Well....
I've finally settled into the country and have about 10 minutes to describe whats been going on this past week. We left DC Monday at 5:40 and got into Jo'burg at 4:40 on Tuesday. The flight was close to unbearable at one point, b/c the lovely air conditioner decided not to work. We fell asleep nice and cool, but woke up in our own sweat :).
Once we arrived, we drove about an hour and a half to our training site, and since then we've been geting to know each other and our trainers. Today, we found out what our target langauge would be. As you can tell from the title, I will be learning Sepedi (along with bits and pieces of Afrikaans and Setswana). This means I'll be placed in Limpopo. We have also been interviewed so the local staff can get an idea of where we'd like to be placed for our two years. I hope I get what I want, which is as rural as possible. All locations have electricity, but some may have to walk a short distance to water or will atleast have water outside their home.
Tomorrow we go home with our host family and I'm really looking forward to meeting them. That's about it for now. The other volunteers are awesome and the local staff are GREAT.
Shala Kabotusi (spelling?)....this means "bye" ....
2 comments:
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Gotta love long trans-Atlantic flights! I miss you a LOT!
Today is Sunday, July 27th and is 2:15pm. I've just read your "Sepedi" posting. I guess that's how you say it...hee! I like your blog entries...very nicely written..ha! Did you bring your camera? Will I see pictures through your blog? I'm mailing the 2nd letter I've written tomorrow...so I guess I can't type too much....so later tater! I'm very proud of you....I miss you...I love you!
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