Just the Beginning!

So, it's been about a week and a half that I have been in training and if I could think of one word to describe it I would have to us the word EXHAUSTING!  This past week really felt like a month.  I'm living with a host family who is great.  They don't speak any English so there is a lot of miming and head nodding involved, but as I'm learning more Kinyarwanda (yes I can actually pronounce it now!) our communication is improving day by day.  They really are a great family and are sure not to let me go hungry, they are always trying to feed me!  I can't wait for the day in the next few weeks where I can hold a much longer conversation than maybe 2 sentences at a time.

As for learning the language, it is intense!  Everyday when we have class we are learning something new and expected to know what we just learned the day before.  Definitely a challenge mentally but being someone who isn't the best at languages, being forced to learn it is probably going to be the best method!  MY Language teacher Charlotte is amazing and is always patient no matter how badly I butcher a word or 10.

 Along with language we are starting to touch on the actual work that we will be doing in our actual service time and that is definitely part of what gets me up in the morning.  As intense and tiring training is I know it is all leading to the bigger and better pat of these 27 months.  I will definitely share more details about our work as we get more training, but it's still the beginning with a lot left to be learned.

Hope you are all well!


Mwirirwe!