Christy in Namibia - Peace Corps

Hello to my dear friends and family reading this post! I miss you all dearly!  And hello to the internet strangers reading this post! (I don't miss you all dearly, since I don't know you, but I hope you are well!)  Things are going really well for my training group and I here in Okaku village. (For those who haven't seen it on a map yet, do a quick google search to see where I live! If you search "Okaku, Oshana, Namibia" you should see my training village on the map.) The past week here in Okaku was really great. I feel like I've settled into life here and have adapted to the routine of life here. I'm really enjoying teaching everyday, I love hanging out with my little host siblings (and the rest of my host family!), and the lack of electricity and other comforts of the modern world really doesn't even phase me anymore. Life is good here in Okaku! I feel very settled and am sad to be leaving here Thursday morning to go back to our center-based training...

Hi all! I moved up north last weekend to a village called Okaku. I'll be here for three more weeks! I'm staying on a traditional homestead/compound with a Namibian family. There are about ten family members who live on the compound (this number increases to ~17 on the weekends). I have a host grandmother, 23 year old host sister, 20 year old host brother, 10 year old sister, 4 year old brother, and a 3 year old sister. I also have several host uncles! The family is so nice; I feel really lucky to have been matched with them. As I said, the compound is traditional, which means no electricity! I'm quickly adapting to this lifestyle and enjoying the simplicity that comes along with it. The night skies here are absolutely breathtaking.  I had some pretty serious culture shock when I got here on Sunday and experienced many new things, from giant spiders to different sanitation standards to a lack of electricity! However, because of how awesome my host family is, they've help...