A day in the life….

4 am-chicken (inhoko) makes noise
5am-24 hour security guards radio makes noise
5:30am-inhoko makes more noise
6am-alarm starts going off
6:30am-get out of bed
7am-breakfast
8am-10am-launguage class
10:000-10:30-tea break
10:30-noon-language class
Noon-2:30-lunch/break/shots/study
2:30pm-4pm-Medical or cross cultural class
4pm-6pm- Medical or cross cultural class or visit with resource family
7pm-dinner
7pm-9pm-study
9:30pm-zzzzz
What I do on a daily basis, study and learn. The house I live in has 8 PCT (Peace Corps Trainees), we are in rooms with 4 and 4. Bunk beds ☺ I have a bottom bunk. We share one bathroom. There is no running water but we do have electricity, sometimes. The electricity is great because I can charge my computer and cell phone, devices I did not think I would have in the PC but wont refuse them. In addition to the 8 volunteers there are also two Kinyarwanda teachers that live with us. The language classes that we have are very small – 3-4 people per class, so far the language is proving to be very difficult- buhora buhora- step by step-ill get it eventually.
All cooking is done in our back yard and all the volunteers eat in a house aka dining hall next door. Some of the other houses with volunteers are about a mile or 2, it is nice to be right next door. Cooking is done outside in Rwanda, it is great to be able to watch and to see how it is done. I have a lot to learn before I can prepare anything myself. They eat a lot of goat and chicken-hence the chicken in the back yard- im not so much a fan of since they are birds. I am working on the fear, as well as getting over my fear of grass since it is everywhere. Food is pretty bland here, I put the hot sauce they have on everything-it doesn’t have any taste to it-just hot. Pineapples and avocados are served on the regular as well as rice and beans, no complaints from me. But I do miss red pepper flakes!
So far life is pretty comfortable. Well see once I know more information about my site.