Go Time

Tomorrow is the big day we ship off to Namibia. Actually we spend the night in Johannesburg on Thursday and then fly to Windhoek, Namibia on Friday. It's about 18 hours total flight time... lots more in travel time. We finish up orientation in the morning with a 5am wake up call followed by shots at the clinic (oh boy), then we leave DC in the afternoon. The last two days have been great. I'm in a group of about 70 volunteers going to Namibia, most of us either as teachers or HIV/AIDS educators. Everybody seems excited about our opportunity. We've learned some of the basics so far about Peace Corps safety, policies, etc. Not the most exciting stuff, but still quite useful. Training begins officially on Saturday Nov. 3. That's when we really get down to details. Everybody says training is brutal, but necessary. I don't have much time, so the info is limited. I hope to have some better material for you next week. Take care all.

The Countdown

Hi all,

I've got about 2 weeks before I leave for Namibia. I'm busy wrapping up so many things right now I hardly have time to think about it. I'll be flying out of Phoenix on Oct. 28th to Washington D.C. We have 3 days of orientation there before we take the 18+ hour flight to Windhoek, Namibia. Then training begins and lasts 8 weeks. At some point during the training we find out where in the country we will be placed. I'm sure I'll be missing many things at home. Feel free to keep me posted. Til next time...