The Information Station

Due to the recent influx of questions regarding anything to do with the Peace Corps and The Gambia, I have decided to make some lists. Hopefully this will ease some repetition so we can talk about you a little more.

What I don't know:
1. Where I will be living, whether it will be in a rural or urban area, with or without a host family
2. How much I will be making
3. What exactly I will be doing
4. When I will return to the US
5. Which indigenous tribe I will be working with and what language I will be learning
6. How often I will have phone or computer access
7. If I will have electricity
8. If I will have running water
9. If I wll be working with another Peace Corps volunteer or alone
10. Where my orientation in the States will be held

What I do know:
1. They speak English
2. I will be doing something under community health and development
3. I will be in training for 3 months in a camp called Tendaba
4. I will be in my assignment for 24 months starting after the training
5. I leave at the end of January or the beginning of February
6. I have a few days of orientation in the States before I leave (which I found out now is in D.C. on the 29th of January)

What I want to bring but don't have yet:
1. MP3 player (check! Chris, you're awesome)
2. A travel yoga mat
3. A good head lamp (check! Thanks Aaron and Lisa!!)
4. A quick dry towl (check! Dang, I actually received 3 of these all in about 3 days. Thanks so much Andrew and Julie, Bob and Erica, Mom and Dad)
5. Burts Bees chap stick (Brandon rules)
6. Another synthetic sports bra
7. Synthetic running pants that come just below my knees
8. Any advice on herbal meds that could help with digestion problems