Week 5 of Training

This is the end of week five. Time has passed by so fast. I find myself thinking back to the first days we were here and how much has changed. Our Romanian gets better. However, for me it is still an uphill battle to learn a language so different from my own. I know the longer I am here the better it will get. It just takes time and a lot of hard work. By this time next week we will know where we will be spending the next two years. On the 18th we will meet with the person we will be working closely with for the next two years, and then see our temporary home for the first time. Life is moving so fast at times I still can’t believe I am here in the middle of Eastern Europe in a country that is in the middle of such great change. A Note to group 27 By the time most of you read this I will be at my site, and this message will be one of many on this blog. Remember that your time as PST will fly by and that when things are at their worst you can turn to your fellow trainees, the PCVL’s or the staff. I guarantee there is nothing you are feeling that is abnormal or that has not been felt by at least one other person going through this process. In the past week I have gone from being extremely homesick and wishing I was through my service to feeling ready to head to my site. I am still on the roller coaster ride that started back this past January when I got my placement or possibly even the December two years ago when I first started my application. So take a deep breath and understand we all go through our ups and downs and as they keep telling us, in the Peace Corps you will experience some of the greatest and some of the worst moments in your life. Also, practicum can be one of the most amazing, frustrating and crazy two weeks of training but I promise you, you will survive like every other PST TEFL group.