pictures finally!!!

hello everyone!!

i'm so so so so sorry that this update is so delayed. i hope that everyone is doing well. i wanted to upload some photos so that you can all begin to understand a little bit about my life here. however, i unfortunately can't upload a massive amount of photos all at once. so, what i did was create an album online with Picasa where you can log on to view my "Grand Adventure" in full color. To look at the photos in more detail, click on the bottom right hand corner of the slideshow and open the Album from there. I will continue adding different Slideshows and Albums for each different phase of my service here. Enjoy!


i'm currently doing well. i just returned from a week-long Project Design Management and In-Service Training in Pagala, Togo. the training went well, we received a lot of information to get us started with work at each of our respective posts. yay. work! haha...for the past 3 months i really havent been up to much of anything. peace corps recommends that for the first 3 months, we relax, get to know our post, and just adjust to the reality of living in west africa. so, now that my 3 months has passed, im ready to get going!! one idea ive gotten for Atakpame is a Mentoring Center for girls. basically, an after school program with lessons on Life Skills (things that in America we generally refer to them as common sense, or we get a general background from parents or the school system but are considered more "foreign" concepts; for example: bugeting, birth control, computer skills, making decisions, etc.). so now i just need to find an NGO to work with... of course, this is not definite, just an idea...

i also found a cute little somethin' somethin' that Shippensburg University added to their website about my service: http://sumag.ship.edu/w9trav.html

well, i hope that this message finds you all well. i will try to update again soon. i also have plans to go to Ghana next month with two of of my friends, Katrina and Jocelyn. so hopefully i'll have some fun stories after that too!

take care. miss and love you all,
-k