10 little monkeys...

You know the song, "10 Little Monkeys"...

10 little mon-keys
jumping on the bed
1 fell off and broke his head
mama called the doctor and the doctor said...
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!"

9 little mon-keys...etc.

Well...we need to make a version for my group here in El Salvador. 28 of us arrived in DC for staging (just getting us ready for what we were going to face here), and 27 of the 28 boarded the plane. One guy just decided Peace Corps was not for him.

Then we went through our 10 weeks of training with no problems. 100% of us swore in as volunteers. Everyone was so impressed that 27 of us stayed for the entire time. But...each month since swearing-in, we have had 1 volunteer ET (early terminate), be administratively separated (terminated as a volunteer), or be medically separated (terminated as a volunteer). It's pretty sad to see the people we've all grown to love, people that are in our support networks, leave.