Hello everyone! Where to begin?
-This place is wonderful! My Cape Verdean family is awesome! My mother here says, roughly translated of course, “I am going to call your house and say Paula, Matthew is no longer in America, he is standing in Cabo Verdi.” This, in Kriolu means that I am in Cape Verde to stay. No worries mother, I still love you and will return upon close of service!
-My brothers are great… we probably spend 3 hours a day asking “Ke-li e kuze”, which means “this is what”. They are very patient with my always improving language skills.
-My host father and I run every morning to the Polivilinti, which is a soccer stadium about a 15 minute run from my house. There we meet up with all of my brothers, uncles, cousins, etc. to play soccer. After, we run back to our house, shower and go to language and cultural classes until about 2. Then we have technical training or an assigned activity in our village. As I’m sure you have figured out, this first 9 weeks of pre-service training are very hectic.
-I miss you all very much.
-To: mom and dad
I love you both and I received your letter today! 2 weeks, not bad!
