i've arrived in philly safe and sound. staging started almost immediately and has been really helpful and not as boring as i originally thought it would be. there are 39 new volunteers total from all over the country. it's been amazing getting to know each person. most are rural health volunteers like me although some others are urban agriculture and environmental education. it should be a great group of people.
today we went to the health clinic where i got my yellow fever vaccine as well as my malaria medicine. i'm on the pill that you take once a week instead of daily. i don't know if that's the one that makes you have trippy dreams or not, but i will let you all know if they happen. my roommate lauren said i talked in my sleep last night so maybe i won't be able to tell!
tomorrow we leave for senegal. we check out of the hotel at 9:30, take a bus to new york, fly over to brussells, have a seven hour lay-over there and arrive in dakar at 10pm thursday. it is going to be a long day(s) of traveling and should be interesting to see how it all goes.
well, that's all for now. our second staging session for the day is starting in a few minutes so i have to dash. next time i post i will be in africa!
peace,
jaime
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On to Africa and the great adventure!
Mom
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