I have just completed my second bucket bath! It's starting to be less difficult now. I've also just swept the floor much to the joy of my host mother, Mme Mpho, and grandmother, Mme Makeisara. Apparently, if yo don't sweep every day, people start to worry about you here. Yesterday we had our first official Sesotho lessons and made a tour of the village to see everyone's homes. Some volunteers have small places (~80 sq ft), and others are a bit larger (~150 sq ft). Mine's above average and plenty big for me plus I have easily the best view of the mountains. We then went to another village, where we will receive all our technical training, to get shots and make a call home. Yesterday I went to see a sleep get slaughtered before breakfast. It was only a little more gruesome than deer hunting since you were right there, holding the animal down as it expired. It was very interesting though. After training I had an hour or so before dark, so spent an hour or so BS'n with the guys that had slaughtered the sheep. I tried some of their traditional Basotho beer. It was warm and alittle thicker than one would expect beer to be. However it wasn't terrible and I think it has an alcohol content approaching that of wine. I took my dinner with my grandmother (nkhono) Makeisara. Then, walking back into my little house, I saw the stars, the Milky Way, and a shooting star! I think it will be okay here!
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