Im not going to be able to blog as often as I had hoped due to no electricity in my site, but my regional capital is about three hours away where I can one day promise to post pictures of my beautiful bald head. I have been out of Kaedi for the past week, touring my new home. I guess from the title you have guessed that I'm heading to the rural village of Wul Yenje with about 4000 people and one fridg. We were at my site for three days and during that time we (my father Samba and a current Peace Corps Volunteer) toured the city which took all of one hour and hung out by the lake. Hopefully during my two year hiatus I will be able to build a raft and not catch any funky water diseases, sigh. On the second day we ventured off into nature toward a Pular village 45min away sipping tea and literally passing the day. The father, Kane, is a friend of my fathers and has inivited me to spend the weekends at their...hut. They have even given me my own room or I should really say hut. It's a sweet deal and it will be nice to change up the scene. Peace Corps will pay for you to have a language tutor in your village- hopefully Kane is going to help me with my French and Hassaniya.
The question everyone is asking "Have you recevied your package(s) yet?"
They are waiting to give us the rest of the them in September- I don't know why, but this is what I have been told. Julie Brown, Im sending a huge thanks your way because the peanuts and powerbars are saving my life right now-There is a small tax on all packages and I think they are waiting until we have our bank accounts set up before they start handing out boxes. It makes no sense to me- but this is the Peace Corps and you just roll with the flow because we have no control.
We had a girl ET (early terminate) yesterday. Right now we are down to 67 people. I think the cockroach that got stuck in her ear was the straw that broke the camels back for her. The PCMO had to dig him out- she said it was more excruciating then being stung by a jellyfish. Can you even imagine- damn. If anyone wants to send earplugs that might be cool.
Overall I am happy. I have my moments..well, several moments when I am frustrated/upset but it quickly passes because there is this beautiful support group surrounding me. Thank you all for your emails and pictures- you have no idea how much they contribute to my sanity. There is also a tailor here in the city that contributes to my sanity as well- I go to the market and buy fabric and then Jibby calls me when my outfits are ready. Just like in the states when you are having a bad day and you need an outfit to lift you up--its exactly the same, well almost. Instead of paying 50 bucks for a shirt you can pay 10 for an entire outfit and a head scarf.
I miss you guys. Come to africa and we will have Jibby make us crazy african clothing.
Love always,
Ami Camera
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