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Images of Life in Namibia

Some random photos from this past week…

Introducing my wonderful host family during PST: 15-yo Kiara, Baai (pron: "Bye"), Trys (pron: Trace), and 13-yo Damien. They shelter, feed, entertain, teach and support me. All are multi-lingual and they're helping me learn Afrikaans. More in them in a coming post...
Introducing my wonderful host family during PST: 15-yo Kiara, Baai (pron: “Bye”), Trys (pron: Trace), and 13-yo Damien. They shelter, feed, entertain, teach and support me. All are multi-lingual and they’re helping me learn Afrikaans. More on them in a future post…
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Breaking News: I’ll be learning to speak Afrikaans!

Our language assignments were announced last night to many cheers of excitement & gulps of nervousness. This morning, we all had to learn some basic greetings in all 6 languages that Group 43 is learning, which gave us a sense of the amazing diversity of this vast land. Detailed instruction (full immersion!) have started and our host families arrive in 30 minutes for first introductions. We move in with them tomorrow so stress levels are at a peak!