First Sunday in my Village

Oh my! I slept in today! I slept until 7:10. That is really late for all of us since we have been here in our village. Perhaps it was because it was overcast as the rains have begun and it was overcast. I did hear the donkeys and chickens earlier in the morning, but I did not wake up. I have heard that one finds that sleep is much deeper and refreshing and I can tell you that other than my bladder waking me far too often, I am sleeping much better here than I have for a very long time.

Once awakened I did not rush to take a shower, but rather had breakfast and decided to go for a run early in the day. It was absolutely breath-taking. Running along the main road was invigorating to say the least. I suppose I huffed and puffed a bit more than usual but with the elevation, I am not complaining at all. Unfortunately, I only had about 1/2 hour to run as I needed to bathe and get to language class by 9:30.

We love our language class; we love our language teacher. We laugh and we really do try to speak in complete phrases. There are three of us in our little group at Me' Lerato's home: Maliseli (Alysa), Neo (Ben) and me (Lerato). That Ben is a "WHIZ" at picking up this language. It is clear that he works at it during the evening much more than Maliseli and me. Having someone proficient in English in your home is not conducive to learning a language, but it sure makes it easier to communicate needs and likes.

I taught my first yoga class since having taught in the United States. I was a bit nervous as I had not prepared a sequence very intently. I threw something together based on the theme "Being" and it was fabulous. I had about 20 PCV's come to the "Kierke" where we practiced right on the floor. They loved it - really, they truly loved it. We must try to find another time to do it very soon. We talk of Sundays at 4, but I fear that we will be busy traveling and not be able to do it, but we must try. We really must. We all did end up at the shop for a quick beer. It is so important for us to be a family celebrating and right now, the PCV contingency is one of my families. Speaking of celebrating, we had a delightful time at dinner tonight. I so love being surrounded by such a special host family. Mereta