I haven’t written any blog posts in a while, so this is my attempt to describe the beginning of my year, 2015: The beginning of January was a nice vacation. I had an amazing vacation in Cape Town with some of my friends from home. I visited Kristy to celebrate her birthday; and we went… Continue reading Mapuleng (Mother of Rain)
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Holiday Review
During this past holiday season, some of my friends came to visit. It was so busy and fun and over before I knew it. Here is the short review: December 20th: I traveled to Johannesburg to meet Frannie at the airport. Usually crossing the border to/from Johannesburg and Lesotho takes about 20 minutes; this day,… Continue reading Holiday Review
Summer Break
I thought that once school ended, I would have lots of free time to relax and read and update my blog. Clearly, I was wrong. Grading, staff meetings, waiting in 4-hour inefficient Lesotho lines, is pretty boring so here are the highlights: I attended the Grassroots Soccer (GRS) workshop to learn how to teach youth… Continue reading Summer Break
Farewell
A couple of weeks ago, our school had a “farewell”. During the 4th quarter of school, the form C students take their external exams and finish school. After their last exam, they have a ceremony, a farewell, to say goodbye to all of form C students. This includes food and a performance of singing, dancing,… Continue reading Farewell
Humans of Lesotho
Hello family and friends and blog readers! I briefly want to share with you a secondary project that I have been working on with another PCV, Jody. One of the main goals (#3) of Peace Corps is to share information about our host country with Americans. Both of us have felt that the most important… Continue reading Humans of Lesotho
PST: Round 2
Pre-Service training (PST) is the 10 week period where all the volunteers of a group learn about the language, culture, and information that they will need to know for the next 2 years as a volunteer. This week, I was fully involved with the new education trainees – future volunteer teachers like myself. In the… Continue reading PST: Round 2
Moea O Mongata!
Moea O Mongata (It is too windy) This is the phrase that I have been hearing basically every day since I’ve been back from consolidation and even before I left for consolidation. And it is completely true – it is too windy. One of the cultural norms that we learned about during our training is… Continue reading Moea O Mongata!
One Year Reflections
Today marks the one year anniversary of arriving to Lesotho. A lot has happened, but it has also gone by very fast. I survived 10 weeks of training, I started teaching my own classes for the first time, I started a library, I’ve explored 6 of the 10 districts in Lesotho, I survived a country… Continue reading One Year Reflections
End of Consolidation
Sorry for the delayed update, but if you haven’t already heard, I am back in Lesotho. During the time we were in South Africa, my favorite thing was the survivor style cooking competition that the hotel staff hosted for us. It was part of a “field day” event; there were all sorts of outdoor relay-type… Continue reading End of Consolidation
Consolidation Vacation
First off, I want to let everyone know that I am safe. There has been political instability in Lesotho, but there is no need to worry about me at all. The short summary is that the army general and the prime minister disagreed so the army attempted to stage a coup, the police dis-banned (but… Continue reading Consolidation Vacation