A Little Land Update...

A huge thanks to all who donated and helped us to raise money for the Mother's in Mozambique campaign. While we are waiting to see if anything else shows up in the mail before we give a final number, I can tell you one thing for sure... WE RAISED 100% OF OUR GOAL OF $12,000 and then some!!

Last week we got enough money to pay for the lands in full and I was finally able to go see the property! It was so exciting =) While we only went for a few minutes, it was still really cool to see the mango trees that Nunu had to “fight” for and imagine where one day our kitchen window could be overlooking the Indian Ocean!

The blue in the back ground is the Indian Ocean =)

So what's next? Once the money is in our account, then we have to wire the rest of the money to Mozambique so Nunu can begin work. To say the least things can be a little confusing when you are building here. Our biggest need is something to live in but we are trying to finalize our plans.

Our original thought was to start getting power and water to the house which can take time, but two things have happened. A neighbor about 200 feet away has both (or is close to having), which means he made our jobs much easier. We have also been advised to have someone live on the property while we are building. As theft of building materials is common. To address this we would need to build a room and hire a guard to live on the property and possibily have another guard there (awake) overnight and get ourselves a dog.

Building here is so different from what I'm used to, and there is a lot to consider... and I don't pretend to understand everything that is going on. So I ask for a little grace as we finalize plans and then find ourselves have to rework things as we get started! BUT how exciting... we are getting started!!!