So we are finally official volunteers. Our training ended yesterday with the swearing-in ceremony. It was a fancy affair, with dignitaries and speeches and raising our right hand. We did the oath in Spanish and English of course. Feels good to be getting on with our jobs. Hopefully anyway.
I head out Saturday to my new site in the province of El Seibo in the east. There I will be working with a computer center that is already thriving. I will live with a new family for the first three months, and will also spend this initial time getting to know the community and the people with whom I will work when I actually do stuff. There is another PCV currently living there, who works with youth programs. He has been here for a year and a half already so has a lot of things going on for programs and activities.
There is no phone service in the town, but the center has internet. Many people have cell phones and you can always see people wandering around, waving their phones in the air trying to snag a little bit of service. We also have water almost all of the time, a semi-rarity in this country. I live (for the moment) right next to the school, and already have a cloud of kids that follows me whenever I leave the house. I'm hoping this will help my Spanish!
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