Saturday, March 29, 2008

lusaka morning!

so im in lusaka. we just spent about 900,000 kwacha on groceries for the week. yikes! but we're gonna eat good. we're going to katete in eastern province for our second site visit, which means im gonna get to see my new house and meet people in my village! then after that we just have 3 more weeks of training before we swear in! so i have to go, because i have a lot of eating to do before i leave the mall! im changing my address soon - i'll post it on facebook, and have my mom post it on here!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Here in Lusaka!

So I'm at the mall today and i'm going to post a little about my daily life. I went on a site visit a couple weeks ago in central province which was amazing and I basically spent the entire time going "I could totally live like this!" So then we moved to our homestays in Chongwe district, Lusaka province. I'm staying in the village of Kapamongoma. My family has 10 children ranging from the ages of 5 - 35ish. Most of them live at the house, some of the older ones also have a bunch of children living there, so basically i live with a ton of people. We also have 13 goats, a bunch of chickens and roosters, 2 oxen, 2 tiny skinny dogs, and a cat. A lot of the neighbors have pigs and cows too. Everyday I wake up around 6:15, take a bucket bath, eat breakfast (eggs or bread or scones), and go to class. I have class basically 6 days a week from 8-5. most days i have language, some days I have class with everyone, where we talk about culture stuff, and i draw pictures and do sudoku. It's a lot of class. We drink cold beer when we can. Then I bike home on a dirt path, greeting everyone along the way. I eat dinner in my hut because my family won't let me be outside with the mosquitos and then i go to bed around 8:30. It's great.

Also, it's completely gorgeous, the sky is amazing - so many stars. and most days it's just surreal that this is my life. Although i can't wait for training to be over so I can move to eastern province and do my own schedule!