FBT

Just got back from field based training (FBT) and i had an amazing time.  I think i got stuck with the best group ever! i love every single one of them.  We went to visit a volunteer in a pretty rual area.  she was working in a tiny little village that speaks mam and they have this super cool way of greeting people.  my group adopted it as our secret hand shake.  there we did some follow up home visits to the houses of the poeple who received new floors and that was cool.  i also got to give a charla to a group of health promoters on how we evaluate an activty.  that was rough. it was a difficult topic, and during the charla the rain started to pour on the tin roof of a cement room and there were babies and cell phones and yea... i had a hard time with that one.

its ok though because i got to give another charla a few days later to a group of women about sanitation and i think that one went really well, which is good because that day our program director decided to drop in and see how FBT was going.  the only thing with that was that i had a translator with whom ive never worked with before and i totally forgot to talk to the translator before i started the charla (my fault) so there were a few times i had to look at her and be like ur turn and i'm pretty sure i forgot a few times.  So that was awkward.  it was also kind awkward that the women's group already knew all the info i was presenting them.  however, i like to think that i imparted some new info on them, if maybe only a tid bit. after that, we had an HIV taller which was kinda a bomb. that was super funny to watch but i won't go into it (i'm kinda bummed out about the whole thing).  But in the end the group really came together and we pulled out a great taller.  Oh yea, and the day before some group members were to give a charla to preteens/teenagers about sex (i know brilliant idea right).  these kids had so much freaking energy, and they let us know.  i was originally going to just be a sign holder for one of my group members because i didn't want to intrude in her charla, but when i saw she was struggling i had to jump in and help her.  She did awesome, i was so impressed.  i almost gave up on the first group but she kept with it. props to her.

all in all it was a super eventful trip and i haven't even hit the highlights.  but i'm happy to be back and in my own bed with a hot, high pressure shower.  it was sooooo cute, when i got home i got hugs from my host family and they put balloons and streamers in my room and the set off some firecrackers when i walked in.  its kinda a tradition to set off firecrackers for peoples birthdays and celebrations and stuff, so i felt special. anyway. yea.  that's all i got right now.  i'm trying to download iTunes now because theres some music i want to download and i can't without iTunes i guess.  its taking forever because of this slow connection but hopefully by tomorrow i can get 'er done. whatev.