Hi all, apologies all round for the long break in blogging. A few reasons: training is very intense, at present I only have dial up which is inherently unreliable and add to that the phones don't always work.
Anyway, it's coming down to the wire now. This is our last week of training, COD anyway then swearing-in next Saturday then off to our new sites. My new site is one hundred kilometres south of Chisinau the capital. We had our site visits to meet with our partners whom we will be working with for the next two years. Also to meet our new host families.
Both mine are awesome. I love my new host family and especially fell totally in love with one of their granddaughters. She is seven and just such a sweet child. I felt very welcome and my Romanian was truly put to the test since none of them speak English. I did well though and was really proud of myself. Speaking of Romanian, we had two language assessments and I aced both of them. I was a little apprehensive about having to learn a new language but I have picked it up quite well. To the point when my present mama gazda speaks English I always say to her "nu inteleg" which means I don't understand, I tell her, in Romanian, that I don't know English, I only know Romanian. It's a laugh for us all.
So, coming down the the wire here in my host village is bitter-sweet. Things I will miss are my familia gazda, they have all been so very kind to me that I will never, ever forget them and will continue to visit when I leave and even when my service is up. The hills and valleys and fields; the calm and quiet of village life; the cows, sheep, goats, the gaggles of geese that always have something to say when you pass them, the horses that occasionally fart while you are passing. I will miss having to negotiate the various piles of poop from all the animal mentioned above; running in the fields with my new running buddy; hanging out with the other trainees, we have become so close and look out for each other; my teachers, they are all so very cool, awesome teachers and very kind too; and so much more that I can't mention in one session.
I am also looking forward to starting to work, getting down and accomplishing my personal goals that I set when I came here. It will be so great.
Anyway, more on these later, for now, I am going to hang out with my fellow trainees on our last Saturday here in our host village. More to come later.
Thanks again for all your prayers and well wishes. It encourages me greatly, keep the comments coming.
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