Christy in Namibia - Peace Corps

The time finally came. After two years living in Namibia teaching full time at Oshikulufitu Combined School, my service has ended. It is amazing how fast it all went. On Friday, I had to say goodbye to all of my learners and colleagues… it was a very emotional day. The entertainment committee at school prepared a going away party with all of the colleagues for the afternoon after school got out. I wore my Oshiwambo meme dress and went to school both excited and deeply sad about saying goodbye to my learners and colleagues. I had a fun day taking loads of pictures with so many kids and saying a final farewell. I went into each of the grades that I taught during these past two years and said farewell to all of my kiddos and wished them all of the best in their futures. I also gave each one a sweet and a small note… they were thrilled about the sweet! A few of the learners stood up to give some short words of goodbye thanking me for being their teacher for two years and mentioned some o

Greetings, all. It's been a while! I've been doing my best in these last months to savor every minute left in Namibia. Now the time has finally come and my two years of Peace Corps service are nearly finished. Some days, COS (Close of Service aka the end) felt like it couldn't come soon enough; others, I have spent truly happy and at ease. I am now in my final week in our village. I depart Oshikulufitu to head to the capital for processing out on Sunday. I'll be in Windhoek for a few more days before beginning my whirlwind two months of travels before my eventual return to the States. Now, back to the title of my post. A question I've been getting a lot lately (from fellow PCVs, friends back home, and family alike) is some variation of "So how are you feeling about coming/going home?" Whoo. That's a big question. My tl;dr version is "All the feels." But as my blog readers well know by now, I'm longwinded. So, I'm here to give you