SICK IN PRETORIA

I pasted an email below, that I sent out to everyone on my contact list recently.  I’ve already posted the journal entries here on my blog that I mentioned in the email below, so I cut them from the email. Thobela (Hello), I hope this email finds you all well!!  I don’t really know where [...]

MY NEW HOME & FAMILY

     Wow, it’s only been a week and one day since I left the US, but it seems as if it’s been a month.  Yesterday was a very eventful day for me, because I met my host family for the first time.  The families arrived at the college around 10:30 am yesterday to pick us [...]

Ugg..too many languages!!

So, I’m a little nervous right now, because I’m going to be meeting my new home-stay family tomorrow.  I’m worried because I don’t know the local language, I don’t know all the customs yet, I don’t know my way around, I’m going to be in a new area, I’m going to be alone, and I [...]

PST…it begins

Wow, it’s been a really hectic but exciting few days, so that’s why I haven’t written since Saturday.  So, I’ll try to catch you up.  Staging continued on Sunday with more training.  However, I felt a little better on Sunday, I wasn’t near as emotional.  I still didn’t socialize on Sunday with the other volunteers. [...]