Proficiency

Today we all came into Apia for the day to have our language proficiency exams to make sure we've retained enough of what we've been immersed in for the past two months to get by when we move to our individual sites next week and become independent entities for the first time since we've been here. It was a 20 minute interview with a woman we've never met- a little intimidating sounding when you think how long we've been using the language for but I think everyone will do great and pass without a problem. I finished mine a couple of hours ago and even though I wasn't worried I must say it's a nice weight to have off my shoulders- leaping that hurdle makes it feel that much closer to the reality of training ending in the coming week. WE'll spend the day here in town shopping for gifts for our host family and then go back in the evening for our last full day in the village tomorrow. We have a couple of training sessions in the morning and then a farewell ava ceremony with the village in the afternoon where we will be performing the traditional Samoan dances that we have been practicing for the past few weeks. Then we return to Apia on Satruday morning for our last few days here as a group before we disperse. I can't believe it's been two whole months already... or that it's only been two months for that matter :)