I am committed to maintaining this blog as a way of sharing my Peace Corps experience with friends, family, and all those who are interested. At present, I have a list of topics I will be addressing in the future. I’d like to do a series discussing various aspects of the Peace Corps; a series talking about Malagasy culture; a few blog topics on my home stay experience and the dynamics of Malagasy family life; and of course, my life as a teacher here. At present, however, I am in the midst of what is known as “Pre-Service Training.” Training takes place in the Malagasy countryside and when I’m not learning to speak Malagasy or how to teach, I’m spending time with my lovely host family. I love them. Once training ends, I’ll be going full-steam with the blog. With the above caveats in mind, I just had a wonderful week driving around this amazing country and since I have some time and the experience is still fresh, I’d love to share. So without further ado, my first blog post.