Here is
a short update and notification that I MADE IT!!!! The entire group
arrived in one piece, our luggage is in tact, and we all have smiling
faces. Once we arrived at the airport in Rwanda, I'm sure you can
imagine my little "Oh my gosh, I'm so excited voice" and my
5'1" body bouncing off of the walls. Some of the Peace Corps
staff (which were all Rwandan except for one) met us and helped us
carry our luggage to the very suspect unmarked white vans. haha! It
seemed a little sketchy, but we all made it to the Peace Corps hostel
at which we will be staying together for the next few days. In the
photo gallery you can view my bunk. Although I haven't seen any bugs
yet, my bunk is at the top to avoid any critters that may be lurking
around while we sleep.
When we
first got to the hostel, we honked outside and some guy with some
contraption with a light and a mirror on it came out to pass the
contraption under each of our suspect unmarked vans to ensure that no
one was hanging on underneath?? That's my assumption with that.
Right now we are all just sitting and talking and taking turns using
this ONE modem so that we can update blogs and notify our families
that we made it safely. Tomorrow we will be going to get cell phones
and any other immediate things we need. After that, we'll have some
short language and culture trainings so that we can at least have a
slight clue of what to do
and what not to do
when we go to meet our host family in a few days. I am beyond
excited and although I miss everyone back home, I am sooooo very
happy I'm here. I'm living my dream...and if I'm living yours as
well, feel free to live vicariously through me :) I will be holding
nothing back!
Love
and Peace Corps,
Dametreea
PS On second thought, photos will have to wait (sorry) this internet is NOT working out for me right now :(
Im glad that you made it!!!! I have been worried and stressing, praying that you made it safely!! Now its time for you to have fun and serve your purpose!! Proud of YOU! I love you! Contact me as soon as you can!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you made it and that you're excited, that makes me happy :D
ReplyDeleteomg i'm soo excited.. for you!! haha can i take you up on that offer to live vicariously through you? i'm interested to know what those culture training's said what to¬ to do..
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