Killer Cars

When the power goes out in Cape Verde, the families are ready.
First, if it’s still daylight outside, the kids unplug all the electronics from the wall so they won’t fry, and then go play outside. The local businesses pull out their generators and rewire their establishment. The mothers continue with the housework and then take […]

I’m staying on this island and moving to site soon. I wouldn’t mind some goodies in the mail, I’m dying for more reading material. There isn’t anything too dramatic that I need right away, but a good pair of earplugs would be awesome. If I get extra ones I can probably sell them to the […]

Site Announcements was yesterday at the training center. Because of the days long blackout, they drew a huge map of the islands on the floor of the training center. We were all called down one by one and our APCDs announced our locations with excitement. After the big announcement we stood on our islands with […]

This story takes place within the first day of staying with my homestay family in Sao Domingos.

“Kori, kori!”
Heltom was encouraging me to run down the hill just like he was. Heel to heel and keep your body straight. Even if I knew what he meant, I didn’t perform it correctly because I wanted to pick […]

I haven’t been writing much about what I do here at Pre Service Training. There’s always something different going on directly related to training or with adapting to the culture. The days feel short and the weekends feel shorter than they should. Time flies by where I don’t remember what I did except study a […]