One Year Mark – July 23

So our year in country anniversary was just last week. Hard to believe, but also, it’s not. Time goes by so fast and so slow in this country. A lot of it has to with how busy you are, and or how happy you are.

At this point I can honestly say we’ve got a much better outlook than maybe we did in March – when everything just seemed so frustrating. We now know what to expect (or at least have a general idea) of how things work, when people study, when it’s hot, and how to go about things, so that definitely feels good. And now, we are actually the veterans of the crew. All of K1 is gone (the first group of volunteers) and – the K3s (Kampchua, PCVs group 3) arrived in country on July 24th. I wasn’t down there for the arrival, but talking to a few volunteers who were, said that being at their initial orientation was a bit refreshing. It was nice to be there answering the very same questions we were asking a year ago and realizing how much it is that we have grown since we were in their shoes. They spent time explaining that many of the things they were asking about aren’t that big of a deal once you go through with it.

So yea, here we are…one down, one to go. Hard to believe. It’s a good feeling.