This post marks the official beginning of my Sierra Leone blog! I admit I've never blogged or twittered and rarely even update my facebook status so this will be an adventure in itself. Most other Peace Corps volunteers start blogs much sooner during the whole application process, but I decided to spare you guys all those details, and start with me leaving for Sierra Leone.
Here is the plan right now:
Fly to DC (via Denver) on June 1st to meet the rest of the volunteers, hang out, get immunizations and such, then fly to Freetown, Sierra Leone (via Brussels) on June 3rd. The Peace Corps has already told us there will be a celebration for us at the Sierra Leonean congress, which is super exciting! After a few days making the rounds in Freetown, we set off to Bo where training will be for the next 10 weeks. After that its off to whatever village or town I will end up at for the next 2 years!
I plan to update this blog as I can, but in all honesty I have no idea how much internet I'll have. Because of that I can't make any promises how often I'll update (I can't even promise it'll be interesting enough to read when I do!), but I'll do the best I can.
Just in case the internet situation is terrible and you guys want to keep in touch the old school way, here is my address. The Peace Corps says mail takes about 3 weeks, so don't be offended if you don't get a response right away:
Amanda Pease, Peace Corps Volunteer
Peace Corps
Post Office Box 905
Freetown, Sierra Leone
As far as I know you can check rates here http://ircalc.usps.gov/ and US stamps are perfect.
That's all for now :)
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