Hello Friends!!!
Today we were welcomed into the country by the US Ambassador. We were able to go and have lunch with him. It was pretty cool!! We will also have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at the embassy next Thursday. Turns out that our new country director and him went to college together. The other volunteers are very jealous of our group. It is pretty exciting. All of the luxuries and amenities that I now have will be lost very shortly, I can't wait!!! With all of the spoiling comes many restrictions. Tit for tat I suppose. We have all gone and shopped for our community based training, buying plates and cups as well as a pee bucket and bathing tub. I know that you all wish that you were in my shoes! Once I get to my rondaval (the one room hut), then and only then will it feel like Africa. Currently, I stay on a compound with American counterparts. I am not complaining, just stating that I have to remind myself at times that I am here in Africa. I do not think this fact has set in yet, don't know when it will. I spend my days in class and studying during my free time. The peace corps training center is equipped with some marvelous cooks who have long hours preparing delicious foods for us to eat. Too good actually. Perhaps when i start to cook for myself in my one room home, I will eat less. It is very exciting for this time to be soon approaching. I want to get out there, away from the noise and the electricity. That is my story and I am sticking to it folks!!!! I will figure out how to get some pics on here soon, I really have not taken many pictures, as we've not seen much to capture. This visit coming up will provide ample opportunity for the photographer in my to surface. From there I will work on putting my pics on a disk to get on my Picasa album. I guess that if you put your camera to the computer directly, that it can catch a virus. So i have some kinks to smooth out. In due time. Speaking of time......my time here in the Internet cafe is nearly up. We'll walk back to the training center and do some studying, have dinner and finish off with an evening session. Tomorrow we have technical training and on Saturday we will be free.