Ngiyagula (I am sick)

Today we are in Mbabane…we have been a bit sick, so we had to go into the Peace Corps Clinic. Not the swine flu or anything, but a stomach thing. Well, I was feeling better, but Reid wasn’t, so that is why we came. We are both doing good now, but Reid has to stay until his lab tests come back so they know by science he is ok.

Things have been busy recently. We have been working pretty much every day gathering information for our report due in November, and then this past week, we realized we still have to type our report…which is going to take some time, and we are still needing more information. During training, three months sounded like such a long time, but now I feel like we won’t be able to get anything done.

So, a few weeks ago, Reid spotted one of our Swazi child friends wearing a Joaquin Lady Rams jersey. For my side of the family, that is where Reid went to school, K-12. His graduating class was a total of 31. Small school. Anyway, this jersey just happened to be in Africa. It just happened to be in Swaziland, in the community we are staying, and showcased on a boy we have met and visit. It was pretty crazy. Reid’s mom has been sleuthing around trying to find out the exact path the jersey took. Apparently the original owner of the jersey is a girl in Rhet’s (Reid’s little brother) grade. Pretty phenomenal.

Mozambique is really close to our site, and we have clearance to take day trips to Maputo for shopping, which is uncommon, so we were pretty excited about it. Recently we have been so busy that we hadn’t considered going yet. We would like to go and see Maputo (and the Indian ocean) but right now the country is on Peace Corps restricted travel because there is an election about to come up. So we may be able to see it before Christmas, but we will see.

People are requesting pictures and video of our house (it is not a hut, it is HUGE), and as far as the pictures, the plan is to fill up our memory card, then send it to Reid’s mom to post, so the pictures might be a while. The internet can be pretty slow here, so that is just an easier solution. But, we are trying to take pictures…I really have to force myself, but I know I will appreciate it later. As far as our house, we are still waiting on our furniture, but when it is all put together, we will take the video.

I have sent letters out, but it seems that sometimes they arrive quickly, and others still haven’t gotten theirs, so if you haven’t, we love you, and miss everyone…We love getting mail and email, so it would be great to hear from everyone!

Early Happy Halloween!