Welcome to Maputo!

My plan was to have this blog up and running well before now, but those of you that know me shouldn't be surprised that it has taken this long. So much has happened over the last few months, as you might imagine it has been an emotional rollercoster ride for all of us. The support and encouragement that we have received has been overwhelming and the Skaggs family is very thankful for all of you. So, now here we are in Maputo Mozambique. We arrived on Jan. 5th and were welcomed at the airport buy two family's that we already new, that was great. They escorted us to the house we are staying in until our other house is ready for us. We had a week to hang out before schools started, so we were able to explore the area we live in, and go out and see the school. Sam has sixteen kids in his class and a wonderful teacher he's getting along just fine. Spencer has adjusted well to his new class and is involved in basketball, and tennis after school, he's really enjoying that. Jon has made many new friend and the group of them hang out and seem to always be going somewhere out to eat or playing paintball or something really fun.
We have learned to navigate around the city pretty well now. Don't get me wrong, the language is not what I'm talking about, just as far as finding places to buy groceries and things. There are many places to chose from but each seem to carry slightly different items. Going to the butcher shops have been fun. There is one shop that the guys seem to get a real kick from me trying to speak Portuguese. Most of the fruits we buy, we buy from vendors on the streets they have carts setup with there produce on them, They are fine people just trying to make a living.