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Peace Corps Volunteer "He Who Seeks Knowledge Begins With Humbleness" writes: So there has been an extreme change of program for reasons I cannot delve into on this blog
Our training was moved from Ouahigoya to the capital ouagadougou, which means that I will no longer be living with my host family….
Peace Corps Volunteer "He Who Seeks Knowledge Begins With Humbleness" writes: So there has been an extreme change of program for reasons I cannot delve into on this blog
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So there has been an extreme change of program for reasons I cannot delve into on this blog. Our training was moved from Ouahigoya to the capital ouagadougou, which means that I will no longer be living with my host family…. I was rather upset about this because I only had the chance to stay with them for two nights and the second night was sooo much better than the first night. I sat outside with my host mother and the other women and children on my compound talking, eating to (there should be an accent over the o so it's pronounced like toe) and shelling peanuts. Although my Moore isn't that great I was able to communicate in french with my host mother and brother who would translate the moore into french for me. I was looking forward to the next two months with my family but in a couple of weeks I will be relocated to another family around Ouagadougou.
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