I´ve been living in Namaacha for a little over 7 weeks now. The daily life has become fairly routine. I can´t thank my host family enough for this fact. They do so much for me every day. It´s easy to forget to be grateful with how busy life can be during training, but I try to remember as often as I can.
My room is separated from the main household. It´s a concrete block building with a tin roof. In the afternoon, my room turns into an oven. This helps, as it forces me not to shut myself in; it´s difficult to watch a movie with sweat in your eyes. At nights, when the rain comes in, the sound can be deafening. It starts with a few quiet beats, then the taps become a little more frequent and louder, then you can´t hear single drops any more, and when your sitting there thinking the noise is going to drive you crazy, it turns into a roar that forces you into submission. As you give in and start to fall asleep in the caccoon of white noise, it stops, and the silence is comforting.
Also, in my first week of training, there was a cat fight on my roof. I don´t know if you´ve ever seen a cat fight, but I guarantee you it´s not as terrifying as hearing one above your head, the noises being echoed by your tin roof and concrete walls.
The Moz 19 crew is awesome. It´s crazy to think we´ll be separating in 2 weeks. We´ll still all be in Moz, but it´s a big country and it won´t be the same. I´ll be a a days travel from most people, and 5 days travel from some people.
I´ve been placed in Mabalane, Gaza province. It´s a town of 3-5000 people on the railroad between Xai-Xai and Zimbabwe. Mabalane is accessible via a 3 hour dirt road trip. It has a prison, which was established during the civil war, but there is virtually no crime in town. From what I understand, life is peaceful and the people are friendly. I can´t wait to get there.
Tenha um bom dia,
dylan
