Hello everyone,
Its been a while since I have written anything on here, sorry about that I have been really busy lately.
First, I would like to say that our football tournament is finished now and was a great success. For 2 months every weekend we were travelling around the North Bank and watching great football as well as decimating messages about HIV/AIDS. We finished everything about 3 weeks ago. This project was what I expected to get from Peace Corps. 7 teams, over 100 players and coaches, 10 different speakers talking to the youth at halftime of every game in local language about everything HIV/AIDS. The message was well received and we had two radio programs to discuss it and promote it. This project was one the best things I have ever did and will always remember it. One memory that will stay with me was at the final. The game was over and the trophy was giving out (seconds later the winning team broke it!) and myself, our organizers that helped us, as well as the other 3 volunteers that worked with me on this project. It was dark on the field and our DJ was playing music. We started dancing and screaming and hugging each other all of us on the field dancing into the night. It was really memorable.
So I have about 5 months left in my service. It came and went really quick. I have had such an incredible experience here, but it is looking like I will travel and then come back home when I am done. I was thinking for awhile that I would like to extend here for one more year, but I think that the time is right to get a job and start my professional life. I think for future traveling plans I will use this blog. Just change the name of it.
Other than that, everything is going well and my projects are going very well.
Sounds great Craig! What a fun night you had!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear a little something from you.
Miss you so much.
Lots o' Love,
a.k.
Congrats on the completion of that tournament! Quite an accomplishment and for such a good cause. My feet would be a few feet off the ground i think if they were in your shoes. I'm excited for you about the ducks- we had some in the backyard (they stayed, we moved) and they lay amazing eggs with big fat tasty yolks. And the ducklings are cuter than shit.
ReplyDeleteMaya and I got a place together, finally decided we needed some family space away from the hubbub of co-op living. The catch is there's no space for my now 1000-book library and we have to empty the bottom shelves because little Anna is very mobile now and loves nothing better than to disrupt any thoughtful organizational scheme within her reach. Let me know if there's a few special ones you want me to hold onto for ya until you get here!
Peace,
Matt