Intro

16 September 2008 -- leave the States, arrive Tanzania

My first 3 months will be spent meeting other PC Tanzania volunteers, learning Swahili, living with a host family, studying cultural norms, and doing placement training. Then comes 24 months at my site, where I'll probably be the only volunteer and will teach math, and possibly science, in English at a secondary school. Side projects may include HIV/AIDS education, general health seminars, and women's empowerment work. Odds are I wont have electricity or indoor plumbing, and I'll most likely travel to a larger village about once a month for internet, phone, and mail – although there’s always the possibility that there’ll be a cell phone tower nearby and I’ll be able to receive news from you while I’m hanging out sans plumbing. As the only Peace Corps volunteer at my site, probably the only westerner, and almost surely the only redhead, I know it will be nothing like anything I’ve ever done; I’ll provide all the necessary information for you to send me snail mail and packages, and will probably shamelessly beg for books and chocolate more than once. Let me know if you're in the Tanzanian area; remember to postpone weddings, kiddies, and things until I'm back in December 2010; and don't spoil The Office seasons 5, 6, or 7 for me.

much love, take care, keep in touch!