Not a lot has happened since getting back from the villages. Thankfully, I really do feel a whole lot better. Monday afternoon I met with Roland about my ISP and made the official decision to return to my village for ISP. We called Madame Bakoly and she is going to go talk to them to ensure that they will host me again.
On Tuesday afternoon, I went to a private school with 2 other students, where the host aunt of one works. It was a really nice school that encompassed all ages (elementary, middle, high school, and even some university classes). There was a group of students waiting to talk with us and take us on a tour (they were all students on the math/science track, which is perfect for me!). A few of them could speak English pretty well, which was surprisingly, and actually led the tour in English. We saw a lot, including their lemur! Yes, the school has a lemur which lives in a cage on the campus. We were able to get really close to it and really see it, so that was the first lemur I really got to see close up and it was a really awesome experience.
Wednesday morning Hanta came in and introduced us to a woman, who she said was going to be one of our language teachers in Majunga (Hanta and Candy are coming with us, but we will have 2 new ones). She also told us that she would be a host mother for one of the girls on the program, but wouldn’t tell us who. Fast forward to snack time, Hanta came and told me that Roland wanted to see me. Turns out that she will be my host mom! She seems really nice (she gave me a huge hug when I walked into the room) so I am super excited. I will be living with her, her husband (who is the director of a public middle school), and 3 of her children (2 girls and a boy). She also has an older daughter who is in Tana studying at the university. We live near the airport, but also near the beach apparently, so that is exciting.
For lunch together, I went with 2 other students to The Cookie Shop, an American run restaurant. We had bagel sandwiches (mine was a barbeque chicken sandwich), chips, a drink (I had a passion fruit smoothie type thing), and dessert (chocolate chip cookie!) It was so good and exactly what I needed.
Tonight is our last night with our Tana host families, which is super sad, and then tomorrow we are headed on to Ankaranfontsika, then Majunga. Lots of driving ahead!
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