It's now official.

 

I did it I am now officially a Peace Corps Volunteer.  After two months of intense training I was able to say my oath and earn my pin & certificate as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  Today was a great day, our ceremony was held in the beautiful backyard of the United States Ambassadors house overlooking the beach and ocean.  We were surrounded by current volunteers, our whole trainee staff, and important Gambians.  All 18 of us all dressed in the same Gambian attire had made it through the tiresome days of long lectures, through the food poisoning many of us got, through the language tests that we all felt we would fail and through the long days of waiting for our transportation to arrive, it was a great day of accomplishment and relief that the last two months was all worth it.