In Sierra Leone

(This post is written by Sara's mom - Sara does not have access to internet)

All the Peace Corp Volunteers arrived safely in Freetown on June 2nd.  It is hot, hot hot!  Cell phones were issued on Friday, June 3rd.  Sara says all the volunteers are a great group.  They stayed in a hostel the first couple of nights.  Met the Vice President of the country as well as other dignitaries (the president was sick) on Monday.  Travelled to Makeni on Tuesday.  They will receive their training while in Makeni.  All the volunteers are staying with host families.  Sara is with the Peace Corp coordinator for Sierra Leone, his wife, 2 /12 year old son, the gentleman's 2 sisters, and 2 brothers and pet monkey in a compound.  Latrine is outside.  Bugs are huge - ugh!  Curfew is 8 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. on weekends.  Sun goes down about 7:30 p.m. and there is no electricity in the home so no lights.  Sara has been going to bed about 10 p.m.

The volunteers are together from 8 to 5 everyday and then back to the host family's house.  Sara watched a teacher in action and is very excited to start teaching.  She learned to cook over coal today and on Sunday will learn how to wash her clothes.  So far all is going well and Sara says Peace Corp. was a good choice.

We will try to post more later as we continue to talk to Sara in Sierra Leone!