Bonjour!
I am now at my host family's house in Porto Novo. I live with my Mom and 3 sisters in a nice house near the center of town. One sister-Mireille is 18 and then Natacha and Pamela are 7 and 8. My mom is retired and used to work in finance and my dad lives in Togo and works in customs. The house is very nice and I have my own room separate from the rest of the house. This style is popular in Benin, it is called a concession. There is a courtyard where we sit and cook then we eat dinner together at night.
My older sister works during the day as a secretary and my other two sisters are on vacation from school until september so we go on walks everyday during lunch and they help me with my French. My family is being very patient with me because I have to talk to them with my dictionary in hand. But it is coming faster than I expected. I would hope so since I have language class 2 times a day for 4 hours total. I ride my bike to school with another trainee who lives one street over.
Today we went on a walk and met a man on the street probably in his mid-twenties then we went and met his family and had a coke on the porch. He was from Senegal and spoke very good English. My friend Mani and I are going to visit him next weekend so he can speak English to us and we can speak French to him. Great practice!
All of us went to the market with other volunteers and our language facilitators yesterday. What an experience. I will have to write more later. I am doing great and eating extremely well. The local foods are delicious and spicy--just the way I like it! My mom figured out how much I love salad and avocados as well as pineapple so I get to eat that at almost every meal. I have to run for dinner.
Au revoir!
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Bonjour gorgeous. Glad to hear its going well so far. I'm a bit jealous about all the pineapple and avo. I'm doing fine here. Two weeks and counting til the big move. Once its over, I'll be sure to send pictures and presents! :) Je pense a toi et prends soin de toi. Much love.
hi, just got luke hooked up to your blog. He will write later. What you have two moms now??? I love you and you sound wonderful. I miss you though terribly. I tried to call and got the numbers messed up. Eat well and stay healthy. mom
hey sugar! it was great to hear your lovely voice sunday... i guess we got cut off though :(
i miss you bunches but i'm so glad you're having such a great experiance so far!
Hi! Love that you have this blog. You sound great. Keep up the good work. Love, Anne
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