Settling In

So I am now covered in bug bites. I look like I have chicken pox. I have learned my lesson and am now, instead of putting on Love Spell, lathering myself with as much insect repellant as possible.

The weekend was great. We had a fiafia. Group 75 (we are Group 76) threw us a little welcome party. They did traditional Samoan dances and then brought in an amazing fire dancer and then made us lots of food. We met a lot of PCVs..I finally got to meet a bunch of the people I've emailing. We talked, had some drinks, ate and played some games. Email me for more details!

And then yesterday we FINALLY got to go to the beach! Woohoo! After being in LA and Samoa, it was crazy that we hadn't seen the beach yet. It was BEAUTIFUL. We went to the south of the island (I think). Matareva was the name of the beach. Our village that we will be going to is Vaie'e. It is pretty much directly south of Apia.

We're still continuing our languge. We are starting to pick up more and more. Here are the Samoan names of everyone in our group:

Amanda=Ema
Jordan=Peta
Sarah=Sala
Jame=Emi
Dane=Tana
Tim=Timoteo
McCabe=Kaiva
Emilio=Lio
Vik=Vita
Jessica=Sita
Lili=Lili
Ray (well, his first name is William)=Viliamu
Jan=Ianeta
John=Iona
Eric=Elika

Okay, I gotta get going. I promise to post pictures sometime soon!! And write more when I get a chance!!