Training

So I have begun training. It can be very overwhelming at times. There is a lot of information being thrown at us in a short amount of time. It can be quite stressful at times. For the next two weeks I am staying in Santo Domingo with my Dona. Dona is kind of the woman of the house. It is just me and here so it is pretty quiet. She is extremely nice as are most Dominicans. They love to feed you non stop. Sometimes the amount of food they give you can be a little much. It is such a genuinely friendly culture here and Dominicans who know of peace corps really try to look out for volunteers. I haven´t had much a chance yet to explore the rest of the country but in the next couple weeks I will. Should be interesting. Life here is pretty good, but it is definitely an adjustment. For example the house I am staying at has no running water, they have to get it brought in. If you want to take a bath, use a bucket of water. If you need to flush the toilet dump a bucket of water down the toilet and hope for the best. I guess that is all part of the experience though. I like the other volunteers that I have met. There is a fairly largely group of us and we are still getting to know each other but so far everyone is pretty nice. I have already had to deal with two tropical storms and one tropical depression since leaving virginia. Hopefully i don´t how to deal with too many more storms but i have a feeling that is wishful thinking. Hope everyone back in the states is doing well. Shoot me updates of your lives and keep in touch