Volunteer Swearing In

Me with two of our drivers for training: Sally and Lucky.

Some male voluteers with one of our Setswana teachers, Phenyo. The men are modeling some traditional clothes: two with traditional shirts on and two wearing the fashionable short ties. Definitely don't understand the appeal of the short tie.

Julia, my Setswana teacher, and I before the swearing in ceremony.

My host mother and I after the ceremony.

Christine, her host-nephew (known simply as The Baby) and I.

My birthday and site announcement day

Celebrating my birthday! My friend Christine baked brownies and bought boxed wine. I'll need to think of something good for her birthday!

Amy, Christine and I taking a day off from exercising at the stadium to celebrate my birthday.

Mark, Lauren and I at the Peace Corps bbq after the site announcements. This is the day I felt like I wanted to die- but I'm putting on a smiling face for the camera.

Finding out that I was assigned to Molepolole.

Waiting nervously for our site announcements!

A pretty typical looking dinner: rice, boiled beef, canned beans in tomato sauce and some cabbage/vegetable mix cooked in oil. Yum.

One of our Peace Corps training vans. We had to push it to pop the clutch on a regular basis. This picture might have been taken just before it broke down completely.

We visited a cultural village during training and were shown how woman pounded corn into fine a finer grain.

Traditional children's dance.

Note the women wearing the blanket shawl things- very common. I think this is the chief reading bones to predict the future of our pretend marriage of a peace corps volunteer.

Random pictures in Molepolole

Donkey carts. Very common site.

Some fellow volunteers and I lounging at the lodge on a Saturday afternoon.

Trying to find thousand year old rock paintings isn't easy.

One of our Setswana teachers.

My friend Christine and I.

Host family house

Picture 1: Outdoor cooking area
Picture 2: Living room
Picture 3: Area to wash dishes
Picture 4: Kitchen
Picture 5: House

Picture 1: Donkeys on the side of the road- very common site. They are used to pull carts.

Picture 2: Darn American fast food. My friend Christine and I decided to treat ourselves to soft serve during training. It made my stomach hurt but it was worth it.

Picture 3: An example of some roadside businesses. Haven't gotten my hair cut yet.

Picture 4: The main road the runs through Moleps. The large building in the background is Choppies, a grocery store.

Picture 5: Volunteers during lunch at our training site.