Mexican in Mozambique

 The last five weeks since I've been back at site have been pretty jam packed. I've been scrambling to finish my projects and I'm happy to say that I might be finishing my coloring book project tomorrow! yayyy! Well, if everything goes according to plan, that is.... After coming back from Maputo, I've carried out the coloring book project in three new places- an orphanage called Rio de Deus (run by American and Brazilian missionaries), another orphanage called Projecto Nihuersi that is funded by the Catholic Church and a small pre-school that is run by a small local church in Bairro 7 de Septembro . The plan is to return to 7 de Septembro this Thursday with more materials and carry out the activity with 40 more kids.  Rio de Deus Orphanage "Mosquitos are not our friends!" aha Malaria Activities w/ OVCs at Rio de Deus Boys Dorm totally peace coprs-ing Projecto Nihuersi Virginia leading the session Preschool run by...

COS Conference Apr 28-30 So last time I wrote, I was down in Maputo and in limbo for a few days waiting for my COS conference to start. Well, the 27th (Apr) rolled around and after a weekend of tying up some loose strings here and there, I rolled up to Hotel Cardoso to check in for MOZ18's COS conference! COS stands for Close of Service and as I mentioned before, this is a conference that takes place 3 months before your actual departure. It's purpose is to provide us, volunteers, with detailed information regarding  the medical and administrative requirements that we have to complete before actual COS.  So, how was it?! "How are you feeling?" everyone keeps asking me. Well, let's start with COS conference first. COS conference was bittersweet. It was incredible to be reunited with my group one last time, but sadly... I had to despedir (say goodbye to) the majority of my them! It was WEIRD! When we close out our service in Maputo at the end of July,...