Okay, I put around half of all my pictures up on facebook, you should be able to view them with these links, enjoy!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045843&id=1567320184&l=351e011b69
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2045844&id=1567320184&l=9c69737467
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Hm
Back in America.
Mixed feelings.
Not ready for the pressures of America again.
Wishing I was still in Cabo Verde.
But excited beyond belief to be seeing my family.
But missing my cape verdean family.
Can't have your cake and eat it too, huh?
Mixed feelings.
Not ready for the pressures of America again.
Wishing I was still in Cabo Verde.
But excited beyond belief to be seeing my family.
But missing my cape verdean family.
Can't have your cake and eat it too, huh?
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Quick update
Good news. By mid Wednesday morning I was feeling a ton better, which was perfect because I got to go to Praia Grande with my friend Sergio! That beach is PERFECT. Perfect perfect perfect.
Today Nelida and I and a couple of our friends went down to Sao Pedro and hiked to the light house and to a cave! It was also spectacular. Here is so beautiful. Sad to leave.
Tomorrow is my last day! Then off to Praia and Fogo!!! Gotta run, no time!
I´ll post pictures and update more when I get home! Or if I have time tomorrow.
SEE YA!
Today Nelida and I and a couple of our friends went down to Sao Pedro and hiked to the light house and to a cave! It was also spectacular. Here is so beautiful. Sad to leave.
Tomorrow is my last day! Then off to Praia and Fogo!!! Gotta run, no time!
I´ll post pictures and update more when I get home! Or if I have time tomorrow.
SEE YA!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Ugh
Today, I am sick. The most sick I have been since I got here. It´s just been me and the bathroom all day long. COME ON BODY. My last week here?!?! Really?!?!
I have my class party tonight. I hope I feel betttterrrrrrrrr.
I have my class party tonight. I hope I feel betttterrrrrrrrr.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Cape Verde keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter. I have never sweated so much--especially when I´m out walking with the sisters. This is resulting in a nasty zit break out. Oh well.
Well I have a week and half left in Cape Verde, Less than a week left in Mindelo, and two days left on English class. Where does time go?!
Everyone keeps asking me if I am going to come back soon and all I can say is, I sure hope so. I´m getting sad realizing that I won´t see so many of these people that I have come to adore for a long time, if ever again. It´s a hard realization. I wish I had a bunch of money and I could come visit whenever I wanted.
I hope I fit in everything I can this week. So far the week should go like this:
Monday: SOS village, lunch at Nelida´s, São Pedro beach, English class, James´ birthday party.
Tuesday: Prison, baking baking baking with sister Goff for my class party, Out with the sister missionaries, and then Classsss party!!!
Wednesday: PRAIA GRANDE. The most beautiful beach! And then Outreach, which is like a young single adult program here.
Thursday: Last lunch with elder and sister goff, Sister missionaries, and present shopping.
Friday: Last trip to Laginha beach, Last lunch with James and Karina, Finish present shopping, pack, Outreach, Final dinner. :(
Saturday: flight to Praia. :( :( :(
BAH, I can´t believe it´s my last week in Mindelo!!!!!
Anyway, last week I went to the SOS village with a peace corp volunteer. It was basically like a day care for children. A place for kids in need to play, eat a meal, and have activities. I´m going to go back on Monday with Nelida for some activities planned for the kids.
I talked to the peace corp volunteer for quite a while and learned all about it. Shoot guys, its looking like I´ll be joining the peace corps after college.
Story from this week. So I was sleeping over at Nelida´s and we had turned the light off, but I needed to check the phone for something. As I was reaching over to get the phone I thought I felt something on my arm, but I dismissed the thought because I assumed it was just one of my bracelets. I then realized I needed the light on, so I got up and turned it on and then looked over to my bed to see a CEM PÈ CRAWLING ON MY PILLOW. A cem pé in english is a centipede I think, or a milipede. In anycase, they are bad here because if they bite you, you get swollen and sick for three days. After I discovered it, and ran out to Cajo (nelidas brother)for him to kill it, but I couldnt remember what they are called so I just kept repeating ´mil, mil (thousand, thousand) cem, cem (hundred, hundred´ and making weird wiggly hand motions. Somehow he knew what I was talking about and he and his dad found and killed it. But now the WHOLE family makes fun of me everyday because of the weird wiggly hand motions I made. Hahaha.
Also, yesterday I went scuba diving again, and saw TWO sharks. Yes, TWO sharks. They were less than five feet away from me. SO cool. They were nurse sharks though, and apparently nurse sharks aren´t even remotely dangerous, so no worries dad.
Um, I´m sure there are a thousand other things that I have to tell everyone, but I keep forgetting because I keep trying to remember the things I have to do in my last week. Sorry! I´ll try to post some pics tomorrow!
Well I have a week and half left in Cape Verde, Less than a week left in Mindelo, and two days left on English class. Where does time go?!
Everyone keeps asking me if I am going to come back soon and all I can say is, I sure hope so. I´m getting sad realizing that I won´t see so many of these people that I have come to adore for a long time, if ever again. It´s a hard realization. I wish I had a bunch of money and I could come visit whenever I wanted.
I hope I fit in everything I can this week. So far the week should go like this:
Monday: SOS village, lunch at Nelida´s, São Pedro beach, English class, James´ birthday party.
Tuesday: Prison, baking baking baking with sister Goff for my class party, Out with the sister missionaries, and then Classsss party!!!
Wednesday: PRAIA GRANDE. The most beautiful beach! And then Outreach, which is like a young single adult program here.
Thursday: Last lunch with elder and sister goff, Sister missionaries, and present shopping.
Friday: Last trip to Laginha beach, Last lunch with James and Karina, Finish present shopping, pack, Outreach, Final dinner. :(
Saturday: flight to Praia. :( :( :(
BAH, I can´t believe it´s my last week in Mindelo!!!!!
Anyway, last week I went to the SOS village with a peace corp volunteer. It was basically like a day care for children. A place for kids in need to play, eat a meal, and have activities. I´m going to go back on Monday with Nelida for some activities planned for the kids.
I talked to the peace corp volunteer for quite a while and learned all about it. Shoot guys, its looking like I´ll be joining the peace corps after college.
Story from this week. So I was sleeping over at Nelida´s and we had turned the light off, but I needed to check the phone for something. As I was reaching over to get the phone I thought I felt something on my arm, but I dismissed the thought because I assumed it was just one of my bracelets. I then realized I needed the light on, so I got up and turned it on and then looked over to my bed to see a CEM PÈ CRAWLING ON MY PILLOW. A cem pé in english is a centipede I think, or a milipede. In anycase, they are bad here because if they bite you, you get swollen and sick for three days. After I discovered it, and ran out to Cajo (nelidas brother)for him to kill it, but I couldnt remember what they are called so I just kept repeating ´mil, mil (thousand, thousand) cem, cem (hundred, hundred´ and making weird wiggly hand motions. Somehow he knew what I was talking about and he and his dad found and killed it. But now the WHOLE family makes fun of me everyday because of the weird wiggly hand motions I made. Hahaha.
Also, yesterday I went scuba diving again, and saw TWO sharks. Yes, TWO sharks. They were less than five feet away from me. SO cool. They were nurse sharks though, and apparently nurse sharks aren´t even remotely dangerous, so no worries dad.
Um, I´m sure there are a thousand other things that I have to tell everyone, but I keep forgetting because I keep trying to remember the things I have to do in my last week. Sorry! I´ll try to post some pics tomorrow!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Yay!
Today is the hottest day that I have experienced here so far. I go out with the sisters in a half hour and I am a little scared about all the sweat that will come. BUT GUESS WHAT?! Today I got a package from Jake!!!!
Packages are seriously the best. Jake included all sorts of freaking cool stuff:
solar powered calculators
Paper
colorful pencils
pencil sharpeners
Colorful erasers
a mini U.S. constitution
Batteries
2 LED Flashlights
A filtered water bottle
And a Quark tactical flashlight (which I am SO excited to use)
Dear Jake, thank you thank you thank you! I have the perfect place for a lot of these school supplies. I´m going to the SOS village this week to work with the children and the peace corps and I am positive they could use a lot of this :)
A quick pic from the weekend:
The past weekend was spent at Nelidas again. We have so much fun. Dance parties galore, food, and the beach :)
PS. there is a water problem in the city and a ton of houses are with out water right now. Our house has been without water for two weeks now. The Goffs ran out today too. AY! Luckily the office and Nelida´s have water for showers and bathroom using.
Packages are seriously the best. Jake included all sorts of freaking cool stuff:
solar powered calculators
Paper
colorful pencils
pencil sharpeners
Colorful erasers
a mini U.S. constitution
Batteries
2 LED Flashlights
A filtered water bottle
And a Quark tactical flashlight (which I am SO excited to use)
Dear Jake, thank you thank you thank you! I have the perfect place for a lot of these school supplies. I´m going to the SOS village this week to work with the children and the peace corps and I am positive they could use a lot of this :)
A quick pic from the weekend:
The past weekend was spent at Nelidas again. We have so much fun. Dance parties galore, food, and the beach :)
PS. there is a water problem in the city and a ton of houses are with out water right now. Our house has been without water for two weeks now. The Goffs ran out today too. AY! Luckily the office and Nelida´s have water for showers and bathroom using.
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