June 4, 2014
Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Things are winding down here, and therefore I
have been pretty busy try to wrap everything up. I have about a month and a half remaining, but
let me catch you up on what happened in the last couple of months.
So going back to April.
My contract was supposed to end in April, but as you know, I decided to
stay 3 months longer. My stagemates,
however, mostly went home, which was pretty difficult for me. When you spend two years with a group of 25
people as your support system, it is hard to let them go. I am so proud of all they accomplished, and
happy that they are back with their families, and moving forward with their
lives. Several of them, like me, will be
going to get their masters degrees. I
can’t wait to meet up with all of them in America and see what all they are up
to.
But, never fear, the new volunteers are here! A whole new
crop of agriculture and health volunteers arrived for training in Mantasoa at
the end of February, and Eric, Emma, and my replacements arrived in Itasy at
the end of April. While I very much miss
Eric and Emma, it is nice to have new volunteers around. It is funny spending time with volunteers so
early in their service, because it makes you realize how much you have learned. They are full of questions that I didn’t even
know I knew the answer to. They are also
wowed by my language skills, since I have been here so much longer than them,
haha.
As for work, I am spending most of my time planning and
implementing my 7 sports tournaments in association with my moringa nutrition
project. So far 4 down and 3 to go,
whoohoo! The rest of my time is spent
doing follow-up work and some meetings with all of the people that I have
worked with. It has been a little hard
to think that I am leaving these people so soon. It is also hard to take the backseat in
projects and with work groups. I leave
so soon, and I need to make sure that my little birdies know how to fly without
me. It is great to see them do well on
their own, but there are some decisions that I would make differently, and I am
learning to let those things go.
Well that is all I have for now. I so much look forward to coming home and
seeing all of you soon!
Love,
-Sarah
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