1st day of Training

This morning the other Chacrasana volunteers and I took a combi for a short ride to the Training Center in Chaclacayo. TJ's mom came with us to make sure we could do it, but tomorrow we will be on our own! I'm confident we can do it, it's not too bad. The other 58 volunteers who live in other communities came from different directions on the combi or are close enough to walk to the Training Center.

The Training Center is very nice! It has a few classrooms, offices, a kitchen, bathrooms. It also has a huge backyard and many lessons are held outside. This morning at 8:00am we started with an introduction and overview of the next 11 weeks. Then we jumped into Spanish class, which was great! I think I will learn a lot from our teacher, se llama Desire. Then we ate lunch, which had been packed for us by all of our host moms in tupperware, so cute! The second half of the day consisted of a safety lesson with Enrique, some Rabies vaccines courtesy of Doctora Claudia, and ended with a two hour session on diarrhea by Doctora Suni! The staff here is so incredible, we are very lucky!

Before going home for dinner all the Chacrasana peeps wanted to check out the big supermarket down the street. So a 3rd year PCV took us shopping at "El Metro." It was kind of like a miniature Target in that it had clothing, groceries, electronics, etc. but much less of a selection. It was nice to stalk up on shampoo and other supplies. Cheers to a successful first shopping trip!