PST= Pre Service Training
MARCH
My room for PST. I lived in a separate building from my host family. 
The other side of my room; backing up to the maize fields. 
Host siblings getting goofy on the way to a soccer match. 
Prosper (10) would lead me down the paths around our village, this is us heading back from a soccer match and playing “I spy.” 
Host brother Brian loved playing my ukulele and singing along. 
Sunflower fields on my biking route to get from home to our training center. 
First day on the bikes! 
About to meet our host families! 
Field trips begin! Learning about intercropping here. 
Team bonding!
APRIL
Learning how to juggle with my host brother, Shoma 
Preparing garden beds at the training center. 
Proud parents! 
Planting in the beds. 
Visiting a crocodile farm. 
Learning about fish ponds. 
Harvesting groundnuts… 
… and carrying them home. 
Field trip to Lusaka tree nursery. 
Taking the field trip very seriously. 
Biking home from training. 
Meeting the local Chief. 
Visiting an arboretum and nursery. 
Harvesting veg (called “rape”) with my host family and Paul, who lived nearby. 
The veg will later be taken to town and sold. 
Study session at JJ and Sean’s house. 
Taking a trip to Lusaka, and looking like an old rock album cover. 
The dogs were feeling hopeful as the fish was being descaled. 
Letting it all air out. 
Yay bikes!! 
Bikes with friends!!
SITE VISIT (Mid April to early May)
My family! Bataata (Ba Siazilo) and Baama (Bena Lushomo). They have been married for 40+ years and have 6 children. 
Exploring by the Nabuyani Dam with Agness and Gracious. 
My favorite view at my house, taken from my kitchen (chikuta). 
View of the family’s fish ponds. 
Bataata/Basyanene is very proud of his fish ponds (and has every reason to be!), which are stocked with three spotted bream and nile tilapia. 
My house (ng’anda). 
My bedroom. 
My bathroom (chimbuzi). 
Pumping at the borehole (chicugu). 
The PRC (provincial resource centers), informally, the prov. 
Planting at the prov. 
Getting ready to visit PCV Michael’s site in Monze. 
Camping at Michael’s site. 
Cooking over the fuel efficient cookstoves in Monze. 
Workshop with counterparts and host family members before visiting our sites. 
Fruit season in southern!
MAY
Our best friends at the training center (the kitchen staff). 
For our last day with our host families, we cooked American dishes to share together. I made peach cobbler! 
Host brother Brian! 
Host brother Shoma! 
Introducing the boys to s’mores. 
Visit with US Ambassador Michael Gonzales. 
Harvesting more veg… 
… into sunset. 
Learning some dance moves for our swear-in ceremony. 
Studying for our language tests. 
Night time at the homestay. 
Watering our garden beds. 
Exploring the fields around the training center at Kasisi. 
Field trip to Lusaka National Park. 
Ft. Brian 
Ft. the girlies 
Southern crew 
Kasisi on film 
Kasisi Kitchen crew making cheese in the dairy! 
Biking around as if its a real life version of Mariokart 
The boys opted to shave their heads before swear-in. 
Shoma helping me to study Tonga as he waters the garden. 
More harvesting. 
Taking language studying very seriously. Very accurate representation of the group.
Life As Lydski 