My first post!

At my mom's house in Dallas, about to leave for the airport.

I look a bit worried in my pile of accidentally matching green luggage.  I hope you guys can tell I'm excited!

Whelp, I’ve been in Cameroon now for (I think) 42 days…  I spent a few days in Yaoundé, the political capitol, and then we rode a bus to Bafia, where we will have 10 weeks and 3 days of training before we are posted at various places across the country.  There are SED Volunteer trainees and ED Volunteer Trainees.  I am SED (Small Enterprise Development.)  The ED (Education) group members will be science, computer technology, or English teachers.  I am very excited about my future work as a SED volunteer, but before I can be sworn in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer, I must first live these next few months with a Cameroonian family, go through a total of 138 hours of language training and 91 hours of technical training , and at the end off all that pass my proficiency tests.    Everyone together now: BON CHANCE NATALIE!!!!!!!!!!

Many of the volunteers in Yaoundé.  We had just received our water filters and one of many vaccinations!

Americans require ALOT of stuff!