...still here

.... still here.

wow, it feels like we've been in Tsumeb foreeeeeeeeeeever ever. it is really nice here as i said, and my host family is pretty sweet too. I have also gotten the chance to get close some people in my group and to miss people properly, but the training here is... interesting. I'm not entirely sure we're getting everything we need here, but we have had some interesting speakers from the legal assistance centre, windows of hope (of unicef), nawalife (the johns hopkins program in namibia), and now we're planning a workshop for the youth in Tsumeb. we initially went out into the community to interview people for needs assessment since we could'nt do the proper 3 month long integrating into the community required for needs assessment... people were pretty interested. its always refreshing to know how much people want to know here... not just about general things but like hte specifics of the biology of HIV/AIDS... something i didn't know at all before i came here (and to be honest don't really know all that much about now). some heads butted when we were trying to plan it, apparently they were annoyed at the inefficiency... but today the workshop turned out allright. tommorow i'm doing the condom demonstration from PHE where we make the kids turn in a circle so they're dizzy while putting a condom on, b/c apparently alcohol is a big problem here. it'll be fun!!! besides that, i'm really really glad i will not have to work with 20 others on site even though i will miss (most of) them. we've been learning oshiwambo daily too, althouhg i don't know ANYTHING except ee-e, and greetings, (ee-e means yes, its pronounced eayyeeeeee, yes drag it out). i had a small crisis the other day when i realized my host family communicates with me even less than i thouhgt b/c of the oshiwambo tendancy to say ee-e to everything. i mean everything, so, they respond to everything they don't understand in english as yes. well my host sister deos even though she does know some english to her credit. the other day we had a picnic for our host families and it was cute. i hitnk my host mom likes me, but honestly i won't know b/c she doesn't speak english. or afrikaans, not that i really know how to speak that at all. so yeahh.. my life at their house.. we pretty much eat mahangu + chicken everyday, but it tastes allright so i can't say that i mind... often i find myself waiting for the dinner b/c i am starving all the time here. the other day i made them chicken curry (i tried making it for one of my trainers, gisella first, although it may have turned out better the first time.), and i think they like it but once again will never know. they did say they were gonna save up and make it, although i had tried to make something that had cheaper ingredients incase they liked it! they are pretty damn good cooks. anyways., sorry this is once again a pretty boring blog entry. the only thing worth writing about that is happening besides the stifling heat and bugs everywhere (EVERYWHERE AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH) is the sunset here. the sensets are GORGEOUS, everyday. i have like 500 pictures of them, will send them home on a cd. anyways, reposting windhoek address, b/c some ppl could'nt find it! let me know how things are going with you all.


ps. have no idea who the guy who transferred is.