Teaching, Hiking and wait I'm 24?

Not much is happening right now in Vanduzi but here are some photos…

Teaching superlatives to my 8th graders (this might be my favorite class).

They got really excited about the camera…when the bell rang to signal that class was over, no one wanted to leave so I told them we would take one group photo and then they had to go (because I wanted to go home!) This is the picture that resulted:

Also the kid right in front is one of my favorite students-he always participates and is asking questions. When everyone got together for the group shot he was telling me it was bad because everyone was jumping and yelling and they needed to sit down. When it was clear that I wasn’t going to try and control them he literally jumped right in front of the camera so that he could be the star.

Over the weekend I celebrated my 24th birthday in Chimoio with some other PCVs. The weekend included a home-cooked Mediterranean meal in Vanduzi complete with movie watching and just relaxing (thank you shane!) a  nice “family” dinner Friday night  (with birthday cake!) a hike on Saturday morning followed by a cook-out at a friends house, and then a night of festajaring with some cool British ex-pats we recently met. It was a really fun weekend.

Hiking outside of Chimoio 

Hanging out at our friends house in Chimoio celebrating my birthday and just having a good time.

Like I said not much is happening right now. School seems to be going well but I still have way too much free time and can’t figure out what to do with it yet…but in time I’m sure I’ll figure it out!

Also-I found a teacher to work with as my counterpart, we'll attend a conference together mid-July and I think taking her to learn about potential projects/available grants and what other PCVs are doing for their schools will be a great way to brainstorm what I can do here in Vanduzi!