Maggie's Journey to Armenia

Barev,

We celebrated the fourth of July on Sunday with our host families. While planning the event, all of the mothers said that they do not eat beef at horovats. To our surprise, we didn’t have enough hamburgers; they loved them. There were all sorts of fun successes that day. My host sister couldn’t stop talking to her friends about ice cream floats the next day! It was great to celebrate but I was also a little nostalgic. I love (and now miss) fireworks!

Another exciting event since my last post is that we received our site announcements! I will be living with two other volunteers in Sevan. Although I hear the winters in Sevan are the most brutal, I am looking forward to this placement! I am a CHE volunteer and will be team teaching the National Healthy Lifestyle curriculum among other things.

This weekend, I came to Sevan to meet my new host family and co-workers. My family seems great, perhaps more “modern” than my current village family. My host sister speaks English which I fear will hinder my Armenian language training but I will want to work that much harder.

Tomorrow, I meet my counterpart and school director. I guess I should get some rest….besides, all of the bugs are attracted to the light on my computer screen.

Bari Gisher!