ever since topher and i found out about our permanent site (which was back in september), we were wondering which other pcvs we'd end up living near. because we live in the same province in which we did our training, the announcement was somewhat anti-climactic (though we're really happy to be where we are). thus, the people we'd be spending so much time with became so important.
so we were freakin' excited when it was announced that we'd be living next to these four lovely ladies. above, you'll see the two women who live in our old training village (town, really), another woman who actually lives in the exact same house and village that she did her training (a huge surprise! we'd heard you couldn't stay in the same place), and the fantastic woman who lives closest to us, Jill, who is just 7k away. you can also see our awesome k4 intern (the group ahead of us) that was there all through training and darling husband. sorry topher, about the shot.
so far, we've been lucky enough to have a movie night with these ladies, a few evenings just with Jill, and even have set up a time on weekends to study Khmer with the two still in our training village.
despite there being a lack of men (for toph, ya know), we're so lucky with our Team Takeo teammates (the name ofour province.) they are all funny, smart and pretty awesome in general. we also have some great k4's that live in our province as well.
i feel lucky that we've been surrounded by truly great people thus far in cambodia. it makes the hard days easier when you have faces like those above to look forward seeing every weekend or so.
have you ever discovered great friends in new places?
Yay!! It's so nice that you guys get along so well with the other people on your team. We're just starting to meet people here, and it's hard!! I think it's so important to have people to talk with/relate to on some level, so I'm so happy you've found that.
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