It's been awhile, since there's no internet or anything in the town where we're training, but we're in labe now visiting our regional capital! so allt he Fouta volunteers are here and we're getting to know our big city. tomorrow we head out to our respective sites and get to do a tour of a bunch of people's sites that our near our own. we spend three nights at conor's (formerly beth's) site and then come back to labe for a night before heading back to our stage families.
life is going well. we're all thinking that we're really glad we chose to do this with our lives. so that's a good sign. i think everyone was ready for a change of scenery, so site visit is a welcome difference.
life during training is pretty routine. bucket baths, breakfast, sessions from 8-5, dinnner, hang out with the fam or hang out with the other pcts or pcvs. good times had by all. today was the first day we didnt have to be somewhere at 8. so that was nice.
site visit is a welcome change and everyones excited to see the house they'll be calling home for the next two years. it's also the first time we've been separated from people we've seen everyday since july 7th, so that's kinda weird. tho, unfortunately, we'll be needing to get used to that!
all the PCVs are reallly great and helpful and welcoming, so everytime we do something new for us, they're there welcoming us with happy new year signs and noise makers. great times.
miss you all terribly. sorry this is a brief post, but keep in touch! send letters or packages if you feel so incline :D got letters from mom, john, and emily so far!! thank you allll!!
keep in touch and give me updates on your lives stateside!!
MUCH LOVE FROM GUINEA
~rab
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I'm so sure I was sitting at my desk when your email came over. I tried to call on a hunch I might get you but, alas, I did not. Cool you got to update blog. Such a great way to reach so many of us. Sounds like exciting times and I'm glad you're all glad you're there. I think you'll have stages where you wonder if you're just nuts, but you'll know in your heart(s) and that's just what you should do, whatever it tells you. Glad and not the least surprised you're making friends. You'll make them in your village, as well, and hopefully, Labe isn't so far you can't journey on a Saturday and keep us posted. Love you. Mom
rachel, its garrett, i miss you terribly but i know you are doing great things. I want to call you all the time and tell you really stupid things but alas, i can not. I hope everything is going well, i have a letter sitting on my desk to send you but i am disorganized and have yet to send it. i was in oakland the other week and had to drop something off at yours for alice and then i remembered you didnt live there anymore and that made me really sad and kinda strange also. well i am going to get on that letter and send it out on monday, hopefully,
love you much!
garrett
I SENT YOU A LETTER :( Let me know if you get it but i sent one! Ill try again though...love you always!
Great to hear from you. Sounds challenging, but I am sure you will find joy in new friends, a true gift you have. Nice to be included n yur electronic family, you have such terrific friends. We are awaiting Hurricane Fay, hope she goes around. Honeyg's new knee getting better, she is doing really well. We too sent you a snail mail note, surprised at reasonable postage, hope you get it. What do you need? We love you!
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