Still in Phili.. but in under 24 hours......
Salut from Phili!
Had a great day today in training for the Peace Corps. We learned a lot more about what we are doing when we land in Cameroon (no one had any idea… and we leave TOMORROW!). Tomorrow we are heading to the clinic in the AM. There are about 12 shots that everyone needs (people who have lost their childhood immunization records have to get them all). I will only have 8 poles all told. Luckily, we are taking the shots in chunks… tomorrow I will only get two while most people will get three.
Then we head to JFK airport to fly to Paris! We are going to be absolutely dumbfounded at the airport. I don’t think any of us knew we would actually do this!
We get to Yaounde, Cameroon and then head to a hotel in the city (30-40 min drive) where we will eat and sleep. Then the whole first day is spent relaxing in Yaounde. We stay in Yaounde for around 6 days before heading to our Pre-Service Training site in Bafoussam. It’s in the Western Province, just south of the border of Nigeria and not far from Mount Cameroon. There we will stay for 10 weeks, until we meet our requirements and are sworn in on the 14th of December at 10a.m.!
Anyway, I am in my last moments in the U.S. We have the most glorious beds at the Sheraton and I had my last cheeseburger this evening with a group of trainees. I am feeling far more comfortable after getting to know my colleagues better (and we have a Euchre group formed, so I will officially be OK!). There is a picture of some of my new friends below at a Pub in Philadelphia... click on it to make it bigger.
Next post will come from Europe of Africa. Track me… Delta Airlines flight #16 departing JFK at 6:10pm.
LOVE and MISS YOU ALREADY,
Kelsey
Had a great day today in training for the Peace Corps. We learned a lot more about what we are doing when we land in Cameroon (no one had any idea… and we leave TOMORROW!). Tomorrow we are heading to the clinic in the AM. There are about 12 shots that everyone needs (people who have lost their childhood immunization records have to get them all). I will only have 8 poles all told. Luckily, we are taking the shots in chunks… tomorrow I will only get two while most people will get three.
Then we head to JFK airport to fly to Paris! We are going to be absolutely dumbfounded at the airport. I don’t think any of us knew we would actually do this!
We get to Yaounde, Cameroon and then head to a hotel in the city (30-40 min drive) where we will eat and sleep. Then the whole first day is spent relaxing in Yaounde. We stay in Yaounde for around 6 days before heading to our Pre-Service Training site in Bafoussam. It’s in the Western Province, just south of the border of Nigeria and not far from Mount Cameroon. There we will stay for 10 weeks, until we meet our requirements and are sworn in on the 14th of December at 10a.m.!
Anyway, I am in my last moments in the U.S. We have the most glorious beds at the Sheraton and I had my last cheeseburger this evening with a group of trainees. I am feeling far more comfortable after getting to know my colleagues better (and we have a Euchre group formed, so I will officially be OK!). There is a picture of some of my new friends below at a Pub in Philadelphia... click on it to make it bigger.
Next post will come from Europe of Africa. Track me… Delta Airlines flight #16 departing JFK at 6:10pm.
LOVE and MISS YOU ALREADY,
Kelsey
posted by K at 2:40 AM
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Good-bye peetie. Love you and miss you! ~Mom
My shirt is embarrassingly low cut in this picture. I can't believe that didn't bother me almost 3 years ago. Also, half of this picture bit the dust really quickly. And I wasn't one of them, I also love that.
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