Month 2: From Theory to Terrain
Hi everyone! I'm back with another life update for all of you. Month 2 in the country has been so fun and packed with events and experiences, so I decided to break this post up into four parts: training, family bonding, miscellaneous fun stuff, and finally...my future site!! Training The last few weeks of training have flown by, but not without approximately a million things crammed into those weeks. First and foremost, we had Long Field Practice (LFP), when we had the opportunity to visit the site of a current volunteer. This trip was our first time sleeping overnight outside our training communities and our first chance to give a Charla (literally "chat" but used for short presentations) to a school about environmental topics. I, along with five other volunteers (Tessa, Jaden, Jack, Chad, and Carolina), had the opportunity to see how a current volunteer (shoutout to Chris from C.6 - we love you!) lives, how his community is and what his life...