Ok, well there is a lot to talk about. First off, bowel movements, they are definitely firming up. I couldn't be more excited about that. Right now, I am in a town called Ambo, which is about 100km southwest of Addis Ababa. This is where our very intensive training is. Everyday I walk 45 minutes to the Technical College. There we have 4 1.5 hour blocks a day ranging in subject matter from technical skills we will need, cross cultural stuff, language, and health class. I am getting a lot of encouragement from the people who have been in Ethiopia for a year knowing that they just got their projects going. The lifespan for a Peace Corps volunteer has about 6 months to a year of just meeting people and finding out where you fit in
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