LPI yesterday morning - I felt pretty confident about it, and I just found out that I scored novice high, one level higher than I was required to. Such a relief!
The other major event of yesterday was site announcements! I found out that I will be moving to a village called Mayanzere (population 600) about 65 kilometers west of Rundu! I'll be living on a homestead, with a family, very close to my school. My housing will be a mud hut, I will have electricity, and my water source is a borehole 500 meters from site. So...basically, I got my best case scenario :) I'm extremely excited! I leave this weekend to visit my site for about 5 days, meet my host family, see my school, and talk to the volunteer I'm replacing. I promise to try to take pictures!
Speaking of pictures...here are some shots from the cultural cooking day on Saturday:
The chickens!
Plucking my chicken
Laurel and I showing off our traditional clothing
Preparing the cow stomach
I haven't taken the time to leave a comment, but we are praying for you. I've been showing my kids all of your pics on facebook. They've been enjoying it...well until the cow pictures. Aaron is thoroughly grossed out and thinks you are very brave. :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha... thanks for the prayers! Hope you keep enjoying it!
DeleteHi! I'm a rando PC nominee with Restless Applicant syndrome, so I've found my way to the interwebz once again. I'm happy to see a PCV/trainee (whatever you are at this point) serving with locks. My hair's locked, and I'll definitely cut it if I need to, but I'd rather not, so we'll see how that goes. :) Best of luck in your service!
ReplyDeleteHey! RAS - that can be brutal! When did you start applying?
DeleteYay dreads! How long have you had yours? It hasn't been a problem so far, I get called "rastifarian" pretty often. Just be open with your recruiter/placement officer. And...as always - be flexible! Good luck to you as well!