So, my contact at the Public Affairs office, who I work with closely, was great enough to get an English Language Specialist Grant for me through the State Department. I will be working in Nampula, Mozambique (see photo above--Table Mountain in the background, map below-Nampula is the pink section in the North) at the Language Institute with the Access Program, doing Teacher refresher workshops, as well as working at Lurio University (of Medical sciences) helping them with their English curriculum. Since I work at the Tourism College during the year it is hard for me to get away on projects like these so I am very blessed to be able to do it now, before I am an ELF again at the end of February. 
Here is more information about ELS from the State Dept. Website:
The English Language (EL) Specialist Program recruits United States academics in the fields of TEFL/TESL and Applied Linguistics for short-term (two to four weeks) assignments abroad. Specialists work on well-defined assignments that are identified by U.S. Embassies overseas. These assignments may include curriculum projects, teacher training seminars, textbook development, English for Specific Purposes, and program evaluation. In many cases, Embassy officials will suggest a candidate; if not, the Office of English Language Programs recruits a specialist. In some cases, specialists located in the United States consult with institutions abroad through a teleconference or a digital video conference.
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