Sorry about the being absent. I have been in my village for awhile and before that I wasn't around internet to much. I hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday season.I am in lusaka for medical reasons right now. I am not really sure what is wrong with me, but I am feeling better. I have to stay down here till thursday, so that is my xmas plans. Not to exciting, but I just learned that I get to watch the celtics and bulls play today on espn. I can't argue with that.

 

I am ready to get going home. I have already started clearing out my things. I have a tendency to keep everything. when I was cleaning my hut I found five pairs of head phones that were all broken. I kept these just in case. You donn't want to know how many plastic bags I have kept around, just in case. Plastic, rubber straps, and duct tape are always with me. Just in case.  I mean you never know, cause it is rainy season right now. Also I always line my bags with plastic just in case. their is a fine art to packing that is hard to master. You can very easily screw it up. One time sitting in the rain with your rain jacket in the bottom of your bag and you won't forget again. I havn't been able to master the art of consolidating your cloths. I will pack for just about every occasion. Cause you never know. I brought my swim suit with me to lusaka on medical. why, cause you never know. I could start feeling better and someone might invite me to their pool. The one thing I didn't bring with me is my workout cloths. I was sick and I couldn't really breathe and now that I am feeling better I am starting to regret it. You see you never know. And you don't want to be that person holding up the group, that is just about the worst thing you could ever do in your life. Always be ready to go. Right now if you asked me to I could pack up my hut and be ready to fly in about 30 min. I remeber where everything is, yes I am a scout. I dropped out of boyscout cause they were to vanilla for me. I am more a fundamenalist. Be prepared. Always. Follow the pirates code: you fall behind you get left behind. Serious, it is not my fault you are not aware. this might sound familar if you are a buckland, when you start messing with my time, then we have a problem. Some thing like that, you can't exactually put it down word for word. Anyways the point is I am coming home in a few months and I remeber where all my movies are. I catalouged all them before I left. Another skill of being a scout I have a photographic memory where all my things are. A mandatory skill for a fundamenalist scout.  I will know if anyone touched my movies. Don't bother trying to cover your tracks, I will know.

 

 

As far as work is going, things are settling down here. The classroom block I am working on is almost finished. the roof will be completed by the end of the month. Everyone has been working very hard. We have had a few set backs but we are one out way. The Girls empowerment camp, which I helped plan with two other people went really well. The camp took place for five days at the end of August. We had 24 girls who live in rural communities participate in the camp, which taught self confidence, self esteem, body awareness, HIV/Aids issues and other relevant topics. The girls were than able to return to their villages and start Girls Clubs where they would teach the topics learned to girls in their villages. I still have to visit the schools I work with at least one more time to tell them that I am leaving and that my site is getting replaced. that is about all I have to do. Not much. 

 

Seriously the only thing that is really going on is I have to search my house all the time for snakes. One snake a spitting cobra about 6ft. in length took up residence uner my bed. That was neat. So I am still trying to get over that. Hopefully sometime soon I can get out of the bed with out first shinning a light underneath. 

 

Ok I hope everyone misses me. I will behome near the end of april. Make sure you are waiting. Goodbye see you soon Dan.