On August 29th the CHIPs and REDs from my intake had our swearing in ceremony and officially became Peace Corps Volunteers! The swearing in ceremony was at the ambassador's house, which was super fancy and had a pool and a tennis court and a lot of flags and eagles everywhere. There were a lot of speeches, a couple groups did their performances from cultural day, and we took a lot of pictures. It was fun (and weird) to see everyone dressed up and wearing makeup and chitenge outfits and looking fancy. The oath that we take is usually administered by the ambassador, but for us it was some guy named Tim. He has a job title, but I forget what it is. After the ceremony was over we ate probably the best food we've had so far in Zambia, which included chocolate chip cookies and beef that wasn't all chewy and gross. Then we took a million more pictures and that was that. It was a really good day and I enjoyed it a lot but I have to say it was a little anticlimactic. After swearing in we were all rushed off to the mall to shop for being posted, so it was just a really hectic day. On to the next adventure-- moving in to my new home!
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