End of School Year One!

Ok, so it has been a while since we updated the blog. Sorry. Anyway, here is all the news that is new and Peace Corps approved. School is finishing for the year, we are turning in our grades and warding of the hoards of students trying to bribe us for better grades. This last trimester has been a busy one. Jecua and Chinhamapere both held science fairs and competed in the regional science fair. We are heading up the regional science fair for next year. Jecua (Kory’s school) also competed in the Provincial English Theater Competition, where one student one a best actor award. We are also in charge of the English Theater next year. In addition, Alexis is running Girls clubs for both Jecua and Chinhamapere while I’m doing Boys clubs. Needless to say there are students at our house almost constantly. I woke up the other day to Alexis’s Girls group sing “malaria, cholera, SIDA (AIDS) OOOOHHH.” Yeah, that was a special moment. I have been doing a fair amount of climbing whenever possible. I recently made a trip down to help train this years new volunteers near Maputo. It was really interesting to see how far we have come in a year and how far we still have to go.
Funny story: The trainees first session in the country was with a supposed security expert from the US embassy. Anyway, this guy obviously has no idea what Mozambique is really like, because he told them that “everyone has AK-47’s and will use them.” Yeah, that scared the snot out of them. Just for clarification, that statement is not true.
I’ve posted a few more pictures and an image or two from google earth of our site.
Alexis will be coming back to States during the break to visit Maryland. I will be wondering about Mozambique and trying to stay out of trouble. Thank you all for you thoughts and prayers. We love you all.
Kory and Alexis