Back at the PC training site, sorry I haven't written in a while, they've been keeping me quite busy.
Left my homestay site for good yesterday - we swear in as volunteers this week and then I'm off to my site proper for 3 months. Passed my language exam yesterday (in Bambara), which was the last thing standing between me and being able to swear in as a real volunteer.
Leaving homestay was weird, I will definitely miss my new family there. They bought, killed, and cooked a chicken for me, the first time I've had chicken since the first week we arrived. We stayed up late talking on Friday and Saturday nights.
Anyway we swear in Friday, spend the night in Bamako, Saturday is Malian independance day, then we split on Sunday for our regional capitals. I won't have internet available in my site (or electricity, or running water), so it might be tough to keep the blog updated regularly, but I'll try to make each update big and interesting.
More to come later, tired and going to bed
2 years ago
3 comments:
Congrats on passing your Bambara test! I'm sure it's a load off your mind. You must be looking forward to the next phase. Best of luck with that, hope you'll have a great experience.
I ni sogoma, ben. new family! how could you? haha just kidding... we're glad your jatigi was so good to you. i'm also glad for you that you passed the bambara test. good luck at the doctoroso at your site!
I've never killed a chicken for anyone! But I do love to eat it. Hope your next host family willbe just as gracious.
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