There were a few people that came into town Friday night and stayed at my place, and then we all migrated to the beach. The other ppl were meeting us at the beach. There was about 30 ppl at my party - both peace corps volunteers and my Mozambican friends. We laid out, ate food, had some drinks, listened to music, and tried not to drown in the ocean with all of the rough waves that came our way. The day actually started off kind of chilly which I was so worried about - but then the sun began to shine! of course it would on my special day.
Once nightfall started to come around, we all gathered our things and made our way to the chapa stop. But luckily for me and my friends, Michelle (my site mate) coordinated a PRIVATE chapa to lug all of us back to Chongoene. Now that's bday service. To have a chapa with enough space for everyone and there's not someone sitting on top of you, is a nice way to ride back home. Some people slept at Michelle's house, and the others at mine. The party continued at my place, and it was really nice. I never really felt so loved, there were alot of ppl that came out - and I even got GIFTS. I never get gifts like this. I got a mini turtle paperweight (awesome), a towel wrapped in soccer ball paper (thx peggy!), two capulanas, a bottle of wine, and a homemade peneira (used to make rice) with my name written in purple that said 2011. That gift was the most special. I have a picture of it but totally forgot to put it up! I'll fix that later on. But it was a rockin time, and I'm so thankful to everyone that came out to celebrate with me. yall are the best.
me and Mallory!
hangin' out.
I'm glad you had a nice time at the beach. send some pictures of the party. love mom
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