Je Suis Ici

Aw Ni Che!

I finally made it to Mali.  The past two days have been a lot of getting to know my fellow volunteers and getting used to Malian food and culture.  I had a lot of fun last night playing TRiP style games (Who has the hat, Green Glass Door, etc) with the other volunteers, and even solved a french riddle (touche touche pas, mais touche pas touche).  We've been working a bit on language and will be diving in to that more in-depth in the days to come.  We still don't know yet which languages we'll be focusing on (either Bambara, French, or a minority african language), but I tested as intermediate-mid in French so there's a good chance they'll be giving me an African language.

The internet is really slow here but hopefully I'll have some pictures up next time...

Also, I now have an address:

Matt Cooper, PCV
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 85
Bamako, Mali

That will be for the next few months while I'm near the capitol in training.  I'll have a different address when I'm out at my village for two years.  On Monday we'll be going to live temporarily in nearby communities to really get immersed in the language and culture!

Love and miss you all!