Category Archives: Pre-Service Training

Our Pre-Service Training (PST) will last about nine weeks and then we will be sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers and leave for our permanent sites.  There are other training events during the following two years, but for the most … Continue reading →

Beef cattle are a huge part of Botswana culture and economy. Beef is the number two export for Botswana, second only to Diamonds.  Raising cattle is one of the most certain ways of making money in Botswana. If you want … Continue reading →

Botswana has villages.  Everyone in Botswana is from a village – no one is from either of the two cities (Gaborone and Francistown).  You may have been born in a hospital in Gaborone and even live there, but your parents … Continue reading →

There are things I miss from back home and one is hot water.  We do have running water in our bathroom, but it is cold water only. I usually bathe in the evening as I am usually hot and sweaty … Continue reading →

In Botswana the names all mean something.  Tebogo, the name of our host mother means “thanksgiving”.  Her son, Maatla has a name that means “strength”.  When you meet a Batswana, they are proud to tell you what their name means.  … Continue reading →

When we drove away in the pickup truck with Tebogo we had no idea where we would go, and what our living conditions would be.  I really hoped we would have inside plumbing and water, but there were no guarantees.  … Continue reading →

Her name is Tebogo (pronounced Te-Bo-Ho).  She is 71 years old and has lived in Botswana all of her life.  Married to a farmer named Morris, they have several sons and a daughter and twelve grandchildren.  Tebogo has had a … Continue reading →

The last day at The Big Five Lodge came on the one-week anniversary of our leaving Atlanta.  We were to eat breakfast and board the big bus for the 60 mile drive to Kanye where we would be part of … Continue reading →