I am heading to El Salvador tomorrow at 3AM! I have met the other 23 Peace Corps Trainees in the past couple days while we've been staying at our swanky DC hotel and it has been a great time. It is crazy that 5 months ago I knew that I would be heading to El Salvador on this day and now it is finally here...
Tomorrow we'll be in San Salvador at around 12:30PM and will get some shots, see the capital, and meet the Peace Corps staff there. There is a Country Director, Medical Director, Project Coordinators, Safety Directors, and a few more people I believe. After a couple days in San Salvador we head to San Vicente to move into our host families' homes. We'll be staying there for a couple months to enroll in Peace Corps immersion: language training, cultural training, and technical training for our specific jobs six days a week. Never thought I'd be in a job this demanding, but I'm so excited to finally get down there and get to business.
It is late and I am very tired so I will post another letter here within the next two weeks describing my culture shock and hopefully describing my swiftly ascending Spanish skillz. I will be getting up in 2.5 hours and heading to DCA Airport - Miami - San Salvador. I wish you all back home the best and feel free to contact me via-email, facebook or this blog. I have phone numbers and will setup an account soon so I can call home and here of all the good times you're all having, and tell you about the Salvadoran way of life! I miss you all and hope to hear from you while I'm gone. If anyone wants to visit, it is only a three hour flight from Miami and I do have 24 vacation days per year... Alright, my big hotel bed awaits.
Much love,
Zach
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dude, its so tough and yet so amazing! i'll be thinking about you during your training!
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