e-mail on 7/9/2002 Return to List
There's a new center that opened up within
walking distance of the training site that has pretty new computers, though the
two times we've tried to go they haven't had a connection. Tomorrow they say,
well we'll see, time has a very loose quality here. I got your screen tent
today and it was like the best Christmas ever. There were a few other packages
and I believe they were all DHL. I figure the airmail should come by next week,
though we'll all be gone on our week long site visits so who knows.
I'm doing well here. I've had my bouts of
stomach problems, but that is to be expected. It's still difficult to sleep,
but we had a big rain tonight and I'm hoping the cooler weather will help
things along.
French is coming along. This
week we've been too busy with other stuff to really get into it, but my French
is definitely coming back a little. I'm creative enough that if I have
problems, I can usually figure out a way to get around it with hand gestures or
something. The visit was great, but too much to get into right now. I just have
time to make a quick e-mail today because I have people waiting on me and we're
going out tonight to celebrate someone's birthday.
Please let people know that I won't be writing
letters while I'm in training stage. E-mail is available, and I just don't have
the time to write. I didn't really bring that many e-mail addresses with me, so
if someone wants to e-mail them, give them this address and tell them to e-mail
me first. [Note: You can send e-mail to Shaffer from the
Welcome Page e-mail link].
So yeah, this Saturday we leave with our
counterparts to our villages, the villages we'll be staying at for our two years.
Tomorrow we all find out which villages those are and man, am I excited.
Sorry I missed your call on Sunday. Two other
volunteers invited us to dinner and I accepted without realizing that it meant
I probably wouldn't be home in time for our 8 o clock call. This Sunday I won't
be there as we leave on Saturday. Next Sunday I should be back unless my
village is in the farthest corner away from Bobo, then it's possible I might
not be back by then.
I love you guys, talk to you soon though it
might not be until after I get back,
Shaffer
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