This past Wednesday we had our final HUB site day- where we talked about Peace Corps policies, the emergency evacuation plan, and monitoring and reporting. After, we spent our last evening with our PST host families and, of course, we also packed. After 10 weeks of training, in which we were given over 10 books … Continue reading My Last Day in Costesti and a Birthday Celebration
Today, we had our final session with our language instructor, Galina. Only this time, it wasn't a language session, but rather a history session. Our Last Language Class: After our history session, Galina had two more quick language activities for us before she could send us on our way. First, she wrote poems about each … Continue reading Galina’s Poems and A Brief History of Moldova
We had our last language class this morning. It was mostly a review of some of the more difficult grammar we've learned, but we also learned a couple of new things, including the conditional tense. We also wrapped up our PST through our language lesson. Our language instructor, Galina, asked us to think about our … Continue reading What We’ll Leave Behind and What We’ll Take
It's hard to believe I've already been here for over 2 months. As I'm sure you can imagine, being thrown into an entirely new culture, country, language, and "job" can be overwhelming and hard at times. But even when things are overwhelming, I'm feeling down, or things are just downright hard, there are so many … Continue reading It Really is the Little Things
Although we swore in as volunteers a week ago, the EE (English Education) and HE (Health Education) volunteers are still technically in PST (Pre-service training) until this coming week. For the past three weeks, we have been (mostly) taking a break from our technical and language sessions and instead we have had Practice School. Practice … Continue reading PST Practice School
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