David Berger

Author: David Berger

  • Packing up – planning for the year ahead

    Training had come to a close, I’d begun the training program to become a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, and I was busy readying myself internally for the next adventure. Sitting on the lower corner of my bed, I straightened and focused on my breathing. In the small, cluttered room of my lodge, I was surrounded…

  • Training, PCV Technical Trainer

    I arrived back at the Chongwe training site on the 13th of July 2013. It was a quiet Friday, and I had my gear tucked into the back of a Peace Corps Landcruiser. I was ready for a little bit of an adventure, excited to meet the new trainees, and couldn’t wait to settle in…

  • CoS Conference: Saying Goodbye

    It’s been a little while since I was able to write in an update, and a lot has happened in between, but let me start off today by jumping back to early July – July 8th through the 13th in fact. I left off having just arrived in Lusaka, lost in the shining mirrored glass…

  • On the way south, down to Lusaka

    we were on the road again, the day had slipped by and it was already 14:00. We were dreading the ride, but we loaded up our gear and headed over to the bus station. There were three of us, and we were ready for our adventure. The 15:00 bus pulled in around 16:30, and we…

  • Headed to Samfya for the Fourth of July!

    Good morning all, In my last post I talked about visiting my neighbor, and about the hard news that I received before I headed over to Samfya for the Fourth of July. I talked about how difficult it was to receive that news, and I mentioned the feelings of helplessness and hurt that surround us…

  • Visiting Stephanie and meeting new friends

    Good Morning! I’m continuing to post and trying to catch up, and on that note here’s the next update! I’d left my site the day before, and after settling my dad’s big Osprey backpack into a corner of the provincial house, and my little orange Quechua pack sitting on a bunk in the dorm rooms,…

  • Leaving my village for the last time

    I left you in my last blog, sitting on my stoop, enjoying a dinner of pasta and staring up at the familiar and yet startling different night sky of the southern hemisphere. I was in a period of transition, engrossed in the beauty, peace, and sense of irreplaceable place that I’d developed in Chisunka. My…

  • Back in Chisunka, the final stretch

    Good Morning! Well, I am happily back in my village (I arrived back last night just before sunset), and I’m once again writing you via my Cell. It’s an interesting feeling being back for these next two weeks. Doing the final rounds of checkup and looking after a few loose ends. I’ll tell you it’s…

  • Headed down to PST-GToT

    We’re almost half way through May, and let me tell you, Provincials was good! Saturday morning at 5AM we bundled up all our gear, and started off on transport – we were on the road and making good time – my mind was a mixture of excitement, sadness, and contemplation – the 10 hour trip…

  • Headed back to site, and Ntumba – May 8th-15th

    Good Morning folks, It really is a beautiful morning here. A bright golden orb floating above the ethereal horizon, the mists of that magic hour burning off as the blue skies swallow up a brilliant pure light. I stepped out of the hostel into the light and it felt like my whole body came alive.…