It's only been two weeks....

and I could fill a book with the story of my new life in Uganda, a beautiful country I am falling in love with. Ugandans are warm and welcoming people.

I sleep under a mosquito net, take cold showers or bucket baths, eat matooke and chapati, drink tea twice a day, hand wash my clothes and successfully mastered the pit latrine!! I've run on the red dirt roads, been soaked by the heavy rains, felt the warmth of the Ugandan sun and marveled at the generosity of my new friends on the other side of the world.  I've been greeted with, "You are most welcome" over and over again.

I am so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by the most dedicated, intelligent, kind and supportive group of volunteers who have become my new family.  Thirty-eight strong, we just spent our first two weeks at Kulika Education Center to begin our intensive training. Two days ago we packed up and moved to Shimoni PTC (Primary Teacher College) for three weeks of Teacher Boot Camp. We'll spend Thanksgiving at the Peace Corps Office in Kampala eating turkey with all the fixings.

The food cravings are getting intense...and it's only been two weeks!

Kulika entrance

My dorm room

Our training center at Kulika

We were welcomed by students at Kamurasi Primary School with a traditional dance.

Kampala Taxi Park.  Wish me luck!

This map is in the Peace Corps Office in Kampala and shows where all the current volunteers in Uganda are living.  I'll be in the southwest corner of the country near the town of Mbarara teaching at Kabingo Demonstration Primary School.  I can't wait to have my own pushpin and yarn on this map!