Winning Team!! From Top: Taylor, Me
Bottom: Cristina, Jami and Kelsi
During the conference Peace Corps staff asked my counterpart and me to go on TV with our Country Director, Kury, because we won the Counterpart Awards for the Education Sector. Miss Cindy, my counterpart, and I were suuuuper nervous. We talked about the work we've been doing in Laluni and how we've built our working and personal relationship and it flowed pretty easily. The host of the show was very nice and Kury was great at setting us up for answers. It came on that night and all the volunteers watched it at the hotel and told us we did a great job. It really warmed my heart that they were all supporting and encouraging me.
National Superstar!
Me "watching myself" on TV
Another conference down and one to go!
Straight from MST, Carly, Kelsi and I went with Sam to her site in Region 1 in Mabaruma! We boarded a really small plane and made the one hour beautiful journey! It was beautiful and fun fact we went over the Jonestown site, although you can't really tell.
At Sam's host family's house with her pet monkey Jack!
Taking a boat ride to Shell Beach for the night!
Taking a walk with the local Amerindian tribe in Shell Beach!
We loved swimming in the ocean and walking along the shelly beach
Shell Beach is where turtles swim up to lay their eggs, we went on a late night walk to check on the hatchlings and make sure that if there were turtles on land, they weren't stuck or hurt. That is the main job of the tribe living on Shell Beach, protecting the turtles and their habitats. Unfortunately we didn't see any turtles but it was still a great adventure.
Walking through Mabaruma with Sam!
Tiny plane back! It was a great trip up to Region 1 to visit Sam and see a little snippet of her life. We were able to be her first volunteer visitors and I hope we can make the trip again to see her! She was a great host!
"Having no regrets is all that she really wants." -1D
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