Hey everyone-
Well I am currently able to use my cell phone for about the next week or maybe longer because I am going to ask to go to Maputo for medical stuff. I have had a bad stomache for awhile and its not getting any better. So I have a story to tell about getting to where I currently am. I am in Chimoio which is about a 3 hour ride from Beira which is like the second biggest city in Mozambique. Well we had our usual 2 hour chapa ride from Nametil to Nampula city so that we could catch a plane. Well me, Ed and Helana were walking from the store where we dropped off our gas tank to be refilled (Ed would be taking it back to Nametil for us) and we were walking up a hill to our bank. Well we saw a lot of people running and looking up at the sky and needless to say what do we see a few birds flying and a plane spiralling down towards the earth about a hundred feet in front of us, exactly where we just were. Well the plane hit, no explosion and masses of people started to run towards the plane. WE just kind of stood there in shear amazement, did that really just happen? Yes it did. At that point I decided I did not want to get on a plane but I did anyway about 2 hours later. I had a beer hoping to numb what happened and it did until the plane. I was fine until we started to land and I just got really nervous. So then after that we had a three hour chapa ride to Chimoio from Beira and there we saw a nice huge overturned semi laying in the middle of the rode and a truck that had crashed into it. A guy was smoking a cigarette by the leaking gas which I thought was very daring or just plain stupid. So it was definitely an eventful day and I am not looking forward to getting back on a chapa or a plane for that matter. The good part of the journey was at the end of it, being able to see some of the other volunteers. We had a very nice long dinner and caught up on stories, then Cheryl called which I thought was an awesome surprise. Its so great to hear voices that you havenºt heard in such a long time. So Hana and Sarah thanks for visiting mom, I am sure she really enjoyed it. Sorry John you are on my emailing list, now. Ok tata for now and I will talk to most of you soon. ~Love and miss you all, Shells