Queen V

We just completed week 9 here in Rwanda, with only 1.5 weeks with our host families before we move to our permanent sites! Although training has been a lot more challenging lately with more hours of language and additional activities to complete for training, I can't believe summers almost over and we are ready for our service to officially start! The craziest part is that I am probably now better at kinyarwanda which I've studied for 2 months then Spanish which I studied for 10 years!  It's pretty crazy how the class structure we are put through and of course being in country with host families significantly speeds up how quickly we are able to learn a language. I'm hoping to be comfortable enough in the language so I can also learn French and Swahili during my time here! We take our final language exam in a week from Monday where we are expected to be at the intermediate mid level.  Many people back home have asked me specifically what I will be doing at my  health ce...

It's crazy to think that I have only been in Rwanda for two weeks, which feels like a month! My second week here in Rwamagana can be described in short by two things- soccer ( or I should say football/ umupira) and the market (musoko) . Everyday after training this week I spent most of the evening watching soccer-or listening to it on the radio  when the powers out-and only understanding the occasional phrase " GOALLLL" in the midst of the commentating. It's very exciting watching games in a country (or really continent) in which soccer is the most popular sport. It also helps with integrating with my host family who is  always watching the games. I've learned  that a lot of the people that come to my house to watch the games are rooting for the African teams. They also say they are rooting for the US although I think that's bc I'm just in the room lol.  If I'm not in training or watching soccer I'm probably at the market. I'm pretty sure I wen...