About halfway through PST (pre-service training), there is a big event called "Site Announcements" where our future permanent sites are revealed. This is followed within the next couple of days with our site visits, where we go for 2-3 days to visit our new sites. We meet our partners, check out the town, and our … Continue reading Site Announcements!
As I mentioned in my last post, we got the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History in Chisinau yesterday. The museum was quite large, and had some great exhibitions, but it also has little funding. It is housed in a beautiful, old building. The architecture was quite stunning but building is also … Continue reading Cultural Excursion: National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History
This week was another busy week of language and technical training! I think this week was the hardest in terms of language that we've had so far. We learned a LOT of new vocabulary, grammar, and such, and it was hard to get our brains to remember it all. Here's what we covered in language … Continue reading Life Lately 6/26/16
As much as I wish I had taken photos during our time in Philly or at the airports, I didn't. So this is going to be a long, word-filled post. If you don't really want to hear about our staging in Philly or our flight, feel free to skip this and go to the next … Continue reading The Start of Something New…
The Oke Den 