Sunday, January 30, 2011
My Visit to a Current Volunteer
Yesterday, me along with the rest of the training class took a trip to visit a current volunteer. He lived about an hour and a half away from us. He lived on a river and we took a boat tour around the area. It was extremely beautiful. He proved to be a very successful volunteer helping the village establish a fishing business. It was a very positive experience. I am going to the Capitol San Salvador on Wednesday, so I will keep you posted.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
My Training Family
We arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday. Me along with the other Trainees stayed in a hotel the first two nights and attended seminars in the office in San Vicente. I really like my training class. Everybody is very kind and friendly.
Yesterday, Friday the 21st I moved in with the host family I will be staying with for the next two months. I am about a ten minute bus ride from San Vicente. My host family is very kind. There is only a husband and wife. They have two dogs and two baby kitten. There are four other volunteers living in my community. We have language classes in the mornings, then in the afternoon we will be working on small projects to improve our community during the next eight weeks. It is going to give us good hands on training before we are sent out on our own as volunteers in March. Also, twice a week the trainees in my community will meet with the other trainees in my class and attend more seminars in San Vicente. We also have some field trips coming up.
Everyday has new challenges. It is difficult living in a commnity where I can not communicate with the people perfectly. I want to make more conversation with my host family, but my spanish level is pretty low. I am studying in the evenings after dinner to try and learn as much as I can. I miss everyone. I´ll talk to you soon.
Yesterday, Friday the 21st I moved in with the host family I will be staying with for the next two months. I am about a ten minute bus ride from San Vicente. My host family is very kind. There is only a husband and wife. They have two dogs and two baby kitten. There are four other volunteers living in my community. We have language classes in the mornings, then in the afternoon we will be working on small projects to improve our community during the next eight weeks. It is going to give us good hands on training before we are sent out on our own as volunteers in March. Also, twice a week the trainees in my community will meet with the other trainees in my class and attend more seminars in San Vicente. We also have some field trips coming up.
Everyday has new challenges. It is difficult living in a commnity where I can not communicate with the people perfectly. I want to make more conversation with my host family, but my spanish level is pretty low. I am studying in the evenings after dinner to try and learn as much as I can. I miss everyone. I´ll talk to you soon.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Last week in the US
Thank you for looking at my blog. I will be departing for my assignment on Monday, January 17th. This is my first blog post to make sure I can get the hang of things before I am actually in El Salvador. I am spending my last week saying goodbye to friends and family. I do not know how much time I will have to write to everyone individually, so I wanted to make this blog for everyone to read. Hope to keep in touch with everyone. Thanks for all the support and kindness you have shown me over the years.
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