July 2nd to July 10th Mozambique Trip
We left at 3 am to begin our trip up to Mozambique. As we left South Africa, we went through customs at the border which actually went a lot faster than any of us thought it would. Instead of going through Maputo we went off the beaten bath and b lined to the main route again to Xai Xai. We stayed at a friend of Dave and Leah’s. They were like them being missionary base points between travels.
We left early in the morning again this time on route to Inchope. We had stayed at a hotel and had dinner at the restaurant in the hotel complex. From Inchope we made our way to Nicoadala which would serve as our base of operations during the mission. Mozambique had had a lot of rain recently so the ground was too wet for us to build the foundation of the Church in Qeulimane so instead we worked on what was supposed to be our side project; working on fixing up one a missionary couple’s apartment which was really run down.
From Monday to Saturday we worked on the apartment. We started by moving furniture to paint the walls. We put down primer then coats of paint then a second coat. We painted both the rooms and living room. We retiled the floor and wall of the bathroom on top of painting it. We also did so improvements on the windows and other odds and ends in the kitchen.
Apart from working during the week, I got to meet another one of Becky’s friends, Hannah Dina whom we went out to lunch with. I had a Half Grilled Chicken and it was really good. It was relieving too because since Rudy, our group leader was a vegetarian, I guess the whole group decided to cater only to him and the first three days of the week, the meals consisted of only fruit and vegetables and no meat substance of any form. Don’t get me wrong, I love fruits and vegetables but having no meals with any kind of meat for almost a whole week was driving me crazy. So that part of the experience was defiantly a stretch for me.
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