"Adversity, we get around it"

Perhaps one of the most important lessons I’m learning as a PCV is how to deal with failure. This has been especially true over the past few days, as both of the projects I had planned to do this school holiday unraveled. And while I’m disappointed that things didn’t go according to plan, I can only hope that through these failures I’ll learn some things that will make it more successful next time, and rejoice that I still have the time in my service to make multiple attempts.

Until then, I’m planning to use my spare time to get super organized for term 3, and allow myself some time to organize my new hut. Also, my PCV friend Sachi is up coming to visit, so I’m excited to share my village with her!

Also, the big news I hinted at a few posts ago has come true, so I’m free to share it! I’ve been selected to attend a conference in Senegal hosted by an organization called Stomp Out Malaria! It’s an intense nine day training event focused on malaria, prevention techniques, and behavior change methods to help my community eradicate the disease. Obviously, I’m incredibly excited about the opportunity to not only gain so much useful knowledge but also see another piece of Africa!

This also means I’ll be missing a lot of school, so the other thing I’ll be working on this holiday is planning lessons and assignments to leave behind for my learners. I’m working with my school to find someone willing to take over my classes while I’m gone so they don’t fall behind. I’m happy to report that my term 2 exam scores were reasonably high, and by the final exam I hope we’ll make even more progress.

So… I’m off to practice some useful French phrases! :) Hope you’re having a great day!