I started wondering today if I even should post all the little summaries of my day that I've written. I mean does anyone really want to read any of it other than me in 5 years? Perhaps, I should just summarize them all into a once weekly thing or something. I don't know. Next time I'm at on the internet, I guess I'll ask on Facebook.
Well, other than that, today went a lot better than yesterday night. I'm still feeling a little overwhelmed with stuff. However, we had 4 current Volunteers come and give a presentation about teaching english at your site in the afternoon today. They have reinitiated the Teach English committee and gave a very excellent presentation. I wish more of the training was as smooth and clearly laid out. As a group, the other MAC volunteers (stands for Manejo Ambiental Comunitario, our program name) and I hope to make a few recommendations about the information we'd like to receive in our trainings. However, I don't know how necessary it is because it's only week three, and I know for a fact our trainers are doing their best to prepare us. But different people learn better from different methods, I guess.
We received our bank cards today. I officially have a bank account in Peru. Wonder if I can make it an offshore account for the future? Haha, okay just kidding, but I do find it really cool to be able to say I have a bank account in an entirely different country. I guess it makes me feel more worldly.
I really really need to study Spanish as hard as I can, but I'm not sure what more I can do to absorb it faster. I knew this would be my most stressful factor, and time will make it go away, but I want to minimize that agony. I hate not understanding whats going on, especially when around other trainees that do because they're better qualified than me. It's tough. For example, there was a community meeting in the Municipalidad today about the Environment, and about 8 of us trainees went to observe and learn about formal meetings. In that respect, I gained insight, but so much of the presentation I couldn't understand. It may have been easier if I could have easily heard them (there was a lot of echo and outside competing noise) but even still, I know I wouldn't have been able to follow all of it. Just need to daily rededicate myself to learning as much Spanish as possible.
Regarding the frequency of posts you are doing, I say do them as frequently as you can. We know you do not always have time to post on a regular basis, depending on your schedule and internet access. I also love hearing about the little things you do and how you use the Spanish words for activities, food, and people. Also, if you would like to hear more about home, please let us know. You probably see the highlights of our lives through Facebook, but if there are other things you are interested us, we would be more than happy to send stuff to you.
ReplyDeleteIt's your blog, so post as often as you like. Besides, I realize you want to keep us entertained, but at the same time, this is for you! If you want to go back and have an archive of stuff, it's all here in one spot for you. When I used to blog frequently, it was nice to see all at once... Even if no one else really cared about it, I was glad I wrote stiff down. (Not that we don't care, because we do!!!)
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