I milked a cow!
Today marks my official second weekend in La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador. Only 10 days in and I’ve already experienced a tumultuous series of highs and lows. To begin with, let me tell you a bit about our swearing in ceremony as Peace Corps Response volunteers. Now, with regular Peace Corps, there is an extensive three-month training in which volunteers are introduced to rigorous shocks of culture, language, job assignment, etc. With Response, everything passes with barely enough time to breathe. I was whisked away on an airplane, trained for two (that’s right just two) days in San Salvador, and then taken straight to La Palma to begin my assignment with no phone, no internet, and a plethora of questions. Here is the group (missing one) of Response volunteers (and the El Salvador Country Director Jaime) signing our commitment to service. Taking an oath to serve to our country Now, when I say taken straight to La Palma, I mean it figuratively speaking.