This is a week and a half or so into training which started with a few days at the training center in Thies, then a week in a small farming village 5k south of here, a few days back in Thies for shots and some technical training, then back to the village for a couple of weeks. 3 other trainees stay in Tawa Fall. We're in different compounds with different families and get together with our teacher for language classes every day. At home we attempt to use the language (Wolof) with the host family. It's coming slowly but the families are a lot of fun. The village is probably 100 or so people, a small mosque and a small store. There is a water tower and a tap in most homes, and a well in the village for those who can't afford it. No electric. The farms look pretty good: millet, corn, sorghum, many veggies, mangoes, livestock. The fields are all surveyed and monumented, my host showed me the map. I'm called Moussa Jaxarta and I live with Ibrahima Jaxarta and extended family in a compound with several homes a lot of kids, chickens and ducks. The food is good. It's Ramadan but I'm not expected to fast. Ibrahima is a very savvy farmer, merchant and village elder. His brother is the chef du village. The PC has a well developed agroforestry program. It should be a lot fun. Look for pics on facebook. Tomorrow is tree ID, I know some of them but there's more diversity here than I saw in Niger. Bismillah.