Well, we are official volunteers and have moved to our village and are getting settled in. We are very excited about our site, we live in a farming communitiy at the base of some beautiful mountains...we'll try to get our photos uploaded soon! We are having a couple of carpenters in our community build a table, stools, and a shelf. We just got our bedframe yesterday, it's very nice. The picture to the left was taken on our Cultural day, a day that the volunteers cooked american dishes and shared them with the families that hosted us during our training.

We are continuing to learn and adjust to life here. Everything takes longer, from getting our water and treating it, to cooking, cleaning, sweeping, and trying to get used to our surroundings...as well as learn the language. It's a daily challenge, but we are enjoying it! Our neighbors are wonderful, they are helping us every step of the way. They are eager to learn from us too, so it's a nice exchange. We recieved mail today from aunt Jan and uncle Bob, as well as mom, THANK YOU!!! We also got our letter from Jake, it was so nice to hear from everyone and get a peice of home. The internet is slow today, not as slow as moms, but still frustrating ;) I'm going to wrap this post up, but I want to thank you all for your emails and text messages, we are always so happy to hear how you all are doing. Clint's email was HILARIOUS, we laughed so hard reading it, we could picture dad in the woods, it was great. Thank you so much! We hope that you all are doing well, Ryan has learned as much Bemba as we have, we'll look forward to conversing when we come home :) Thanks Jess for sending us coffee and seeds, we can't wait to get the package!! We'll be sending you a citenge soon, so be checking your mail! We love and miss you all so much, thanks again for thinking of us. Peace and love from Africa!