Chickengunya free

Quick check in!
I'm still alive! I hurt my ankle when I fell down the stairs in the rain. But it is healing quickly. There has been an outbreak of chickengunya in my village. My host sister and nephew got it but I think I have been spared. It's a disease transferred by mosquitoes and gives rashes, fever and achey bones. A couple other volunteers got it and they were miserable!

Training is going well. Language learning is frustrating but I wouldn't expect less.  I have to give a presentation in Samoan tomorrow, and I am nervous. But staff has been great! They planned events like a sports day and a campfire with scary stories. That wad fun because it was the weirdest mix of American and Samoan. The language instructors would tell a story and sing a song and maybe do a dance.  Then we took turns telling stories. I told Popo's story about the old lady pulling legs and it was great to have a new audience for that one! Then we all sang all star by smash mouth while one of the volunteers danced with her LED hulahoop.

On Monday I go visit a current volunteer and I am really looking forward to it! Hopefully I will let you know how that goes.

Love and miss a lot of people but enjoying myself none the less.

I am alive! I'm working on my phone, so I will try to keep it short.  Samoa is beautiful and my host family is awesome!  I love my fellow trainees, and it is safe to say I am definitely in the honeymoon period. Learning the language is hard but i love it.  I just try to be patient with myself. My favourite thing so far is coming home and sitting outside on a night like this is

.  The breeze feels amazing, the sound of the ocean and the wind in the palm fronds plus the salty smell is the best way to end the night. I will try to post more photos about life here but for now I will leave you with these.