Our routine
Since there's a little bit of catching up to do, I'm writing this in two parts. The first will be a short overview of what our schedule has been like. The second, more interesting part will go a little more in depth on a topic that has become increasingly important for us here. Here's the first part:
Our last blog post was published the day we left the US. Travel to Peru was fairly uneventful. Perhaps the worst part of the journey was the 3-4 hours we spent at the airport, cycling through the emotions you could probably predict a group of people moving to a foreign country would feel: excitement, boredom, anticipation, fear, heartbreak as we made our calls home before boarding, and then excitement once again.
Upon landing at the Lima airport, we were greeted by a group of volunteers from an earlier group who are in town for the Mid-Service Training (MST). They cheered wildly for us as we came staggering, bewildered, through the door after our last customs hurdle. A bus ride later and we were settling into our beds at a local hotel for the evening. The following two days were spent on orientation, with a day off on Sunday, and training starting on Monday. We are typically in training from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, followed by an hour of study or exercise, and dinner and conversation with our host family when we get home. If it sounds exhausting, let me assure you, it absolutely is. When you factor in that we're doing all of this in two (sometimes three!) languages, it starts to be kind of surprising that we're not falling asleep in the middle of class or dinner.
That pretty much summarizes our routine here! More details to come! And keep an eye out for the second part of this where I'll be writing about an important part of our lives here.
Our last blog post was published the day we left the US. Travel to Peru was fairly uneventful. Perhaps the worst part of the journey was the 3-4 hours we spent at the airport, cycling through the emotions you could probably predict a group of people moving to a foreign country would feel: excitement, boredom, anticipation, fear, heartbreak as we made our calls home before boarding, and then excitement once again.
Upon landing at the Lima airport, we were greeted by a group of volunteers from an earlier group who are in town for the Mid-Service Training (MST). They cheered wildly for us as we came staggering, bewildered, through the door after our last customs hurdle. A bus ride later and we were settling into our beds at a local hotel for the evening. The following two days were spent on orientation, with a day off on Sunday, and training starting on Monday. We are typically in training from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, followed by an hour of study or exercise, and dinner and conversation with our host family when we get home. If it sounds exhausting, let me assure you, it absolutely is. When you factor in that we're doing all of this in two (sometimes three!) languages, it starts to be kind of surprising that we're not falling asleep in the middle of class or dinner.
That pretty much summarizes our routine here! More details to come! And keep an eye out for the second part of this where I'll be writing about an important part of our lives here.
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