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Welcome to Kyrgyzstan
Hello,
Welcome to my first post about my Peace Corps journey! I am new to blogging, so please forgive my rambling or lack of rambling posts. Many people have asked me how to keep up with my adventures, so this is my attempt to inform everyone who might be interested. I think you can bookmark this post and check in with it periodically if you'd like.
I have been in Kyrgyzstan (also called Kyrgyz Republic) for 3 weeks. My group of Peace Corps volunteers consists of 26 fellow trainees. Getting here, we spent two nights on a plane, one from Philadelphia to Istanbul, the second from Istanbul to Bishkek, the capital of the country. They we drove for two hours to a lovely remote guest house (Ashu), where we did lots of 'get to know you' type activities.
After the first week, we had a 'Matching ceremony', where we met the host family we will be staying with for the next 10 weeks. I am staying with an older couple, who have a 19 year old granddaughter who helps out quite a bit. It is very rural here. My family has sheep. Walking around the town, I see cows, chicken, more sheep, and horses. The family has a small store, which means that their dinner is often interrupted by a buzzer, when someone wants to enter the store. I help out with washing dishes and peeling potatoes, which I like, as it gives me something to do, besides study Kyrgyz.
Learning the language is difficult for me, but I think I am keeping up so far. Every night I review the grammar we learned, as well as a list of new vocabulary words. My language group consists of 3 other students and one teacher. My classroom is in the teacher's guest house, which is across the road from where I stay. Twice a week we have 'tech sessions' which are actually lessons in 'how to teach'. For example, how to give proper instructions, how to create a lesson plan, classroom management, etc.
I am very excited about this new phase of life! Look for another post in a week or so.....
Please comment any questions, or email me at ruthworoch@hotmail.com.
I will try to answer questions in my next post.
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government
or the Peace Corps."
Welcome to my first post about my Peace Corps journey! I am new to blogging, so please forgive my rambling or lack of rambling posts. Many people have asked me how to keep up with my adventures, so this is my attempt to inform everyone who might be interested. I think you can bookmark this post and check in with it periodically if you'd like.
I have been in Kyrgyzstan (also called Kyrgyz Republic) for 3 weeks. My group of Peace Corps volunteers consists of 26 fellow trainees. Getting here, we spent two nights on a plane, one from Philadelphia to Istanbul, the second from Istanbul to Bishkek, the capital of the country. They we drove for two hours to a lovely remote guest house (Ashu), where we did lots of 'get to know you' type activities.
After the first week, we had a 'Matching ceremony', where we met the host family we will be staying with for the next 10 weeks. I am staying with an older couple, who have a 19 year old granddaughter who helps out quite a bit. It is very rural here. My family has sheep. Walking around the town, I see cows, chicken, more sheep, and horses. The family has a small store, which means that their dinner is often interrupted by a buzzer, when someone wants to enter the store. I help out with washing dishes and peeling potatoes, which I like, as it gives me something to do, besides study Kyrgyz.
Learning the language is difficult for me, but I think I am keeping up so far. Every night I review the grammar we learned, as well as a list of new vocabulary words. My language group consists of 3 other students and one teacher. My classroom is in the teacher's guest house, which is across the road from where I stay. Twice a week we have 'tech sessions' which are actually lessons in 'how to teach'. For example, how to give proper instructions, how to create a lesson plan, classroom management, etc.
I am very excited about this new phase of life! Look for another post in a week or so.....
Please comment any questions, or email me at ruthworoch@hotmail.com.
I will try to answer questions in my next post.
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government
or the Peace Corps."