December 1st, 2012
The last two weeks have been busy busy busy!
Firstly, medical update:
My left foot is now back down to a size that is as normal as it’s going to get (whew!). And besides a bit of carsickness from the rough route to and from IST (In Service Training) in Pagala (about 7-8 hours away), I have been maladie and injury free!
Some of the current events in my life:
Bought and installed new locks on the 2 doors of my house! They are candy apple red and fancy… Even have a chain feature.
Helped with “Devoirs Day” again. This time I helped with the 4ieme class and the subject was SVT (“Science de la Vie et Terre”- Earth and life science).
I had many class visitors the week of Thanksgiving!
Monday (the 19th), the Director and my homologue sat in my class and TEFL graded me again. Later that day, PCV Aaron came to shadow me; he marche’ed with me Monday afternoon, sat in on my class Tuesday. They loved him and he taught them 2 new boncs! We made dinner with my host family that night, then he left Wednesday. On Thursday (Thanksgiving), I had the Country Director, Carolina Cardova, visit my class and me! I had her lead a game to introduce herself and “break the ice,” then we went to visit PCV Winter Heath in Yambaout and then had a great Thanksgiving meal in Dapaong with about 25 other PCV’s and friends! Out meal was complete with 2 Turkeys, stuffing, salad (we don’t get this often but love it!), cranberry sauce, desserts… the works! I ate way past capacity but loved every second of it =)
Last weekend was pretty chill with my Dapaong friends (I mean family). We watched movies, ate good food, bought some much needed Panye and slept off a busy week! One of my friends got pretty sick and I accompanied him to the Dapaong Clinic… We found out this week that he contracted HepA? CRAZY! I translated for him that day at the clinic and felt quite useful.
This past week I have been in PAGALA (down south about 7-8 hours) for training with all the other Volunteers in my “Stage” (so great seeing everyone and catching up!). I was able to connect with all of the other people in my EGE group and brainstorm solutions to problems or concerns people were having. We had some great training sessions and AWESOME FOOD! I’m pretty sure I gained at least 7 lbs during the week of IST.
Now it’s time to head back to village and make moves! I’ve got plenty of ideas from training. Also, next weekend I’m planning on going to Kara for a Training of Trainers (TOT) for Odyssey of the Mind. For this program I get to choose 10-12 4ieme/5ieme boys/girls to train and compete in a challenge of the mind in May (I believe). This week I also have another English Teacher Training (sesssions with the Togolese teachers in the area) and hopefully I can get the Theatre Club off to a good start as well!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving and Happy December All!
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