Been a while

Sorry it has been so long since I last wrote. Katie has left and is now getting ready to make her move to Boston. Since she left I have been a little lonley but I feel like I am starting to get some work done. Yesterday I had a meeting where I got to present my project plan for my work with the handicapped association. It was a little nerveracking since I was sitting at the big table and there were people in from Dakar and all of the presidents of the Handdicaped association. Since my language containes a half French and half Wolof tounge I kind of bombed the presentation. All of the French people couldn't understand my Wolof and the people in the Handdicaped association didn't understand the technical terms I used that were in French. In alot of cases people with disabilities arnt able to get a good education, because if a parent has to make a choice to send one kid to school, it will be the healthy male child. Many of the disabled don't speak French. Also the fact, that I was so nervouse I started to stutter over my name didn't help. I was really emabressed, but after the 6 hour meeting all in Wolof, people came up to me and asked about my program. So no matter how bad I felt about my presentation, people still really respected my attempt to speak their language and are interested in working with me. Now it all comes down to actually getting my classes underway. Also they just opened up Liberia as a peace corps site. So alot of people are thinking of extending 9 months there after their service is through in Senegal. Talk to you soon. By the way I just read, "Kavalier and Clay", "Farenhite 451", and "Stranger in a Strange Land"