Cheng @ SouthAfrica

 I am so grateful to have this honor to be the fourth time Peace Corps Volunteer to serve people in Mpamalunga, South Africa.  

Today, August 17, 2023, our one day, two-night staging in Philadelphia had just concluded and we all are ready to depart tomorrow from New York to Johannesburg, South Africa.

We will have 3 months volunteer work training: half day every day to learn the new language, and the rest of half day every day to learn the work we will have to do in villages, plus village living skills, history, culture, current politic, etc. before the 24 months service in each of our own villages.

I am so glad that we have 23 of us in this group.
Again, I am the oldest in the group, even amongst the 9 retirees; as told.
I will continue posting blog after arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, onward to the training village, only when I have power and WiFi.   

I have to say this up front and again: this blog has created for my fourth time service as PCV, and it is created only for all my relatives and friends worldwide to know where I am at, 
and what I had being doing and seeing.  

This is created only for my own personal story telling.   
It is not a presentation for Peace Corps, nor for any other volunteers.

Good night to all.
Cheng   8/17/2023

Location: Mpumalanga, South Africa

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