Details about NIger

Hey well I'm better! Let see what can I tell you about Niger. I have a bit more time to write now. Let me tell you a bit about the village. It has a market (Kasuwa) that comes every Tuesday. There you can get anything from food to electronics animals and clothes. The main problem is that they speak Zarma and I'm Hausa. However language immersion will be next week and i plan to use that time to learn everything i can. the village is very busy with a lot of children. It is funny they ask you for your name in french but they can't understand your answer so we have fun with that and respond with flip flop or water tower. We use it as a time to be creative.

The peace corps site is a place that we can be ourselves. There are a lot of us at different places and that is the only time that we are all together. I have alot of friend from other places so it is a relive to check up with them and see how they are doing. The site has a volleyball court and we play a lot of games after classes. I am a part of the sports committee we are going to try and play Quiddage.

Thanksgiving will be an affair we are going to cook dinner and have a blast. I missed Tabaski which is the killing of the sheep and celebration for two days. I was in Naimey but i got to have some of the meat (nama). Right now we are doing some shopping and learning about Naimey.

What else classes are long but they make it fun. We switch teacher every week so that we can learn a new accent. The tech sessions are what are most fun for me. I am learning about tree nurseries, composting, and gardening as of right now but there will be alot more later on. The med training is a bit boring i know most of it but there is still more to know. I find my English is getting bad so i hope everyone can understand this.

I miss you all but I'm having a blast. I didn't tell you about the sand storm did I. Well i was in a sand storm it was loud and sandy we had to go inside to sleep. It was beautiful in the morning there was a new layer of sand everywhere making it look clean and pure. The nights hear are beautiful there are so many stars and the moon can be like it's day time. Sometimes it hard to sleep with that much light. The prayer can wake me up as well as the animals but I'm beginning to learn how to sleep through both.

The weather is hot hot hot at least we are going into the cold season aka not 113 F. It's only in the 90's. Which is really cool for here. LOL. The nights are cold though we have to wear a sweater to bed at times.

Niger and sick but having fun

So here is an update! I finally got here and it is hot. I have bacteria and amibas right now so I feel sick and I'm ontons of pills. But don't worry about me. Ina day or so I will be back to normal. So I went through a sand storm we had to go inside to sleep and sand was everywhere. I'm learning alot in my lessons though I still feel like I don't know anything but that will come with time. We got to go to see a real site which was awesome. I can't wait to really get involved in a site but that is a long time from now. I miss you all and love you. I also have a bunch of friends here it is a great environment everyone is really nice. My family has 9 kids they are all so funny. They help out alot with the language and can always make me smile. I'm getting alot of rice and milit. Don't really like milit though.