It's official, I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer. 42 Swore in at the Directors Residence. 42 Volunteers, the exact number we started out with which has only happened one other time in the history of Peace Corps Madagascar. We're all pretty proud of ourselves :D
I ended up scoring fairly well on my final language exam, Advanced Low, though Jacob scored the highest at Advanced Mid. The language learning is interesting. There are some days where I feel like I really "get it" and other days where someone will be talking for several minutes and all I can think is "omg, i did not understand a single word they are saying". Let's just say my 'smile and nod' skills are coming along nicely.
I did have an awesome conversation with my host sister the last evening i spent with my family. We were cooking at the window and she taught me the word for stars and then explained to me that when you could see a lot of stars in the evening it meant there would be good weather the next day. I told her that in the US when the sky is red in the evening it meant good weather, but if it was red the in the morning that meant bad weather. I then told her that I loved Montasoe because you could see so many more stars here than in San Diego City. All of it in Malagasy :D
I'll be moving up to Vohemar on October 6th, I'm really, really excited.
I was not able to kill a chicken. As a carnivore, I feel shame.
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