Americans Never Come Here: Until One Moved into Our House

from Serving Sri Lanka · host American Volunteers in Sri Lanka

Living with a host family is one of the most challenging and rewarding parts of Peace Corps service in Sri Lanka. This week, Katie sits down with her two Sri Lankan host sisters, Pahanya and Dihara, to discuss the past two years of living together and becoming sisters. They discuss their first impressions of each other, some differences between how Americans and Sri Lankans eat and behave at home, their favorite memories together, and how their lives have changed since living together.

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