Meditate on this, I will

Old Man,

I drink my water at the bars. I have not read any books or seen any wild beast.Seen some monkeys tho in Maputo.I have not gotten any letters yet. Stop sending them, the mail is slow and expensive. Write me an email!

Big Jon,

No host Old Man. Or pics yet. Some people have taken pics. But really slow to load. Ill try some time when I am on a fast computer. This town is about 40000 people.

Cris Bowles!

Whats up, nice to hear from you. I dont im making you look bad. Your probably running for congress by now.

Bob,

I eat local bananas! From my backyard to be exact.Pretty sweet.

Any other questions? Everything is fine here. Raining today. The other day was almost 100 degrees, then it hailed an hour later and was kind of cold. We did these like talent or whatever skits the last two weeks. They were a fun time. Some groups were really good. I´m actually not really sure what else to add now. The days are flying by for me and they are all about the same. I do the same thing everyday. I'm trying to apply myself more to Portuguese but it is easy not to with all of us Americans here. I am not learning as fast as I would like to, too bad I am not more intelligent.


Peace and do good thing
Jimmy

Size matters not, ... Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?

Im using one of my friend’s computers at this bar, Casa dos Dois. This is what they call a man’s second home here, not sure if it is a joke name or not.

Everything is going well. Portuguese is coming along and everything else is fine. That is my only problem not being able to communicate very well. But it is not bothering me. I try to study as much as possible. But I am just not that good at remembering words or grammar.

Random highlights and stuff over the last couple weeks

Lighting and rain storms and pretty cool. They light the sky up pretty good

Crazy changes in temperature. It went from like 90’s to 40’s in two days. And the mud is insane. It gets dark early here too.

We rode chapas, the taxis here, they are packed really tight. So travels will be interesting here

I take my ukulele al over and everyone loves it. Lots of kids following me playing the Air Uku.

Flushing the toilets is fun. You fill up a bucket and just poor the water into the toilet.

My friend and neighbor Ali got her shoes stolen last night.

O and we all cooked with our mom’s last night in our language groups. It was fun and crazy. Playing random games and singing kids songs. Well that is good for now. Peace and do good things everyone!

Love Jimmy

Only what you take with you

Ok got a little more time.

Oldman,
There is beer and cigs here. So you can come visit.

Tomorrow my host mom is not cooking so my host brothers and I are doing all the cooking. They are also taking mo to these waterfalls. So that should be cool.

Well I brought ay to much stuff. I didnt need anything. They got everything here. Ok feel free to write me. Recycled paper would be sweet!

James Gomes
Corpo da Paz
Avenida do Zimbabwe 345
Maputo, Mocambique

Do or do not, there is no try

Ola!

Lots to say but I am going to make it quick. Everything is great. I cant communicate very well but its getting a lot better each day. Life is very different, but I am really enjoying it.

My host mom is awesome! She is very jolly and keeps me well fed. The food is great. Well one of my friends is waiting to use the computer. Maybe some other time I will be able to write more. Days are very busy. I have language and peace corps classes most of the day. then trying to fit in some workouts and play the ukulele on top of studying Portuguese. Not a lot of free time in my day.

But I am living like a king compare to some of the others, haha. They are not too happy about that since I dont even want a lot of my luxuaries. Indoor shower and toilet, dresser, mirrow, and queen size bed. Ok may the force be with you and do good things!

Love Jimmy

Luke, I am your father

Ok my vacation here at the resort is over. Just chillin and going over safety/regualtion stuff. I have worked out the last four days. Pretty sweet!

I go to my host family tomorrow. That will be cool to start. I had to comform a bit this evening to social standards.

Dad,

You will nopt believe this but I left my guitar on one of the planes. So that was short lived, plus I had already broke a string. Uku is still going strong tho.

Got to go, may not hear from me for a while. The fellow volunteers and trainees are cool. Peace


Jimmy