recent happenings

Hello all, This past week has been spent travelling to my site in the upper east to a place called Sandema where I will be for the next two years. I will be working with the Builsia District Assembly which is similar to a local government that works in development of the community through various social and economic programs and assistance. I will be working in business advising and micro finance as well as a variety of other things that will come my way. I had a great first impression of Sandema and I am very excited to get back and start my work there. The people are great, probably the nicest that I have met in Ghana. My house is pretty ridiculous by Peace Corps Standards. I have two bedrooms, a living and dining room, a kitchen with a storage room, and a shower and flush toilet....so I am a little spoiled you could say. My two neighbors are the budget officer of the District Assembly and another who works with the National Board of Small Scale Industries. They are bother great and will help me out alot in my two years. I will write more about Sandema next week after I swear in as an official volunteer....done with training and starting work in Sandema.

Other cool news, this past Sunday my friend Kirstin and I went to a monkey sanctuary where you can walk on trails where monkeys are in the wild. It was alot of fun and I got some good pics. That is about all the news I can think of for now, next week is the end of training and the start of my volunteer experience. If you have any questions feel free to e/mail me. Also happy birthday mom, sorry it is late.