Dear Randall

Dear Randall,

Thanks for your chat in Atlanta…I was pretty messed up that night. Staging has been my least favorite part of this experience thus far...when I arrived here I talked to a current volunteer who told me that staging is often quite stressful because Washington (who’s in charge of staging) has very outdated information and has a tendency to freak volunteers out before getting on the plane to come here (nice, huh). Hence my nervous breakdown in Atlanta. Since arriving it’s been a lot better, although I miss everybody back home a lot. I expect these next few months to fly by though; the training schedule basically has us busy for 44 hours a week for the next 11 weeks, in Spanish/Mayan language training classes, working in my community’s school (I haven’t started this yet but I am very excited to get started!), and taking trips to visit current volunteers at their sites. I hope all is well in Chicago…keep in touch, friend!

Hannah