It is hard to believe that I have been in South Sudan for five months. There are some days (many recently) when I don't know if I will make it another day and then I have other days when things seem to go smoothly and the lines of communication and work move properly.
As with moving any place new it does take some time to feel like you have settled in and I am still not sure that I have gotten to that point. This is a difficult place to settle into, there are not many places where you can go to just get away. While there is potential for tourism, it is still many years away from that point. Although I could almost see the next season of survivor being filmed here.
Now that a new fiscal year is starting and my project is in the preparation stages for the next planting season, I feel like I understand what I am doing a little better. I also feel like I understand more about the different theories in the development field from seeing what some of the results of the programs.
I now understand why those in the development field need their R&R breaks. Working in the field is truly working 7 days a week, even if the contract does not say it. At the same time, when you are in the field there is no down time so you need the R&R break just to get away and rest, like anyone in the West would do on the weekend.
The next few months will be interesting as the hot season begins and as usual more things start to break here from the extra heat and use.
I hope that everyone at home is enjoying the cooler temperatures and the changing leaves.
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