Monday in Mozambique

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Hello friends and family and whoever else is reading this :) I don't know if I should make this blog funny, serious, supper sticky (like this weather), or what.......???? Well, either way, this is my first time writing since we left Winnipeg, and I have many thoughts to share! I feel like I might have verbal diarhea on you all... haha. This whole time I keep thinking: "I got to remember to write this down, this thought is important, funny, whatever. So maybe I'll just make a list of random things that have popped through my head and or/have happened already. So: ENJOY!!!

Before leaving on Wednesday: I'm leaving from a month, I've never left my house for a month, that's craziness. I guess there is no going back now right? right?

At the airport in Chicago: Washing Raph in the sink because he was stinking, but also to entertain him... Am I a crazy mom?

At the airport in Frankfurt: I have now learnt to count bags, to triple check everything and to communicate like crazy with Mike about what is going on, where I'm going, what is where, etc... "So Mike, we have 4 carry-ons, including: blah blah blah...." and "You have the baby right?"

At the airport in Johannesburg: Raph falling asleep (more like passing out) in his stroller out of complete exhaustion right before we are to board to go to Beira (last flight), his head literally on the metal bar thinking: "this can't be comfy!"

Germany's airport has a smoking room! haha.

People in the airports in Africa really have no clue what they are taking about, they just want to get rid of you so they send you off to the next person! Good thing we had time, cuz we talked to about everyone 3 times...

Friday: I saw the land for the first time, Rick and Heather took us to a beautiful beach in Beira where we breathed in the air, ate some fish (and didn't even get sick).

Saturday: We drove to the farm and saw a lot of naked people along the highway...

Sunday: went to our first African church, danced with a bunch of very hyper women in some circle in the middle of church and gave Raph a bath in the sink at our camp. Life in the jungle is treating us well, we are getting a lot of fresh air!

Monday: It crazy, I am baking some muffins to bring to our trip up north Mozambique... I AM BAKING in AFRICA. Sorry, that's just cool.
Mike has gone to town with Rick to do some shopping for our trip up north.

At night: Getting freaked out every time I see (hear of feel too!) a new bug because I've go no clue what is dangerous and what isn't! So not like me to be scared of bugs! Or big sticks... But that's another story ;)

So yeah, I have much more to say, but would like to bake some more muffins before supper. LATER.