hi

Hello all! I have had another great week here in Senegal. We had language exams on tuesday and technical exams on wed. i dont know how i did yet but i am sure they went well. I had a tutoring session today with one of the lang teachers and he said that i am doing well. This has been a really busy week. we are coming down to the end of training which is so hard to believe but i cant wait to go to my village.

Today was very relaxing. we had the whole afternoon off. I did laundry, studdied tree species here and organized all my papers. In the evening we hat a street fair. the training center was set up like a little market and we went around to different stations and learned some but mostly we just ate some good food. had bean sandwiches, beignets, juice and kabob type things. then we had a mini dance party half american style and half senegalese style. it was so great but i had to leave to tae the bus home. Tomorrow we are staying at the center even later for dinner and then a talent show. there will probably be dancing involved too. that should be so fun and i cant wait.

This weekend i have big plans too. I am going to st louis with a couple of friends Byrn and Adam. We are going to meet up with some current volunteers who live around there. we are going to explore the city a bit and go to the beach. I am so excited for this too! We are leaving right after school on sat*. we have half days on sat. We will be back some time sunday night.

monday for school we go to dakar to the embasy to do some paperwork... blah. should be good though to see the city, embassy and PC office there. ok i am running out of time but i will try to get back here some time in st louis. :)