The End of Training, Swear In, and The Start of Something Incredible...

Right now I am sitting in my own 3 room house that I got dropped off in yesterday and where I will spend the next two years of my life. 
Training finished up about a week ago with my final language check, I reached the desired Intermediate Mid level in Kinyarwanda(!), some final logistics before we become actual volunteers, and saying goodbye to the family that basically raised us to be able to go out and live on our own in Rwanda.
I just want to give a shout out to that family. My family was and continues to be so amazing and I really don't think I would've come out of training the same if it wasn't for them. Even though I left I know I'll be back and always feel a part of the family for a very long time!
Onto this past weekend... Swear in weekend.  We went to Kigali for swear in on Saturday. We got a couple of days to shop for some things we would need in our houses at site and treats we can only find in the bigger city. We also got these couple of days to hang out with eachother as a training class and relish in how great our group is one last time before we parted ways. Let me tell you, I'm so excited to be apart of this group of amazing people! We are all so different but somehow together we are just a powerhouse of a group. I love each and everyone of you!
Finally, Tuesday came around, the day we swear in as official Peace Corps Volunteers. The event took place at the house of the US Ambassador and our group was so lucky to be sworn in in the presence of the Director of the entire Peace Corps.  This is such an honor as it was only her 2nd time to attend a swearing in event. She gave such an amazing speech and I will never forget her saying, "home is not a building or a city on a map, but where your heart entwines with others..." Its probably one of the truest things for me. My heart is entwined with people who don't live in walking distance or even people who live half way across the world but I can still feel at home being 45 min from my closest volunteer or 20 hours from my family and that's because what she said is so true. That just really meant a lot to me and I wanted to share that one thought of mine.
So, as of Tuesday, August 18th, I can say I am a Peace Corps Volunteer and I'm excited to see where everything goes from here.
Next, I will be starting my community needs assessment to see what kinds of projects will benefit the community the most. From there it is one day at a time to find how I will serve my community to my fullest capacity.
My internet is very slow here so I will post some pictures on Facebook until I'm able to post them here again.
Thank you all for keeping up with me and I hope you all are well!