The first is a picture of my boot shined at the El Paso Airport. The second is a picture of everybody eating dinner at the house. Today we had our initial introduction to all the staff. Everyone who works at the office is Gambian. We did some language training, and then interviews for our possible sites and what languages we need to learn. We had chicken and rice for lunch, and chicken and french fries for dinner. So tomorrow we are leaving to our training villages for the next two months. I am going to leave my computer in the city, so if I find public internet I will be in touch, but if not I will e-mail again when we come back to the city. I am really happy to have a newly fashioned shirt that nani fixed, and Im always really happy to eat the candy that Zabeth gave me. I am saving the mementos and pictures for when Im pretty lonely out in a village. Love you guys, til next time

Just Getting Here

Well things have been pretty good so far. When I got in the shuttle to go from the Philadelphia Airport to the Hotel, another guy from my group was already waiting inside the van. We talked the whole way to our Hotel, and then found out we were roommates as well. It was sure nice not to have to meet someone else once we got there. After a small orientation and logistics talk on Wednesday, we all went to dinner across the street from the hotel. I chose Pizza. Thursday morning we got on a charter bus at 8:30 am and left for JFK airport in New York. That night our flight to Brussels left at 5:15. We arrived around midnight our time, which was 6am Brussels time. Then we got on a flight for Banjul at 10 am and got to Banjul around 4pm. There was a large group of people to meet us at the airport and welcome us to ton. That was really nice. Dinner was brought right over, it was french fries, cole slaw, and a meat on bone situation, but I ate it all. Tonight we are all in a big group house for all the Americans in Gambia. Tomorrow morning is vaccinations and moving into training.