For everyone who does not know, let me give the down low on what I am doing this summer
On May 4th I am flying to Mindelo, Cape Verde. I will be teaching english Monday through Friday to two groups of young adults. One group will be specifically for people who work in the service and tourist industries and the other group will be a basic english class. I will also get to go and teach with the sister missionaries and help out with a lot of church activities. Many wonderful and generous friends helped me to fundraise enough money to get out there and do all this : ) Thank you Thank you Thank you
I chose to go to Cape Verde for a few reasons: (1) My brother, Sam, served his mission there, (2) Our good friends the Bingham's have spent a good amount of time out there doing humanitarian work, (3) Cape Verde is a Portuguese speaking country, and I've been learning the language this past year (although most of the cape verdians speak creole, apparently speaking Portuguese is formal).
I will be living with the branch president out in Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente. His name is James Tavares, and both Sam and the Bingham's speak very highly of him (I attached a picture of the family).
What else... Well, there is no hot water--three months of cold showers should do me well. I have to purify every spec of water that I put into my mouth or else I will get pretty sick. Odds are fairly high that I will get worms. I can't eat any pre-peeled fruit or vegetable and absolutely no undercooked meat. I have to be careful with lettuce and foods with crevices. I am not supposed to go anywhere without a male once the sun starts to set. The only perfume I'll be wearing is bug spray or deet. And let's just pray that I don't run into any nasty spiders--ah, but who am I kidding. It's an African island, OF COURSE there will be spiders. Is it terrible that I am most worried about the spiders there? Oh well. Maybe by the end of this trip spiders wont bother me at all!
Anyway, my mom and I just finished purchasing everything I should need today. Now it's just time to pack it all up : )
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