Author Archives: Rachel

Training is very exhausting and intensive. It starts at 7 AM or 8 AM and runs until about 4:30 PM. We do have training on Saturdays too except that it ends at 12:30 PM. Sunday is the only day of the week when we are free. I have gotten more headaches than I normally would […]

There’s no cheese in Cameroon and I’m already sorely missing this food. I told my host family that I think it’s bizarre that cheese is not part of the Cameroonian cuisine as the French colonized the country and cheese is so big in France that the French eat it every single day. When I watch […]

Two nights ago, I saw a black plastic bag moving and shaking on the floor of the kitchen in my host family’s home. One of my host sisters walked to the plastic bag and pulled something out of it. A chicken’s head popped out. She explained to me that the family was going to make […]

One of my many responsibilities of my job is to teach Cameroonians about my American culture. My host family and I’ve exchanged many conversations about our cultural differences which included family roles, jobs, schools, and food. My host brother asked me many questions about the US, and I happily answered them. Because I noticed that […]

“We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard.” – John F. Kennedy. “Elle est fatigué.” A woman just said that I am tired. I was pumping out water from a water pump into a big yellow jug that looks exactly like the logo of Charity Water. “Non. Je ne […]