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Another update

I've got a bit to catch up on here; I'm sure everyone is breathless with anticipation. I've finally got a day to sit back and use free internet, which is downright heavenly. Next week I should (keep your fingers crossed) have an internet-capable phone and have it hooked up to my computer as a modem so I go online whenever I like, but data is expensive. You don't buy a service like in the US, you buy data bundles, and 1 GB is about $80. It's amazing how far they've come here, though--in Marapyane, about 2 hours from Pretoria, you can get 3G (!). Since they didn't invest much in landlines, they're just going straight for wireless, which makes a lot more sense. So training is nearly over. Yesterday I had my Setswana language test, which wasn't so bad (apparently it doesn't really matter at all). We've got a couple more sessions, then we swear in on September 17 to start our two-year service. Apparently there's only two months of trai