Well!!!!!! Some photos are up. Not all, but some. The site again is: yorkphoto.com When you go there, press login, it should be in the upper left corner. E-mail to use is [email protected] and the password is Schmackles. I will try to put more up as the weeks go by. Love you all!<!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer-Start
Guess what? In two weeks I will be a full fledged volunteer. We swear in the same day as election. By the way, just mailed my absentee ballot. It was really cool, my second election and I am doing it overseas. Time right now is very hectic. I have class every morning from 8 to 12:30 and then go home only to come back to four hours of French. It
I guess, I live a boring life. Not reall much to report, and I am going away thisweekend. So, I will try to post what I did on Sunday. First trip with the homestay family. Wish me luck. OH....dog name is decided__ Sorry. In french, dusmoi. Spelling is probably wrong, that is one of the many words I know how tosay but not spell. Love you all. Oh
So, after my last post I had a house and now I have a job. I started teaching model lessons this week and according to the facilitators I am a natural. I just said it was genetic. I mean my intire family is teachers. Monday I taught this mini lesson for only an hour. It was basic greeting in English, their first time taking the language. The kids were around the
Finally, I am able to post. I appologize, but the last few weeks have been like the hurrucanes I am hearing about near the coast. Specifically, I know have seen where I will call home for the next two years. Like I said before it is a little village near Togo. If you look at the map it is between Nattitango, Djougou, ad Kara in Togo. Djougou is quite a la
Drum roll please...... I am going to be in the village of Bajoude for the next two years. It is a smaller village about 15 km away from the Togo border in the North. It is at the beginning of the left nut and about 45 km south of the work station called Nattitangu. The area is majority Muslim and they speak Dendi. Apparently, I have a pretty big
Tom, You are a genious. I would have done the same thing. Expect an e mail soon. Glad to hear you are meeting new friends. Study hard, take more discussion classes next semester, and keep working hard at track. Love ya, Annie KR, Can t wait for the letter and I will definately continue looking at my shoes. Annie
Here it is, I know largely over due. It has been three weeks since I set foot on Benin soil. To be very vague - some things are getting easierand others a little bit harder. For example, I have become a pro at using the pit latrine and taking bucket showers. I even did all of my laundry by hand today. Things are also becoming more clear in French. I ca
So last night was my 11 year-old cousins birthday. It was sooo cute, we sang songs, listen to Brittany Spears and she got to drink a Coke. I cannot even remember what I did for my eleventh birthday. I am sorry this is short. Love you all;;;but class is litterally in five minutes.
Kelly, I am way tooo excited about the letter and Heidi tell Matt to put a ring on your finger already. Heidi.....the PS on my message to the house was for you. Love you both.
Uncle. Good to hear that Poland was wonderful. I can see myself having similar expereinces in Kenya if I go back in the next few years. Time is short, so I will write more later.
HEY!!!! Let me know any address to send you stuff too and how work is going. Apparently, the best things to do is send things is bubble packages. To the same address. Miss you too.
Hello all. Thanks for all the messages, I left little responses on them. Here as I promised a few excepts from my journal. KR.... sorry I can not read them aloud. Oh, and remember how addicted I was to matatoos ..... I am even more qddicted to zems. Okay, journal entries. And I am still working on photos, no luck just yet. 8/11
First things first! Happy birthday grandma! Now, back to things in Benin. I an sitting in a internet cafe in Lokossa. Yesterday we arrived and I was taken to my new house. Mama Katherine is my homestay mother and I have a little apartment in her compond. I will call it home for 11 weeks. There is a little stove to cook, a table, and of course my bed.
Okay, quick message. Love you all. And I got the dates wrong on the last one. Yes, Erin there are some hot boys, but so few of them. And it is pretty much like staying in a hostel and the convent. We went on a walking tour of the city today. It was cool, but very generic. Orientation in general is a necessary evil. We need to know all what they are teaching, I
Well.... I am here in Benin. Yes, finally after about 30 hours of traveling. It was exhausting, but all the people have been really cool. Our bags were the last to come off the plane. But, after that we exited the airport and then were greeted by huge applause by current RCVs. They were all happy and excited and we had an even bigger welcome after we lug
Well.... I am in training and leave for Benin at noon on Thurs. We take a bus to New York and fly out to Paris. It has been fun these past couple days. It is sadly but yet comfortably like the first day of college. Getting to know you roommate, talking about stupid stuff. So many people are sooo cool and they remind me of all my friends. All but going to
Guess what? I am leaving for Philadelphia in just a few hours. It is an early morning flight. A good thing, because if it was any later I would probably be up at 5 a.m. anyway. This past week has been amazing. It might sound corny, but I really do think home is not a place, but the people who are there. Sure, my hometown is still Arlington Heights, but
Quick thank you to all them people who came to say goodbye, have sent e-mails and cards...it has made such a difference. Peace Corps talks so much about the support of family and friends. If I can be just ten percent of the volunteer with all of the support and encouragement, I will get past so many difficulties and truly reach my fullest potential. Okay,
Okay...I feel special. Not going to lie! From the future first lady of the United States of America. "To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young, curious, brimming with idealism and hope — and a real, honest compassion. Those young people convey an idea of America
Sorry..all... I somehow have been busy at work and home and just have not written anything lately. I am not sure what I have been doing, have you ever had one of those days that goes by like a flash of an eye, but you are not really sure how it did. I leave for Philadelphia on Aug. 10th at about 9:30 in the morning to be exact. It seems like when
Okay.... So, I am a nerd and have started packing already. I leave Greencastle in exactly one month and I figure it is not much differant than when I left for college. I begged for boxes two months before to start packing for DePauw. Come to think of it, hell, I asked for money to buy school supplies when I was in third grade. I didn't want anyone to go w
BUSTARD got arrest, this just in!!!! That is how rumars get started.
Okay...so I am not the greatest speller, but you are pretty darn cool. Seriously, all go and see Trouble!!!!
(Deep Breathe) I don't think I am depressed or sad, I think it is just that things continaully go wrong. LOL!!! This weekend would be a perfect example. Rented a car. Enterprise decided to give me a gas guzzling truck. Mind you it was fun to drive, but I also paid a lot for gas. Get up to Milwaukee and see Ms. Kristen "Trouble" Shouten which was by fa
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