Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I am currently trying to work out my electricity situation, which means that I am trying to get them to turn on the gigantic Chinese generator at my compound or buy a Nigerian generator (don't worry Peace Corps, I am not going there myself to buy it).
So here is a recap of my first month at post:
-I have gone on a polio vaccination campaign into the bush with Dr. Jones
-Attended two funerals and a wedding
-Firmly made friends with the guy who sells candles and other house-lighting materials (Emille)
-Learned some Fulfulde from Sheik Abu Bakar (the leader of the Muslim community in my village)
-Taught my name to all in the community in their native language (which means I have four names: in French - Chasseur, in Fulfulde - Markaejo, in Kwandja - Ougum, in English - Hunter)
-Firmly scandalized Nyamboya by shaking the Chief's hand (I do get away with this because I am a Nassara)
-Firmly endeared myself to Nyamboya by doing some crazy Cameroonian dancing in their festivals.
So if anyone is still reading this blog, I am still alive and well and soon as I get this electricity situation figured out, I will buy internet and blog like a crazy man. This should be within the next month, which in American time means within the next three months.
Hunter
