Life: Updated
Hello all,
Just to give you the sense that maybe I'll be in better communication, I am posting again. There's not much new to say, besides that life is getting easier here by the day and that it's cooling down... a little bit.
This weekend we went up to visit the posts of some volunteers who we are replacing, which was certainly fun and interesting. It was fun to see their houses, their friends and neighbors, and their accomplishments after two years of work. (The latter was also incredibly overwhelming.) It was fun visiting a volunteer in Tourou, a tiny village on the border of Nigeria. It's somewhat isolated, so the culture there is particularly rich. All of the women were wearing these hats that look like the army hats from World War I, with designs painted on them. It really looked like they all just had a spontaneous idea to wear bowls on their heads. And we drove up this mountain to a market, and they were all there DRUNK out of their minds and wearing those hats and being crazy. It reminded me of the parties at the frisbee house.
It was also really nice to come back from this two-day trip, because our village and host families were waiting for us. It was nice to be able to say "Aah, we're home."
We'll be finding out our posts on Thursday this week, and on Saturday we'll be going to visit them with our counterpart. That's basically the title of the person in the village with whom we'll be working, kind of like a link into the community. So, that week could be incredibly fun, especially if I'm replacing a volunteer, so i can meet their friends, neighbors, and have someone to talk to at night. But on the other hand, if I'm opening a post, then I might have a lonely week at the post, making small talk with the counterpart and his family. Either way will be interesting and exciting. But scary.
And otherwise things have been going well. I may be out of touch 2 weeks from now, but thanks for your emails and updates from home. It's nice to know you're keeping me involved with your lives! Au revoir.
Just to give you the sense that maybe I'll be in better communication, I am posting again. There's not much new to say, besides that life is getting easier here by the day and that it's cooling down... a little bit.
This weekend we went up to visit the posts of some volunteers who we are replacing, which was certainly fun and interesting. It was fun to see their houses, their friends and neighbors, and their accomplishments after two years of work. (The latter was also incredibly overwhelming.) It was fun visiting a volunteer in Tourou, a tiny village on the border of Nigeria. It's somewhat isolated, so the culture there is particularly rich. All of the women were wearing these hats that look like the army hats from World War I, with designs painted on them. It really looked like they all just had a spontaneous idea to wear bowls on their heads. And we drove up this mountain to a market, and they were all there DRUNK out of their minds and wearing those hats and being crazy. It reminded me of the parties at the frisbee house.
It was also really nice to come back from this two-day trip, because our village and host families were waiting for us. It was nice to be able to say "Aah, we're home."
We'll be finding out our posts on Thursday this week, and on Saturday we'll be going to visit them with our counterpart. That's basically the title of the person in the village with whom we'll be working, kind of like a link into the community. So, that week could be incredibly fun, especially if I'm replacing a volunteer, so i can meet their friends, neighbors, and have someone to talk to at night. But on the other hand, if I'm opening a post, then I might have a lonely week at the post, making small talk with the counterpart and his family. Either way will be interesting and exciting. But scary.
And otherwise things have been going well. I may be out of touch 2 weeks from now, but thanks for your emails and updates from home. It's nice to know you're keeping me involved with your lives! Au revoir.
posted by Ryan @ 7:17 AM
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