Well, training is officially over. I am a day away from officially becoming a volunteer! (For anyone familiar with the normal Peace Corps process who is also math-inclined, PC Guinea has shortened training from 3 months to 9 weeks, with an added In-Service Training after 3 months at site. So far, I’m a big fan […]
So, I’ve been there, I’ve seen it, I’ve even slept a few nights there and I’ve determined that I did in fact successfully have too high expectations for a place that, I’m sure, will be completely wonderful and that I’ll be confused why I ever had a moment’s deflation about it!
Dalaba, the Switzerland of Guinea, […]
So, I’ve been in Guinea now for almost 7 weeks and I have less than 3 weeks left of training. In the beginning, time was un-ashamedly molasses-like, but a number of weeks ago things really started picking up and Fridays started arriving before I even realized that a Monday had passed. I’m settling into this […]
Hi everyone! Just a quick, quick note to say hi and let you know that I should be able tro post a blog entry of some substance in a very short while!
All is still going well, very well in fact! We just arrived in a different town where we’re staying in a sort of a […]
Hi everyone! First of all, I have to point you towards the “Peace Corps Journals” link in the sidebar, where you’ll have to go to look at other people’s blogs to see any pictures of Guinea because I haven’t taken ONE! A) I haven’t felt like dealing with Guineans’ reactions to it/wanting to touch it, […]
This is our original crew fram Day One! Unfortunately, we’ve lost two of our compatriots, but it looks like the rest of us are going to stick it out - I mean, if you’re going to go home, you’re going to go home for Christmas, right? Might as well hang in there and check out […]
So, it’s actually time for us to be moving on to the next step!! We have our adoption ceremony today and will be going home with our host families, with whom we will be living for the next 9 weeks!! There I should have a little more time (maybe?) to get some thoughts o paper […]
Headline: All is well, life is great, happy to be here, not sick or anything, sleeping well!
Just a quick note to say hi to let everyone know that we made it safe and sound. Took about a day to get here; we and all of our bags made it intact! Food so far is mostly Senegalese […]
Here I am in Philly; I’ve got my Peace Corps orientation under my belt and a cheesesteak in my stomach; we head for the clinic tomorrow morning and then we’re off! We arrive in Guinea Tuesday night sometime!
Part of the orientation we just went through (get-to-know-you exercises, review of PC goals and policies, intro to […]
