There's about one week left until I take off. The past week afforded me several opportunities to visit friends and family, which was wonderful. I even made it down to Luther over the weekend. My bags are now packed. I have a few final errands to run and a bit of paperwork to accomplish, but all in all I'd say I'm nearly ready to go.
Feel free to shoot me an e-mail to update me about your life whenever you get the chance. I should acquire a cell phone and a mailing address once on-site, so hopefully staying in contact will not be as daunting an obstacle as it once was for Peace Corps Volunteers (that's my passive way of reiterating that you should keep in touch). Thanks again for all your thoughts, prayers and support. Wish me luck with French, Arabic, and whichever local languages I get to learn. I tried to learn a few basic phrases in Arabic this week. It's hard! For now I should probably focus on French anyway since the State Department subscribed us to the fantastic Rosetta Stone program and I haven't studied French much before now. Let's hope the learning curve is steep.
Bonne chance a tous mes amis qui cherchent au travail ou qui commencent de nouveaux emplois! (Good luck to all my friends who are looking for work or who are starting new jobs!)
2 comments:
I can hear your grandmother, dad & mom laughing when they see this picture. You come from a family with a great sense of humor. A picture is worth a thousand words, but your story really does add to it.
Love & God bless,
Linda & Wescott family
Carl-nice to have read your blogs. Your mom had pictures at school and I saw them. You got Appleby on them cute! The tomato paste incident looks horrible. Thank goodness it was only tomato paste! Was the dish you made with it good at least? Take care! Your neighbors-Kim, Randy, Nick Randall
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