So, as of this past Friday, August 18, the 14th group of Peace Corps South Africa Volunteers have been in this country for 1 entire year. A year! It's been an eventful year.
On that note, I'm not really a "stranger" here anymore. I've gotten to know this country and the (sometimes) wonderful people who inhabit it. And, again, South Africa is no longer a "strange land." Things that happen here seem instinctual to me now, second-nature almost. I realized that when my family visited and things I took for granted were different and new for them. It seems so obvious to me. And, on closer reflection, is any place really a "strange land?"
(Aside from Crawford, Texas that is.....haha, I keed!)
Anyway, so I'm not a stranger in a strange land anymore. Now I'm just Omar, in Africa.
This is my Peace Corps South Africa blog. All opinions and statements herein are my own and do not reflect the United States Peace Corps.
