Here is my house....and also our workstation. If you want to see more, check out my photo site. yorkphoto.com To login use this information: e-mail - [email protected] password - schmackles Photo 1 and 2 : My living room, slash office, slash kitchen Photo 3: My bedroom Photo 4: Our workstation front door, the Peace Corps office where I w
It did! And the next volunteer I think might continue the project to include volleyball courts!
Okay....I'm doing updates, see my post before to catch where I have been in July. ALSO, I have figured out how to post pictures. So, get excited or scared, depending if you are in them or not. :) August 1st - 5th - My last week at post To be honest, I was not looking forward to this week at post. I was invisioning boring times, packing 24 hours a d
Hello all! Yes, it has been a whole two months since I have written and even longer since I've sent a letter. I deserved to be disowned, but them again perhaps its okay to be selfish from time to time. Anyway this month has been crazy - so let me give you a quick calendar synopsis. Like Julie Andrews...I'll start at the vary beginning.
Alrighty..... A lot of goodbyes done. A new house and worstation here, but still not feeling much at home. I think it will take a while. Alrighty...bye bye. More to come.
MY NEW ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS: Annie Reifsnyder B.P. 359 Parakou, Benin I NOW HAVE A NUMBER AS WELL: 23-61-21-14 Benin's Country Code is 229 Well...well... It has been a long time and I again have no excuses to give. I really haven't had that much to do in the work rhelm, but I have been going through a bit of a normal me
We will start with the most important things first...... Happy Birthday TOM!!!!!!!!!!! He is getting older wiser, and as always continues to be smarter than I am. Second, I apologize to all, especially to Becca for keeping you waiting. But, drum roll please. I am staying in Benin for a third year. My new Close of Service date is Decembe
So, I am no longer Annie the Beninian, but instead the Togolese. I am in Kara, the northern capital of Togo to meet Alison Agee, my buddy from DePauw who is comming to visit. All is well, but sadly the end of school is nearing. We have just three weeks left. That means one more quiz and one test left to grade. AHHHH!!!!!! Despite not being in c
Well..... I am back. Standfast is over and I made it 28 straight days in my village. I think I could have made it another two weeks, but my batteries were starting to wear out and no radio means no connection to the world. It is amazing how much I have come to rely on BBC. Vacation in Niger was wonderful. I did not get time to write on my way bac
Yes.............there is internet in the middle of nowhere in the desert. Al and I had a long, but relatively painless ride up here and it was kindof cool seeing the trees and rocks just evaporate into thin air. One ridge we passed and there you go, all desert. We will stay here for another day seeing the city and then most likely go out into the desert for an over
Just in transit. Will stay with a friend near Kandi tonight and then it is off to Dosso, Abbys village, hopefully Als village and then riding camels in the Sahel. Bye bye
Another month has slowly flown passed. I find myself in a series of phases. This month it was reading and thus my house it a little dirtier, because last month I was in a cleaning phase. Our second set of tests for the year is next week, so I will be observing tests, then grading, and finally calculating the semester grades. All by hand.......yippee. Teac
I have oficially set a new record for meetings in one weekend. I think there were six in one day. Of all the days of boredom pleasantly spent in my hammock reading, it is quite a shock to be thrust into such a crazy environment. I think this is my new goal, somehow find this happy medium between not getting stressed out, be relaxed, but yet getting a lot done. I h
The holidays are over and sadly, so is my vacation with my family. The boys are back safely and I am headed up North again to start the second quarter of school. A week late, but I am sure they understand. Let me fill you in on our trip. December 26th-27th Boys got in incredibly tired. Mike had to check his bag in order to provide lighting
Hello Hello!!!! School is out and thus I am here in Parakou finishing some grant work. School went by so quickly and I in general it was so much easier this year correcting the exam papers and preparing the students for the tests, etc. However, at the same time, sometimes I feel like I am cheating the students because this uear I have not spent as much
Well..... I am full beyound belief. I had three pieces of pumpkin pie and all the stuffing I could ever want with really really good mashed potatoes. It does not get any easier having holidays away from friends and family, but we made our own little party here in Nattitingou. There were 19 of us all eating together and although a turkey was not found, thre
So, I have been an elusive PCV the last three months, but never fear…I have the longest update in the history of updates coming and I guess I will try and do it around Chronological Order. End of vacation – Last week of September Mali was just too amazingly beautiful to comprehend. The roads were not paved and the taxis very run down so the traveling
GO WHITE SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do they finally have a winning team when I leave. I guess I am the Chicago curse, forget the Billy Goat! Things are well here. School has started. Construction too! My teacher training formation went as good as it could have. Yep, nothing could be better, well except that it cou
HAPPY WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippeee Heidi and Matt are getting married in Indiana as we speak and please everyone think of them on this special day. As for me, I am just passing through, but have not fotgot about Mali. Update to come! I am busy with school starting, my English Teacher formation is this upcoming week, and Construction is about
Hello again. Your favorite PCV is back in Benin. My three week vacation was good, a little long, but on the whole a very enjoyable trip. I now have visited five countries other than Benin. My passport is almost full and I consider that an accomplishment. In general, I found it so interesting how each country had its own little nuances; own quarks, own hassles, an
Vacation is underway! Al and Abby are great and Niamey is hot and sandy, but a lot of fun. It has just been good to chill with good people, exactly what vacation is for I supose. Alrighty, I will be here till Friday morning and then it is on to Burkina Faso.
Well.....as everyone state side is going back to school, I am celebrating Labor Week by heading out on a three week vacation. School does not begin officially till the 3rd of October and my classes will not start till the 17th, so I am excited to get away. I leave tomorrow first for a week in Niger. Abby and Allison, two of my freinds from DPU are PCVs ther
Well... I only have two stomach parasites at my mid-service check-in. I consider that a major accomplishment. Officially my weight is 162 down from 204. My teeth have been cleaned and my eyes checked. So, a toast to my good health is perhaps in order. I have been comming and going from village. After the tragic accident, things were very norma
I am about to write terrible news. The last day of our camp, three volunteers and ten adult women took our 34 girls to a local waterfall. Later that day only 32 girls came back as we lost two to a freak drowning accident. Thankfully, all of my girls arrived back safely. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, I was not the
Well.... I have been here for a week now taking two of my students to a week long girls camp. There are eleven communities, thirteen volunteers, ten professional women, and several not for profit organizations participating. The goal is to educate, motivate, and then inspire this girls to be able to accomplish their dreams. Yes, no small task, but on the w
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