It's been so long!
I apologize it has been so long since my last post, many things have been happening and the network has been down this whole time so I haven’t been able to update! Let me start off by saying that I am safe and sound in Gobojango (Gobas) and I’m in my comfortable, beautiful home. Slowly I am learning the individuals that live here, though the names are quite difficult to remember. Whenever someone says, “Dumela Kitso!” (Hello Kitso), I simply respond, “Dumela tsala yame!” (Hello my friend!). It seems to help in getting me out of an awkward situation. I’ve mapped my community and continue to add onto the map as I venture out more and more into the cattle posts and farms surrounding my village. Next, my work at the clinic has begun. My tasks change daily as the needs of the clinic change as well. For example, yesterday I assisted the lay counselor with conducting rapid HIV tests all morning while today I’m in an office counting pills. Luckily for me, the clinic gets ex