Today was a big orientation day. We went to orientations and through a security training for living at UB (University of Botswana). In the afternoon we went and had lunch at the RiverWalk Mall – It was great! Then we went shopping for all the essentials that we didn’t bring. Like a bath towel, dishes, Ethernet cord, and food. It is amazing how the Pula looks so expensive and then every time I convert it to Dollars I am shocked that I didn’t spend as much as I thought! Although I should watch that... that could get dangerous. 
We haven’t started our service work quite yet. UB is setting up appointments with organizations that we can volunteer for so we can figure out is the best place for us based on needs and our abilities. Which is very nice because we will have the legitimacy of UB as a reference.
Our rooms are great! We all have our own room and we share the common room (living room, dining, and kitchen). I wish the internet was a little bit more stable. We have internet hook ups and a phone in each room, but the internet is down right now and is not in all of the rooms (I have been writing my blog in a word document and posting when possible). We have had one room get internet so far, but lately it hasn’t been stable. We also have frequent black outs in Botswana. I guess the energy is through South Africa and when ever a region is using too much energy they cut it. But lately that has not happened in Gaborone / UB, but we still are in an energy crisis. So to help conserve energy it is cut every Friday for two hours starting at 6pm. Thus we had to buy candles and flashlights because it gets dark right before 6pm.
We haven’t started our service work quite yet. UB is setting up appointments with organizations that we can volunteer for so we can figure out is the best place for us based on needs and our abilities. Which is very nice because we will have the legitimacy of UB as a reference.
Our rooms are great! We all have our own room and we share the common room (living room, dining, and kitchen). I wish the internet was a little bit more stable. We have internet hook ups and a phone in each room, but the internet is down right now and is not in all of the rooms (I have been writing my blog in a word document and posting when possible). We have had one room get internet so far, but lately it hasn’t been stable. We also have frequent black outs in Botswana. I guess the energy is through South Africa and when ever a region is using too much energy they cut it. But lately that has not happened in Gaborone / UB, but we still are in an energy crisis. So to help conserve energy it is cut every Friday for two hours starting at 6pm. Thus we had to buy candles and flashlights because it gets dark right before 6pm.
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I am going to learn how to do that to trees, but i will put LH in it for when you return.
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