336912112085441378" border="0" /></a>Two girls in need of hot boyz.<br />Yesterday's Drawing: Digression.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Birthday Drawings<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsTjQcfnBVMsIrSI-mFyIqVYBQ04o0voFAsGczS60dB6GuZzdqMJGrOj3BTbop5392X6ARoJzAFLBBF1ybgNM7u7NhERZeAxrTtnjZTIaMPjwU4FYDRD33teXd4Y8qeMz4uyXmA/s1600-h/150509.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsTjQcfnBVMsIrSI-mFyIqVYBQ04o0voFAsGczS60dB6GuZzdqMJGrOj3BTbop5392X6ARoJzAFLBBF1ybgNM7u7NhERZeAxrTtnjZTIaMPjwU4FYDRD33teXd4Y8qeMz4uyXmA/s400/150509.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336912116598522514" border="0" /></a>Me and mitigation. Abusing the pencil under the influence.<br /></div><br />The first drawing is the second of a series of drawings I am working on in Massinga. I will upload the first tomorrow. Also, I celebrated my birthday this weekend in Massinga and Maxixe. It was good. Well, I guess I can say it was really good. I got to see Chase, some other good volunteers, and my assistant director, Sergio. Plus, my best bud from Massinga, Edgar, got to hang with us all and we had some inspiring conversations.Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-79547001463173230792009-05-14T15:48:00.004-05:002009-05-14T16:03:00.549-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8bMrLTbOkO54JDKM_5Ev1c-zSi0vJ4AgfGtwf2Tz56sZRnw6L9a-XrSVu71hGEqFGF91UkFy3sHlkHJlWBNXSuYZTscPk9Ui1bxVpfnfkQ60uBPgiajglrzbMpOAU5G5FsqZww/s1600-h/140509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8bMrLTbOkO54JDKM_5Ev1c-zSi0vJ4AgfGtwf2Tz56sZRnw6L9a-XrSVu71hGEqFGF91UkFy3sHlkHJlWBNXSuYZTscPk9Ui1bxVpfnfkQ60uBPgiajglrzbMpOAU5G5FsqZww/s400/140509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335784448498972882" border="0" /></a>Study for "Oracle....S'mo...Bor..Tlk..Have her."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Today's drawing and the similar drawings are studies to be elaborated on cardboard. In the final product, all of the limbs will be proportional and the feet will be drawn more accurately; like the legs and face rather than the upper-body. Also, the shorts will be painted a flat blue. </div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-87266977566888347282009-05-11T14:13:00.008-05:002009-05-24T12:56:52.775-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing(s) of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PFacXk2iasP95n-SZKA0npQN_dp0xqFwLkKyAV9PverAcV3yTP4Kft_01yhlPcD7E7F-Uti87d8q6QNOh5E2LXNrdHsKKSqeNR25VQy5riccNPy8OHTiBS3r6IR_ku8npvcJoA/s1600-h/130509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PFacXk2iasP95n-SZKA0npQN_dp0xqFwLkKyAV9PverAcV3yTP4Kft_01yhlPcD7E7F-Uti87d8q6QNOh5E2LXNrdHsKKSqeNR25VQy5riccNPy8OHTiBS3r6IR_ku8npvcJoA/s400/130509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335404317397305778" border="0" /></a>I had no eraser today. So, I drew these guys.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFVetj_tNRjLO-GjXln3tGOX6a9rcLMNa15b3r9vAvXx5R3eHprURdTcyblDj9kIIvcc6Sk7f-Ns0QmP_nvHfCDUn8ikw6MYtg1b9sHYlRhXwc4Dp6djEQjdvbB0jR8bjkKhwLg/s1600-h/120509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFVetj_tNRjLO-GjXln3tGOX6a9rcLMNa15b3r9vAvXx5R3eHprURdTcyblDj9kIIvcc6Sk7f-Ns0QmP_nvHfCDUn8ikw6MYtg1b9sHYlRhXwc4Dp6djEQjdvbB0jR8bjkKhwLg/s400/120509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335404312329060002" border="0" /></a>I wanted to draw the legs accurately but in an inaccurate location.<br />I don't like how it looks and need to erase them.<br />If I only had that eraser.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-72970544537764855012009-05-10T14:50:00.003-05:002009-05-10T14:59:05.454-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlLyGCPK2gAZUP9JlhHESG28wc4m_dvH_omuz5M_iv8AtdzosLs4WHSEsykmrxymdwD-vrQ1sQ5yS8hHjTLYElWQj8YjNGmXoJAnsMPt1zG5027gW5h2szytVN276v_CGaGZfmw/s1600-h/100509.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlLyGCPK2gAZUP9JlhHESG28wc4m_dvH_omuz5M_iv8AtdzosLs4WHSEsykmrxymdwD-vrQ1sQ5yS8hHjTLYElWQj8YjNGmXoJAnsMPt1zG5027gW5h2szytVN276v_CGaGZfmw/s400/100509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334285428893439378" border="0" /></a>To all the nearly forgotten mothers,<br />here is a last minute, "Thank you."<br />You are amazing and have done wonderful things for your children.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-16184376252008279552009-05-09T17:36:00.002-05:002009-05-10T14:56:58.323-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Drawing of the Day<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemOggOEzYYVattKbVFjMib0NFec24bTVnxnstafoCtGZbjkWKjMgvdsspdByuYZeYHPN9yEkd8zVx1KPO8YLpOk_OyMuqIKGbwyC9bsYbJHf4KK5LjFExBdxywSArv8p7lAfKIg/s1600-h/050909.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemOggOEzYYVattKbVFjMib0NFec24bTVnxnstafoCtGZbjkWKjMgvdsspdByuYZeYHPN9yEkd8zVx1KPO8YLpOk_OyMuqIKGbwyC9bsYbJHf4KK5LjFExBdxywSArv8p7lAfKIg/s400/050909.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333957016744497106" border="0" /></a>Basketball is my favorite sport.<br />Especially when I play well and embarrass my students.<br /></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-37240060181938042972009-05-09T15:41:00.014-05:002009-05-10T15:28:11.018-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6JBdMuXP3gK0_EuRdvwF7Ux_FiriqYM2cRDkb4KGQzCk9C3P4dnz5-6WL1Ij9FB0yruDR8pGqjhQSfpPhiAgU7RGMN5WiFqxcedbcEQVuDfrngSqtuYJ3uX0Huqv40uOUT9w5A/s1600-h/IMmango-welcome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6JBdMuXP3gK0_EuRdvwF7Ux_FiriqYM2cRDkb4KGQzCk9C3P4dnz5-6WL1Ij9FB0yruDR8pGqjhQSfpPhiAgU7RGMN5WiFqxcedbcEQVuDfrngSqtuYJ3uX0Huqv40uOUT9w5A/s400/IMmango-welcome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939869594166498" border="0" /></a><br />Welcome to the JOMA Conference 2009.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRusGqfFGHo__KjYX0N3PkwiRYdro5QRDy0OaAg4fX-ACulu4c4g8Ozkk5iE_7tbfcH0pLTOJSvjWPHVXxZjRZW8UxOIkTkoLEBpdVXRbjgq2IyFyJkVNLUc5-O5WWHW2FcL_Y0Q/s1600-h/mango-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRusGqfFGHo__KjYX0N3PkwiRYdro5QRDy0OaAg4fX-ACulu4c4g8Ozkk5iE_7tbfcH0pLTOJSvjWPHVXxZjRZW8UxOIkTkoLEBpdVXRbjgq2IyFyJkVNLUc5-O5WWHW2FcL_Y0Q/s400/mango-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939398794928578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In our very own province of Inhambane.<br />Photo by Jimmy Schneidewind<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUqHmMHwUjG1OehkeTuldxaVqyAqHYUN9LV6mxTkbifH8PnPIoshxI4kYA65CnBEX5AnZxVWfo_TXOej8csmXdk8Tj2WWJdK6vqOUER-FNBfnLaSwaZ3a-YqMDv53fYKdebv0Uw/s1600-h/mango-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUqHmMHwUjG1OehkeTuldxaVqyAqHYUN9LV6mxTkbifH8PnPIoshxI4kYA65CnBEX5AnZxVWfo_TXOej8csmXdk8Tj2WWJdK6vqOUER-FNBfnLaSwaZ3a-YqMDv53fYKdebv0Uw/s400/mango-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939385552196882" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At Tofo Beach.<br />Photo by Will Cohen<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQLfm4n7yEwSnsxVLl0982eOQcl5hsRVH1fBbfWTNXziAWyLjdlwZFsre94XnQOWLxqUWuYDNgU0m1ORj5EwjGAH6f5leqvHxweJKEELDqwGlyumqBL-LF-Y8fT9F0yv97rzVWA/s1600-h/mango-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQLfm4n7yEwSnsxVLl0982eOQcl5hsRVH1fBbfWTNXziAWyLjdlwZFsre94XnQOWLxqUWuYDNgU0m1ORj5EwjGAH6f5leqvHxweJKEELDqwGlyumqBL-LF-Y8fT9F0yv97rzVWA/s400/mango-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939388790762978" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mango Beach Lodge.<br />Photo by Adam Turney<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2YxYgQ9l9oHsyF0WHUmhVUzFIX-82f5ebcNadZqhThMBwIChONOsOajlR470XbLvp0HA1izLpkoCIQdCvdnt8su_JNTaZnpvXg3zfMqbaUeayky2XpiKsh5JEPSRrDuFhn9ZNw/s1600-h/mango-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2YxYgQ9l9oHsyF0WHUmhVUzFIX-82f5ebcNadZqhThMBwIChONOsOajlR470XbLvp0HA1izLpkoCIQdCvdnt8su_JNTaZnpvXg3zfMqbaUeayky2XpiKsh5JEPSRrDuFhn9ZNw/s400/mango-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939385716475154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Where we had both sunrises and sunsets.<br />Photo by Adam Turney<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjWzIqYfX0q1PKGJiB_219usbqiAn8maWsOYO-Dz47yw5qeNiC5073n88A3LenuD64_O70j4FWR66Wru3n_FrGosKeE0iGPmp78DL4WESQze6Gl-Ld8Fe-xHr8vBYGtGG3N9DOw/s1600-h/mango-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjWzIqYfX0q1PKGJiB_219usbqiAn8maWsOYO-Dz47yw5qeNiC5073n88A3LenuD64_O70j4FWR66Wru3n_FrGosKeE0iGPmp78DL4WESQze6Gl-Ld8Fe-xHr8vBYGtGG3N9DOw/s400/mango-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333939383413454914" border="0" /></a><br />And, we were usually working through them.<br />Photo by Adam Turney<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnde_18qp-7lRKkOS1yH82Oaw4RZY_vzS08a2YWJKRRPj5hFaDjgsrHpDzHoJc5W1bqq_POGOWmiQJcdOdLIxB6TKCfATC4hUVo_qt3hgM0huSYvXwA4ZEidOMoxlKC2-VSjW44Q/s1600-h/mango-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnde_18qp-7lRKkOS1yH82Oaw4RZY_vzS08a2YWJKRRPj5hFaDjgsrHpDzHoJc5W1bqq_POGOWmiQJcdOdLIxB6TKCfATC4hUVo_qt3hgM0huSYvXwA4ZEidOMoxlKC2-VSjW44Q/s400/mango-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937733001855122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All to help support Mozambique.<br />Photo by Will Cohen<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWYa2vXfr7wei2ldj9SEE_52lmK5IzCkv1GYxjdhweTjFyY4Oz9ZsV936UkdJO8tAwTFdkqo5QLL6rMWTN6RsuVqzWoWzuO0o74DvCV6s_5nT2u70ntqNRMIUY6QbfYLGVYZRiA/s1600-h/art-just.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWYa2vXfr7wei2ldj9SEE_52lmK5IzCkv1GYxjdhweTjFyY4Oz9ZsV936UkdJO8tAwTFdkqo5QLL6rMWTN6RsuVqzWoWzuO0o74DvCV6s_5nT2u70ntqNRMIUY6QbfYLGVYZRiA/s400/art-just.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937732174883954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My counterpart, Justino, helping facilitate a session.<br />Photo by Zachary Scott<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGkPIMtYHD5F13k0gmp9B_zBalZsPQNzhq3bSgvjAv0QsFQgrc8HKkEMixilsrIVvuR2ApCY6UTfwtLnqV7IitQPeWbg7ApPrMtGOEHzDx2-E9cAc0vo1ZTygC8AcBj-U7WJ3bw/s1600-h/art-mehans.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGkPIMtYHD5F13k0gmp9B_zBalZsPQNzhq3bSgvjAv0QsFQgrc8HKkEMixilsrIVvuR2ApCY6UTfwtLnqV7IitQPeWbg7ApPrMtGOEHzDx2-E9cAc0vo1ZTygC8AcBj-U7WJ3bw/s400/art-mehans.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937724845570194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Me and Hans doodling away.<br />Photo by Zachary Scott<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrnu0JaZ5dkn6kGeL_ubXWeH4D7zs4bPr2iwsvllVus5X3iCzBnj73rizlUlBMLrtgp9vYLsfRK4orB_mGDXkjEPNniOSJC9uLUzzh0y1Z2pigtbSlNXBmIbF0G9MQJesydLZoQ/s1600-h/cruisin-girls.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrnu0JaZ5dkn6kGeL_ubXWeH4D7zs4bPr2iwsvllVus5X3iCzBnj73rizlUlBMLrtgp9vYLsfRK4orB_mGDXkjEPNniOSJC9uLUzzh0y1Z2pigtbSlNXBmIbF0G9MQJesydLZoQ/s400/cruisin-girls.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937718552894706" border="0" /></a><br />The JOMA Girls on a crazy, off-road ride through the dunes.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeTzdXWT_giAarrVverKnzHPGI1W5Vn_r5XUyHYG1t1pH2L4OKRVQBGSoA54U6T5b8i062MF0sOK5Rj8GlTIkaH9rKhMlqKfwxLtRPIllrKyVz5dXzDT8bbJcI0DZLrO_PQX9-Q/s1600-h/cruisin-ali.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeTzdXWT_giAarrVverKnzHPGI1W5Vn_r5XUyHYG1t1pH2L4OKRVQBGSoA54U6T5b8i062MF0sOK5Rj8GlTIkaH9rKhMlqKfwxLtRPIllrKyVz5dXzDT8bbJcI0DZLrO_PQX9-Q/s400/cruisin-ali.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333935488707234738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With a daring woman, Ali, on the side of the car.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DuoXEjTteXT7P2Bh3H7wUj1qLyd5y-ABfPaIWsNrmaNl7R3ELbMotkePA2ZDm1SVZBCo_zYwGeU7ZvWlaF2nzX3Vc4G2gXAK0hUsDbXV3wciPFrE_64sLultnfa8eDW2qSO8Ew/s1600-h/cruisin-me.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DuoXEjTteXT7P2Bh3H7wUj1qLyd5y-ABfPaIWsNrmaNl7R3ELbMotkePA2ZDm1SVZBCo_zYwGeU7ZvWlaF2nzX3Vc4G2gXAK0hUsDbXV3wciPFrE_64sLultnfa8eDW2qSO8Ew/s400/cruisin-me.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937713968520514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, a fearless man, myself, on the other side.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHq2xovfUzfcMB8HWMIM4qoJKD7U5SJgY1sWW5TJyb3VMNhqwGz5pX1htvBA6lGANDKTtEqeY2z2ZRiallOYC6Y98DhIQkx1TCzwteDGAzZthRlV1G_okmQLOHWOWpwnSaj28qw/s1600-h/hans-egg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHq2xovfUzfcMB8HWMIM4qoJKD7U5SJgY1sWW5TJyb3VMNhqwGz5pX1htvBA6lGANDKTtEqeY2z2ZRiallOYC6Y98DhIQkx1TCzwteDGAzZthRlV1G_okmQLOHWOWpwnSaj28qw/s400/hans-egg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333935484786458674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hans found the golden egg at the conference.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitva7HnbBRO_vk8sPIjvkUSfJquc4BTeq44J5jcaKNTYn5jf25zooHlJSdu9f7PejTqrvfZHHrFwQE_xFo_fZBTv2g0aq9XmtlI9EYd7LxW47-wbgaNVFudbIpxIeRS7X40JbLzQ/s1600-h/wall-dirt.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitva7HnbBRO_vk8sPIjvkUSfJquc4BTeq44J5jcaKNTYn5jf25zooHlJSdu9f7PejTqrvfZHHrFwQE_xFo_fZBTv2g0aq9XmtlI9EYd7LxW47-wbgaNVFudbIpxIeRS7X40JbLzQ/s400/wall-dirt.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333935483174497170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The future site of our mural in Inhambane City.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aA9SJRnonC5EQTiN3-WuJh0Nb2spfLkW_ZNLxb18ctb8k8pYx_Xvx25o2rWJpNGh0_JSSe33FLA-23t3HFZi3rnOAZZCk9A2bYCWF3x8UiRGp04qmMxlld5E4NGOLeo9PrGXeA/s1600-h/wall-prep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aA9SJRnonC5EQTiN3-WuJh0Nb2spfLkW_ZNLxb18ctb8k8pYx_Xvx25o2rWJpNGh0_JSSe33FLA-23t3HFZi3rnOAZZCk9A2bYCWF3x8UiRGp04qmMxlld5E4NGOLeo9PrGXeA/s400/wall-prep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333935482403651842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ali and I slaved away to prepare it for our field day.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbEp7QQRgVKytuBJa-HiSOOb_4ilwCxhgPG5h4gV57aomMCztowttZwKGzgHcgpzko1AKASI3zDiKdRxJUFnB5QCqy4TWTzhkx0EL9bQXapWC6nIBN3Y1pUoHWW7O5pGWxahkqw/s1600-h/wall-white.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbEp7QQRgVKytuBJa-HiSOOb_4ilwCxhgPG5h4gV57aomMCztowttZwKGzgHcgpzko1AKASI3zDiKdRxJUFnB5QCqy4TWTzhkx0EL9bQXapWC6nIBN3Y1pUoHWW7O5pGWxahkqw/s400/wall-white.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333935476136694450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One white wall.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFT9dDmJ6I84amprx9Xj6laMaSHVCQuv-71sktEkfwJNWZBSYG5edSQv4QHVlik-e5AFC43pi9aeNbOi9GC6AK9p7svlXlcTvbGu3u5FINNSpugHYAkhOIQcaYkzF4aDkYJpiEw/s1600-h/mural-chiefs.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFT9dDmJ6I84amprx9Xj6laMaSHVCQuv-71sktEkfwJNWZBSYG5edSQv4QHVlik-e5AFC43pi9aeNbOi9GC6AK9p7svlXlcTvbGu3u5FINNSpugHYAkhOIQcaYkzF4aDkYJpiEw/s400/mural-chiefs.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333933086027133378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Drawing out the design.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tzK45KJ9M4uZaWoHRbXKs3p5-jobiAqa_SX7PybPE_DM9YbZEUO5Vvp3EKi4KBTN62vyeaGa6O2h94faUi2aswxTIMSy_SYwxoTRxpHtmBvZ5z8q5H_-vcRzb9wQjanNbObG5Q/s1600-h/mural-boys.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tzK45KJ9M4uZaWoHRbXKs3p5-jobiAqa_SX7PybPE_DM9YbZEUO5Vvp3EKi4KBTN62vyeaGa6O2h94faUi2aswxTIMSy_SYwxoTRxpHtmBvZ5z8q5H_-vcRzb9wQjanNbObG5Q/s400/mural-boys.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333933077440868802" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My two boys, Genôcio and Eugénio, working together.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNDLl_SA2881mNqNPWDOzycDaaUnaDCugf7rbU4KMTpthiCPCUZ2OHUVGJ8l2ub8adE01o18_PVtVXGNnVnzO4S7zHA_aX6QQu7DM6zWl2tNi1resAGMVzHX7k8yuza07n6700A/s1600-h/mural-group1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNDLl_SA2881mNqNPWDOzycDaaUnaDCugf7rbU4KMTpthiCPCUZ2OHUVGJ8l2ub8adE01o18_PVtVXGNnVnzO4S7zHA_aX6QQu7DM6zWl2tNi1resAGMVzHX7k8yuza07n6700A/s400/mural-group1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333933071955206786" border="0" /></a><br />Our team of Artists.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9BC0OzdPtpt3FP6gAPvd2qQitGTvGHae_agrtDQxVcP8SNbE0dvzKYvCE3o4gELWuX2vyHa3okA7nZCpQcpcaqmX2K8BNY2v8A03XNQY6jtIgDnmSF5NbROSLV3Usy4jWdx_og/s1600-h/mural-group2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9BC0OzdPtpt3FP6gAPvd2qQitGTvGHae_agrtDQxVcP8SNbE0dvzKYvCE3o4gELWuX2vyHa3okA7nZCpQcpcaqmX2K8BNY2v8A03XNQY6jtIgDnmSF5NbROSLV3Usy4jWdx_og/s400/mural-group2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333933070432197602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We had three hours to paint the wall.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HuAhLrwy2fqk7pb4KSz3KyofcYYoLBR9foR6Ie3T4dU-fTPAExpIo-GD_a-NSMzALGrf1bRD6tFMy4AONif5IRBcPxOtbLuKHq-JX8rgVKgs5oIQhmee1oDzblisMWPeZLsdQg/s1600-h/mural-final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HuAhLrwy2fqk7pb4KSz3KyofcYYoLBR9foR6Ie3T4dU-fTPAExpIo-GD_a-NSMzALGrf1bRD6tFMy4AONif5IRBcPxOtbLuKHq-JX8rgVKgs5oIQhmee1oDzblisMWPeZLsdQg/s400/mural-final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333933069842646706" border="0" /></a>And this is what we came up with.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdZXT4mdBT02ipZYzye83zzklpBLT0GEMkfJiQT6dzbzkNujYykuAspKu1XzAxXgOEvQh6fRgv4pvlOdxiKTJ5RCAoTXa8DPPUP-77Nl5HEFeKTtseLwJ6pZAjBtid7NDWai46g/s1600-h/wrestling-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdZXT4mdBT02ipZYzye83zzklpBLT0GEMkfJiQT6dzbzkNujYykuAspKu1XzAxXgOEvQh6fRgv4pvlOdxiKTJ5RCAoTXa8DPPUP-77Nl5HEFeKTtseLwJ6pZAjBtid7NDWai46g/s400/wrestling-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333932122824569154" border="0" /></a>Jimmy was thrilled.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NxH2s8NCjctJ0maFktb_xXNVvUr7z3d6dVgV6oxFi_4qFhBn7GogTc4GL9_yPyg8nAUbs2vKkwbNTo4xJMG94OOo2vxNbCvYS7LfkV5ZcvnXYdHvEZJngj9ieRaAWArrw0Ykow/s1600-h/wrestling-2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NxH2s8NCjctJ0maFktb_xXNVvUr7z3d6dVgV6oxFi_4qFhBn7GogTc4GL9_yPyg8nAUbs2vKkwbNTo4xJMG94OOo2vxNbCvYS7LfkV5ZcvnXYdHvEZJngj9ieRaAWArrw0Ykow/s400/wrestling-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333932115551125058" border="0" /></a>So we wrestled...again.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5nuhvltgS2Nju0fwdTxi31FFzZ_jSRH7B_gtBTQXoQUNCSgbikxBkMTcOVTGYudhzVjsUivxf9PLx41VN78vTSqj4H_fiBAEuRdonGUTvRFkgSpJcBn_8oYJIQm4Pmb4oEGQw/s1600-h/trip-mecc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyb5nuhvltgS2Nju0fwdTxi31FFzZ_jSRH7B_gtBTQXoQUNCSgbikxBkMTcOVTGYudhzVjsUivxf9PLx41VN78vTSqj4H_fiBAEuRdonGUTvRFkgSpJcBn_8oYJIQm4Pmb4oEGQw/s400/trip-mecc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333932110367169026" border="0" /></a>Me, Chase, and Cate on our way to Vilankulos.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZI6dgNWtDbpIiuFxvn3gRQpO8-XqaMCzp7D3Zur3pL-H_eXshk9leJ1to0ASOODux7c7ea5dxfB-TRDgmUdj8Jxlk3X3Of9plKP6H3HM1bCIZGw47tJrSn2pANF80xWDbgnVkg/s1600-h/olympics-group.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZI6dgNWtDbpIiuFxvn3gRQpO8-XqaMCzp7D3Zur3pL-H_eXshk9leJ1to0ASOODux7c7ea5dxfB-TRDgmUdj8Jxlk3X3Of9plKP6H3HM1bCIZGw47tJrSn2pANF80xWDbgnVkg/s400/olympics-group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333932109582000674" border="0" /></a>Beer Olympics 2009 Participants.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqVnlBEvzPQ-o_C1sVVkoa7qnkjJPFNVysZ3PhavnZe7BWJlCTwcqDwzymgcNReojy0KVfEn2FbzJEaiCp_Dx8VoRST2xTnY6gRxEwtNjXSwsTzjX2IrMDgryR8dO6Q7d1OGqIQ/s1600-h/olympics-openingcer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqVnlBEvzPQ-o_C1sVVkoa7qnkjJPFNVysZ3PhavnZe7BWJlCTwcqDwzymgcNReojy0KVfEn2FbzJEaiCp_Dx8VoRST2xTnY6gRxEwtNjXSwsTzjX2IrMDgryR8dO6Q7d1OGqIQ/s400/olympics-openingcer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333930566654357298" border="0" /></a>Opening Ceremonies.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKW0kvgb5Ny6z3PUeWUbqU1NgZfb2shJRow07U4zigfZKD518jAx12hxgF51iRL_rRWjam1q7xQsrM1kuEFBg2owv3eaY43tCFB9syDcj17lA_PJLst4iAT7OoGucG7xO_YQh3g/s1600-h/olympics-torch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKW0kvgb5Ny6z3PUeWUbqU1NgZfb2shJRow07U4zigfZKD518jAx12hxgF51iRL_rRWjam1q7xQsrM1kuEFBg2owv3eaY43tCFB9syDcj17lA_PJLst4iAT7OoGucG7xO_YQh3g/s400/olympics-torch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333931193266057522" border="0" /></a>The lighting of the torch.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikzmfiTEye0XJfLwzD8XfenxYQ7mFI9OdYcjo8u7oOfMmVGQBbgO5XsqJs2NB-GacvMutRL3N8hlVEK_o1p9DG0k0ZBq3imTgrVQBfd8ApJRBjI5XnaF1q3sSoXfKAFs4ijQlPw/s1600-h/olympics-deul1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikzmfiTEye0XJfLwzD8XfenxYQ7mFI9OdYcjo8u7oOfMmVGQBbgO5XsqJs2NB-GacvMutRL3N8hlVEK_o1p9DG0k0ZBq3imTgrVQBfd8ApJRBjI5XnaF1q3sSoXfKAFs4ijQlPw/s400/olympics-deul1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333931196472882178" border="0" /></a>Event One: The Duel<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-TVs6931i0KBiMKfUYJJ9Em7tUXKFBz2OYEfEZWLO0ReQA8zYOElG-6jqPWquN2H7scWM_2nDePvPJUWYfayVszOm8nr-B_9W9K1FDilZ-ZHY-M9p0kyH2QZ1jxUScQTz6CnSw/s1600-h/olympics-deultoss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-TVs6931i0KBiMKfUYJJ9Em7tUXKFBz2OYEfEZWLO0ReQA8zYOElG-6jqPWquN2H7scWM_2nDePvPJUWYfayVszOm8nr-B_9W9K1FDilZ-ZHY-M9p0kyH2QZ1jxUScQTz6CnSw/s400/olympics-deultoss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333930524766656098" border="0" /></a>Winners: the Southern Saboteurs.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJib_bjtbs8d56K6gHy4eEooKaEfrAaHfLJWeEkjwhOdOXFgijXY-A-3chB2qIvl0AZGA2MApCBN-itDl80kXMdoDhvPUj_HXoLHGzSpkDvTSB_oglFYzh7fSJ3v2voxmS-5GXw/s1600-h/olympics-flipcup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJib_bjtbs8d56K6gHy4eEooKaEfrAaHfLJWeEkjwhOdOXFgijXY-A-3chB2qIvl0AZGA2MApCBN-itDl80kXMdoDhvPUj_HXoLHGzSpkDvTSB_oglFYzh7fSJ3v2voxmS-5GXw/s400/olympics-flipcup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333930502326282274" border="0" /></a>Event Two: Post-Apocalyptic Beach Flip-Cup.<br />Winners: the Northern/Central Heroes Hours 24.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwh8RRaIHeuOVIL9bGgbOHsnGV2bvvk7XarFEFNkBTmXD7xP4SSgRy7clBELsJseRy05mTlpPIrj2uX08hAtA5kFven9w2oCsygYJFmYkxqRiZnjmTOv9N_5Tngfz2FLmtz9ezQ/s1600-h/olympics-sloshball.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwh8RRaIHeuOVIL9bGgbOHsnGV2bvvk7XarFEFNkBTmXD7xP4SSgRy7clBELsJseRy05mTlpPIrj2uX08hAtA5kFven9w2oCsygYJFmYkxqRiZnjmTOv9N_5Tngfz2FLmtz9ezQ/s400/olympics-sloshball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333929540010112562" border="0" /></a>Event 3: Slosh-Ball (Kickball)<br />Winners: the Southern Saboteurs.<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpPWFJ3HtUtdQkX61P9KSFfMrQm_lV1a1diHBzWRwxsOR0TwYHv-x8jcImLkK5vll9X_CDnLOAcXtQjYYb5ndrskqvWole4P4bl3tfc4LXO-3qy1J-5LTxLHYm2grxNFE1-Obig/s1600-h/olympics-dizzybat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpPWFJ3HtUtdQkX61P9KSFfMrQm_lV1a1diHBzWRwxsOR0TwYHv-x8jcImLkK5vll9X_CDnLOAcXtQjYYb5ndrskqvWole4P4bl3tfc4LXO-3qy1J-5LTxLHYm2grxNFE1-Obig/s400/olympics-dizzybat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333929543491614578" border="0" /></a>Event 4: Dizzy Bat.<br />Winners: the Northern/Central Heroes Hours 24<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeieL9xZdHwix34BTR6pcXaAAVeZPUL3yphrrP8wZsPwaD-cluDxe8Hsh5v5I5266Og3NVSt362eICXsuAWI1Uzm63S3igyjTkmOyw4k217VT8gzwo2nBNzmzkR3Fe7VZRs8rNLw/s1600-h/olympics-trophy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeieL9xZdHwix34BTR6pcXaAAVeZPUL3yphrrP8wZsPwaD-cluDxe8Hsh5v5I5266Og3NVSt362eICXsuAWI1Uzm63S3igyjTkmOyw4k217VT8gzwo2nBNzmzkR3Fe7VZRs8rNLw/s400/olympics-trophy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333929540136912178" border="0" /></a>The Trophy.<br />Winner: the Southern Saboteurs (as the villains, we stole it.)<br />Photo by Ali P. Gross<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QCYlmHf0mqeGu73xQoZXDvshxx4U4KZhcABDUjzupkgVkpZfLYZaW-xruOMJUiXGd_y4xUueW-Ujbytt0L5ew5viIZRBcZYc9TmCI-ylzPw11rGePbu5zuUQMVGhBqyLirDBmw/s1600-h/postolympics-teaching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QCYlmHf0mqeGu73xQoZXDvshxx4U4KZhcABDUjzupkgVkpZfLYZaW-xruOMJUiXGd_y4xUueW-Ujbytt0L5ew5viIZRBcZYc9TmCI-ylzPw11rGePbu5zuUQMVGhBqyLirDBmw/s400/postolympics-teaching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333929539600876322" border="0" /></a>Post-Olympic Teaching in English, Portuguese, and Xitswa.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD93win7aunBy7yu2r-Hl4FDacjDB1MYB7c9IjyQNJaobFWP0Hb7TK2R045jzfrJsFNzD3TCDwrLxLxOnumz00hvoa94H56YZYAcKv3ZMJoryd1n8h2539Ata18TjTVuekKm0q7w/s1600-h/postolympics-cali.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD93win7aunBy7yu2r-Hl4FDacjDB1MYB7c9IjyQNJaobFWP0Hb7TK2R045jzfrJsFNzD3TCDwrLxLxOnumz00hvoa94H56YZYAcKv3ZMJoryd1n8h2539Ata18TjTVuekKm0q7w/s400/postolympics-cali.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333929536834761346" border="0" /></a>Cameron Cuchulainn and Ali P. Gross.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUbq1-f1qEF_B8oW2DBu7JnfJk64YZAoo1pFdYc_3tpmGBKpOSsRjbLTgGlzgxWd95uIgz2QJYDkyJuhLrhSAlWDxEExi9Yoe7tEVEhCmTJ_RZsdWCYMfrcf2VSJfqSn-6U8LiA/s1600-h/postolympics-ccck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUbq1-f1qEF_B8oW2DBu7JnfJk64YZAoo1pFdYc_3tpmGBKpOSsRjbLTgGlzgxWd95uIgz2QJYDkyJuhLrhSAlWDxEExi9Yoe7tEVEhCmTJ_RZsdWCYMfrcf2VSJfqSn-6U8LiA/s400/postolympics-ccck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333928685016835170" border="0" /></a>Krista, Chase, Cate, and Cameron.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v9FT_Ve-qp5kaHHNz6aAJ8M4YEgcrJgkje0kEHWrgb1_enKppGXjCK-9hSSTOBQqgChstpzQbOhpWtsCOaiVGMPFrtxabR2ApVv9ZgJ579zEN-_ph-MJ-rAhQo3WuB_YAgucow/s1600-h/postolympics-dancing22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v9FT_Ve-qp5kaHHNz6aAJ8M4YEgcrJgkje0kEHWrgb1_enKppGXjCK-9hSSTOBQqgChstpzQbOhpWtsCOaiVGMPFrtxabR2ApVv9ZgJ579zEN-_ph-MJ-rAhQo3WuB_YAgucow/s400/postolympics-dancing22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333928676802577186" border="0" /></a>Fight!<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYUlEHUbhWaehYjq1HbU165tASHNEg7ol-uQTcaq9ZZHRz_N56dHihBdTquztZxfAJuh41JbtGNRL5wDufdd_cw0axafSylGRI-AJLIAJfIhl9HqIq_gzhD_uQtXmKQIvs-gnMA/s1600-h/postolympics-dancing2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYUlEHUbhWaehYjq1HbU165tASHNEg7ol-uQTcaq9ZZHRz_N56dHihBdTquztZxfAJuh41JbtGNRL5wDufdd_cw0axafSylGRI-AJLIAJfIhl9HqIq_gzhD_uQtXmKQIvs-gnMA/s400/postolympics-dancing2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333928673333678130" border="0" /></a>Stalemate.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldkTKW1ZXrhLTCJe5Gs96NhL2fKR4e2hw4AUIGfYKLjtPb4FBc2E5oCJyAxJ65sz0k-ns7e2rh4BhOrDcdWEMaBeItqTl1l-8N-3jTvofl3OEYvs0hA3G7eumDdt16jccEwbg5w/s1600-h/postolympics-dancing3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldkTKW1ZXrhLTCJe5Gs96NhL2fKR4e2hw4AUIGfYKLjtPb4FBc2E5oCJyAxJ65sz0k-ns7e2rh4BhOrDcdWEMaBeItqTl1l-8N-3jTvofl3OEYvs0hA3G7eumDdt16jccEwbg5w/s400/postolympics-dancing3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333928668216032642" border="0" /></a>Fast dance!<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4oPUmrqUgUKIunasJADa222JigFIqBWpOcnTrdO0zp6BGFxC_QETaJQpz0S2FvFg7yZncaxq1Ra2os3H5pPFI02slLNvB_mH3bCnKfpYT1eSKHwSNQ_2roPF5n2uX92RMQlaWw/s1600-h/postolympics-dancing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4oPUmrqUgUKIunasJADa222JigFIqBWpOcnTrdO0zp6BGFxC_QETaJQpz0S2FvFg7yZncaxq1Ra2os3H5pPFI02slLNvB_mH3bCnKfpYT1eSKHwSNQ_2roPF5n2uX92RMQlaWw/s400/postolympics-dancing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333928670693843666" border="0" /></a>Slow dance.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcyuw20VCV2zwhFlqi2K8alcr9aIwRBzwAwbSyRyHF47PIh56ZE6kgZP3bBeETFwNvmXAns4qa0X8eGgh-x5ZSAfVvNitIn4dzuf6GqxCye5tuq-V3JcHGpivV_B1UFle9Tb6cg/s1600-h/postolympics-dancingsolo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcyuw20VCV2zwhFlqi2K8alcr9aIwRBzwAwbSyRyHF47PIh56ZE6kgZP3bBeETFwNvmXAns4qa0X8eGgh-x5ZSAfVvNitIn4dzuf6GqxCye5tuq-V3JcHGpivV_B1UFle9Tb6cg/s400/postolympics-dancingsolo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333927765934024194" border="0" /></a>Solo!<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnlOX3JyBA0dkSKv0AjS3mZwji6VH6s4R3mw3W1hpjnJdRFI94AHciV-KIgxzbHYYnmbLaVZvwnH-PCxP6uD5PIojLZFQYlfxIQfJAUGqr60qFGb6uYZcDu8nwp7XJH24IzcLRw/s1600-h/postolympics-mecamch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnlOX3JyBA0dkSKv0AjS3mZwji6VH6s4R3mw3W1hpjnJdRFI94AHciV-KIgxzbHYYnmbLaVZvwnH-PCxP6uD5PIojLZFQYlfxIQfJAUGqr60qFGb6uYZcDu8nwp7XJH24IzcLRw/s400/postolympics-mecamch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333927767572866690" border="0" /></a>The reason why we came to Vilankulos.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbLt3Cv8mBzTQFLeXxZJSI2cDvpva7QRsqQl8wfsFHadjz8WHVLUlAdRfrRcmBM0V__a-RiFCujkUGH5Dz5i-wAmyoFmT0EDWSSHmaf5clhg7C8-X24TuCV9dcbQRAOcMopzpvA/s1600-h/postolympics-mecam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbLt3Cv8mBzTQFLeXxZJSI2cDvpva7QRsqQl8wfsFHadjz8WHVLUlAdRfrRcmBM0V__a-RiFCujkUGH5Dz5i-wAmyoFmT0EDWSSHmaf5clhg7C8-X24TuCV9dcbQRAOcMopzpvA/s400/postolympics-mecam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333927762076025170" border="0" /></a>Striking Ostentation.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_rT4P9fJtg_cj2KhW1ZZvxCdSs0ZII1SiZ5HLREFB9JDu2PVr5v-BP3iEmKbgxhPr41O-UCL3hj3wnJtl7-djXULVEUhQmrX5Kex-v0lIXQp_rtZYJ9VzHSs4CmBGBupJmLwKA/s1600-h/postolympics-rap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_rT4P9fJtg_cj2KhW1ZZvxCdSs0ZII1SiZ5HLREFB9JDu2PVr5v-BP3iEmKbgxhPr41O-UCL3hj3wnJtl7-djXULVEUhQmrX5Kex-v0lIXQp_rtZYJ9VzHSs4CmBGBupJmLwKA/s400/postolympics-rap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333927769401458690" border="0" /></a>Rapping with the swagger of Christopher Wallance.<br />Photo by Krista Buckley<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyzikdfyeykFTqUn9cpqtSM9nuwB4_7xzg59ga254G1GcNks21BnjAxtA3PIMkkTJYX2BOVT9aEHRc' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Polar Opposite Happenings<br /></div>Dualities of the Peace Corp Volunteer is an under statement. The first half of the photography today represents Peace Corps Volunteers working their hardest to help train their colleagues and the youth of Mozambique in communication skills and progressive gender theory. We all exhausted ourselves at the conference working from 5am to 12pm, doing anything and everything from moving chairs and painting walls to smoothing out logistics and appeasing the facilitators. At the end of the week, I was voiceless and sick and had a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth (though not from malaria).<br />The second group of photography,and cinematography, portrays the Peace Corps Volunteer in a rare gathering where work is not involved. Volunteers go for weeks, and sometimes months, with little, or no, contact with other Americans or native English speakers. Usually these works are filled with stressful days of NGO work or screaming at students, poor eating habits, and dealing with all other stress involved with living in the third world. Often, there is little or no opportunity to vent and the most extreme result is this, The Beach Olympics: the Northern/Central Heroes Hours 24 vs. the Southern Saboteurs, an isolated event to celebrate the May birthdays amongst Peace Corps Volunteers and, more importantly, healthy competition. It was an equally exhausting weekend where, again, I went home sick and a bit depressed. However, the event as a whole was a lot of fun, and, it is always great to see old friends from training. Plus, after a disappointing loss for southern Mozambique last year, I was able to grace the Beach Olympics with my inaugural appearance and take home the gold (in a saboteur-appropriate manner).<br /></div> </div></div>Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36917256.post-64677115468967737652009-05-08T16:38:00.002-05:002009-05-08T16:49:06.621-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Student Art Work:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi9P9BDMJ0XbCVfiBnk5BgaYaJ8WjdeAIye3idcUHMCdkesF478zVVt7GN9rbhtNYyV4L4NaKun8LZW6bRdfXzRiNExITOeGMO9Opf_59Mxbgd0XIzRYwmOVlx3F7pntlryPbKA/s1600-h/sonia_antonio.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi9P9BDMJ0XbCVfiBnk5BgaYaJ8WjdeAIye3idcUHMCdkesF478zVVt7GN9rbhtNYyV4L4NaKun8LZW6bRdfXzRiNExITOeGMO9Opf_59Mxbgd0XIzRYwmOVlx3F7pntlryPbKA/s400/sonia_antonio.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333571153440926594" border="0" /></a>Sónia António<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc54YUMNAlGVS1q2mRSf0VlaWqh7QEljS8DgDzkk50Y3uBrsoQ28Sf0Q2WUvprZQadtt6mhpYfl078e0c4pR7zqhVwBKvvRBmDq8Yfj4FGebZrs5aN0TxmHaPPdYCTTgUfcxdnA/s1600-h/Nito_Roma.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc54YUMNAlGVS1q2mRSf0VlaWqh7QEljS8DgDzkk50Y3uBrsoQ28Sf0Q2WUvprZQadtt6mhpYfl078e0c4pR7zqhVwBKvvRBmDq8Yfj4FGebZrs5aN0TxmHaPPdYCTTgUfcxdnA/s400/Nito_Roma.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333571148856019074" border="0" /></a>Nito Romá Macuende<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mdpkZ72wmqPUxSxk6rYsDbW8Q7cbCvRee6Hrpj_7dkr0EVOYMvnBmlyCqxm-Rjtx21XDdcsIcO5A8KUbk3O1DoV-Y9yuilhQcUgEvG7q0jLFJYVhegP-PgC-IVBaYL8o2W1acg/s1600-h/judite_armando.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mdpkZ72wmqPUxSxk6rYsDbW8Q7cbCvRee6Hrpj_7dkr0EVOYMvnBmlyCqxm-Rjtx21XDdcsIcO5A8KUbk3O1DoV-Y9yuilhQcUgEvG7q0jLFJYVhegP-PgC-IVBaYL8o2W1acg/s400/judite_armando.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333571145830846354" border="0" /></a>Judite Armando<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQbiYpImEtLC_jDjsrKMUYZqx0O8LGjHzmEEpZHkkIBQ5JKQ1Ikj_KZaI9pSpJFMsDZ4JZQry8torDku7lYJlpmhHHpSCt5PbgL3aDwaZMeC447aAJRLSdNyb6_JL6LC5tXxwnw/s1600-h/domingos_manuel.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQbiYpImEtLC_jDjsrKMUYZqx0O8LGjHzmEEpZHkkIBQ5JKQ1Ikj_KZaI9pSpJFMsDZ4JZQry8torDku7lYJlpmhHHpSCt5PbgL3aDwaZMeC447aAJRLSdNyb6_JL6LC5tXxwnw/s400/domingos_manuel.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333571144301850802" border="0" /></a>Domingos Manuel<br /></div><br />Our first project of the second trimester was due this past Wednesday. The assignment was to simplify a scene or scenario using basic elements of design (e.g. 2-d/3-d shapes, line, textures, pattern, and tone). These are some of the most successful drawings that fulfilled the project requirements.Mohundrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17830450167672537745noreply@blogger.com0