Homeward bound - almost

Alright, so here's the update that I'll write while my pages load since the internet is really slow today... Otreach was good. It was pretty draining but I'm refreshed again and able to say that the good things outweighed the bad. 9 days in the bush was definately intense and exhausting - mentally and physically, but it was a good experience overall I think. I was never so glad to be back in Pemba as when we pulled in on the 4th though. I didn't see any elephants, but I DID see a baboon as we were driving by. That was kinda cool. lots and LOTS of chickens and goats and lizards. I ate a snail and crab eggs (from a street vendor on the side of the street, haha). I'll write more about the trip later.

As for today, I should be sitting in Maputo right now but - true African style - I got sold a ticket that doesn't actually exist. The airline doesn't even fly on the day they sold me the ticket for, so I showed up at the airport this morning, said all my goodbyes, waited until 1/2 an hour before my plane was supposed to leave and then found out it was "amanya" tomorrow. So I freaked out a little bit, but luckily I had some of my Mozambican friends there who could translate for me and help keep me calm. So to make a long story short - I went to the airline and tried to get my money back, they told me to "write the manager," went to LAM to try to buy a ticket for the plane that was flying out at 3pm - didn't have enough money, so I'm going on faith praying that they'll use my ticket for today at the airport tomorrow which would mean that I would stay the night in Maputo tomorrow night, then bus to Joburg and arrive there the day I need to fly out, instead of staying one night there as well. Oi! stress. I'll be home soon. In the wonderful Canadian cold. If I call you "coonya" it's just because I'm making fun of how white you are, haha. That's what all the village kids yell as we walk by in the villages here. Keep me in your prayers - I need em'.

More from me when I'm not so stressed.