“Who has the best site?” Our training director posed the question to our somewhat scattered group of trainees after we had each received our site placement.
“I have the best site!”, we chorused, repeating back the sentiment we had been encouraged with prior to site announcements.
“Is ‘teapotting’ something you do outside?” I look up from my journal to determine the source of the curious question I had just overheard from one of my fellow trainees.
Read MoreThis is my moment, I think to myself. You’re going to use Kinyarwanda and describe to mama (host mom) what you observed. Right. But I only know about ten phrases in Kinyarwanda and most of them have to do with introducing myself and telling people where I’m from (as if the accent and general aura of being perpetually lost doesn’t fulfill the latter obligation).
Read More“Ingabire?” Toni proffered. Noella mulled it over as I glanced between the two of them unsure of the meaning of the name though instantly taken with the rhythm of the word. “Ingabire”, Noella agreed. And just like that, I had a new name.
Read More““The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.””
As I get closer to the start of my Peace Corps service I realize how much I'm going to miss the relatively easy access I have to everyone I hold dear.
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