I still have no idea where I’m going to be going or what I’m going to
be doing. The Peace Corps is not telling me anything and I’m finding
out things from other volunteers which is not cool. There is a
possibility that I may just be coming home. Which would be sad, but I
think the decision has been made that I can no longer stay in Kirsi
(at the very least, and I think mostly having to do with my lack of
job there as much as the security threat). Which I’m very sad about. I
hope these pictures work, we can’t see jpegs on these computers so I
switched them over (ok, so it’s just one picture for now, I’ll try
sending others later when the internet connection is not as flaky).
I’m hanging out in Ouaga right now, going to maybe head up to Mali and
then back to the states. But we’ll see, I’m still holding out and I’m
still considering going to a new site, although I have no idea where
that might be. I’m just worried that I’m going to have one of those
meetings where a bunch of decisions have been made and it’s less of a
meeting and more of an informational session. I do not like those.
Anyways, the situation for those of you who do not know is that I was
confronted in a very violent manner at my house by one of my former
students last june. He has a lot of issues and had several incidents
with other people, including one confrontation where he pulled a knife
on someone. He’s currently living in a house which he broke into and
is altogether not a good person to have in my village. The villagers
are doing everything that they can, but unfortunetly the Peace Corps
thinks it’s still not a good situation for me, and they’ve stopped
listening and I think made their decision.
So not the funny email I wanted to send, I’m not in the mood right
now. I’ll get around to writing that, I promise, life here, is as
always, interesting. But in a brief summary that’s what’s up with me.
Take care everyone!
