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Week 8 Update

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Just posting some photos for now! I've just finished a week of our advanced language class in Ndioum. Now it's time to head back to site to put what we've just learned into practice.... and to get cracking on all of those surveys I need to complete before our technical training back in Thiess in just two weeks! It's true what they say. The days can be long, but the months fly by. I'm very exciting for training to see all of my dear friends from pre-service training, but I'm also jazzed to get back to site right now. It's been too long, I miss my friends there, and I'm feeling the motivation to get all of that work done. The past few weeks have been good. Korite, or Juldi Korka, was certainly a highlight. 3 days after Ramadan ended everyone celebrated by relaxing, eating a lot of food, wearing nice clothes, and dancing in the evenings. I particularly enjoyed one hirde (party) I went to where many of the university students who had returned home from D...