Greetings from Philly

I'm currently in Philly. Chillin'. Getting to know the other 44 members of our Peace Corps Namibia group. Our group is quite young (probably average age of around 25). About 35 teachers (English, Science, and Math) and roughly 9 business administors. Luckily most of the teachers I've spoken with have not taught in a classroom setting, so my lack of teaching should not be an issue (or we're all screwed).

Not much has happened yet.. We registered last night and received a Yellow Fever vaccination this morning and have a few events this afternoon and evening.

Tomorrow is the big day. Wake up at around 2:00am, drive to NYC, and depart to Johannesburg, South Africa (roughly 15 hour flight). After that, we take a short flight to Windhoek -- roughly where I'll be living for the next two months.

Training is eight weeks. We'll receive medical, cultural, and language training during that time and I will be living with a host country from Week 2 - Week ~9. From what I've read, these few weeks will be fairly intense and most of the time I'll want the training to end as soon as possible but once it's over I'll want to go back. I'll guess we'll see in the coming weeks. More to come on that...

Yeah, so I'm still in the States -- perhaps I won't be by the time I get to post this -- and I really have no clue what type of access I'll have to internet, so check back from time to time. I hope to post 2-4 times per month, but that may change depending on my specific situation in Namibia.

That's all for now. About to go for a "jog" with a few members of the group.

Peace.

- Joe
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