After three months, I am now finally out of Community Entry and into the 'real world' of Peace Corps Volunteer living. As I shared before, I had a busy first few months in the village and here are some photos to show a little bit of my life in my village!
Near a stream just a twenty minutes walk from my house! So pretty!
 Some men from the village helping capture some fish for a sample harvest of the area dam. | |
 Just the beginning of rainy season. One of the first rains to come to my village. This is my toilet and view from my front door. |
Jaylene! This is my little puppy who I brought home in December. Here she is only two months old!
The sun rising around 5 AM one morning when Jaylene needed to go out to go potty! As beautiful as it is, I do not make it a habit of checking it out daily!
Calf Vaccinating. All of the area farmers brought their calves to one area to be vaccinated and tagged one morning by the District Veterinary people.
Chilongwe. A traditional ceremony where women gather to dance and eat together! One woman buys a kitchen set for another friend and all the ladies gather in order to see what the new kitchen tools are.
In the local village town at World AIDS Day. Here are two of my friends from Sweden who are doing research at the Mission Hospital.
This is my outdoor kitchen or chilling area with a rock path I made to the door. It gets so muddy and dirty, so I put the rocks to decrease the dirt and such I bring into my house.
My garden! The small dirt patch here is my little garden in my yard. Two friends helped me clear the grass. If everything grows well, I'll have beans, cucumbers, squash, peppers, and watermelons in a few months. The grass structure to the left is my shower!
Planting season! You can see the dark soil in the field that make up the furrows as this family plants potatoes. The big tin-roofed structure in front is the dip tank that I have been trying to get my community to get working in order to save their animals from tick-borne diseases.
And Jaylene again. She has grown so very fast! Here she is chewing on one of my broken sandals. She loves to eat my shoes, but she knows she is not totally supposed to!
And those are some photos to give y'all an idea of what's happening over here! I just spent the last week in Lusaka for In-Service Training. Training was okay, but it was a super week spending time with those I haven't been able to see in so long. Back to my village tomorrow.
