I am leaving tomorrow morning for logistics training in Bordeaux for a week. I'm driving down. It should take about 7 1/2 hours to get there.
The training looks pretty intense. It starts at 9:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm each day. If the training goes well, MSF should propose me a mission for departure within the next three months.
I will report back in here when I return.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
I'm going to be trained!
Yes! I received my official invitation to the "Preparation - First Departure - Logistics" at Bordeaux. This training will take place between the 24th and the 29th of July.
The training is in French. I haven't mentioned, but my written French sucks. I understand everything anyone says. I can express myself verbally with no problems. I read French with no problems. But it is a terribly complicated language to write. In twenty years here, I haven't had to write too much; forms are easy. I have probably written more in French since I sold the café than in the preceding 18 years. Anyway, they are warned. I just wrote the coordinator an e-mail. And I will be taking along my dictionary to see if a certain word is masculin or feminin. Or if the long A sound at the end is written as é, ais, ai, ait, et, er, ez, etc.
The training is in French. I haven't mentioned, but my written French sucks. I understand everything anyone says. I can express myself verbally with no problems. I read French with no problems. But it is a terribly complicated language to write. In twenty years here, I haven't had to write too much; forms are easy. I have probably written more in French since I sold the café than in the preceding 18 years. Anyway, they are warned. I just wrote the coordinator an e-mail. And I will be taking along my dictionary to see if a certain word is masculin or feminin. Or if the long A sound at the end is written as é, ais, ai, ait, et, er, ez, etc.
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