I have arrived! The tale of the arrival is remarkably unremarkable--flight from NYC to Brussels, to Yaounde, Cameroon. Highlight was that some of the players from the Cameroonian National Football team were on our plane!
Everyone is still wonderful, though we're all getting a bit of cabin fever. Saturday we went on a brief walk around the area of the hotel, but my group didn't get very far. Mostly, we hung out and played card games-little boring, but it's ok.
Yesterday we had another free (re: boring) morning, but the afternoon we had our first official training session, on safety and security. We learned about how women having their breasts grabbed is pretty common--but NOT ok! And watched pretty much the scariest video on rape I've ever seen! But it's all good--just never be alone, ever. Ever! Dad, don't worry, it's ok, really!
Today, we had another session on health, and finally got out health kits--lots of drugs, etc. Also had interviews with the medical staff (got to explain for the 47th time that my "asthma" is NOT a big deal. And, had language inteviews--my grammar was pretty much atrocious, BUT, I felt pretty good about getting my point across, so I think I did pretty well.
The plan for the upcoming time: we're in the hotel until Thursday, then we move to our training town, north of here, and move into a homestay family. I'm a little anxious about meeting the family, I hope they have kids!
Internet has been few and far between and will probably be worse in Bangangte, so we'll see how this blogging thing goes! I should have a phone in a few days, and will disseminate that as soon as I can! Love to all. Oh! And care package wishes: clif bars, some sort of drink flavor packet (crystal light, gatorade, or similar. Preferably not too much sugar!), and that's all I've got for now! Love everyone!
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Hey, Gloria. Thanks for posting. Didn't see anything on FB, so I was getting a little nervous.
ReplyDeleteSend us an address when you get settled in, and I'll work on care packages.
We got all your furniture moved OK. Greg got to drive a U-Haul truck from Davis to Chico, by himself (I was in your mom's truck, and Amanda was driving Greg's Susuki).
Take care, have fun, stay safe, and keep in touch.
Love, Dad.
Hey Gloria- looks like your adventures are off to a great start! I've enjoyed reading your updates & hope all is going great so far! I'm sure your homestay family will love having you, too! :)
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Some blogger named Jim says that Pierre's is the place to go when in Bangangte...
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Mom
Hi Gloria! Thanks for the updates. We are happy to see them and are watching FB and the blogspot for news of you and your team. Glad to see you've passed your language assessment! We'll try to send you news once in a while too, so that you don't feel too one-sided in your communication. But I'm afraid that compared to what you're doing, we will probably seem a little boring.
ReplyDeleteMore later - have to feed the old dog. Yes, King is still hanging on to what little life he has left. He said to tell you hi. Libby is bouncing off the walls and would love to come hang out with the kangaroos. (are there kangaroos there? have you seen any?) Love you! Liz
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