I'm not sure what to say to sum up life here for the last few months, but things are going well. I love my village and I'm looking forward to working with the community. So far I have spent most of my time in village becoming part of the community and learning as much as I can.

People from my community have taught me a lot. For example, I now know how to collect dung (not as easy as you think), carry it on my head over a river and up a giant mountain and then start a fire with it.


Since I couldn't possibly tell you everything that has happened over the last few months, here are some highlights:

The intense wind blew off part of my roof, which left the inside of my house only slightly less windy than the dust bowl.

Mateanong got a 6 inch snow in September, which came in with such violence that I thought the world might end. (I measured the accumulation by the amount of snow on back of the sheep outside my window.)

I walked 30 miles in one day...long story.

I accidentally attended a funeral...

I killed 2 mice with my laundry detergent...

While I was standing in my doorway holding a butter wrapper wondering what to do with it a dog came out of no where and attempted to eat my hand along with the wrapper. (Don't worry Dad, the skin wasn't broken so I don't have rabies.)

Khotso!

This is the first time I've had internet access in the last four months (I'm in Maseru for training) so there is so much to say! I'll have to come back later over the next week or so and give you more information, but I wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about you.

I've been in Lesotho 6 months now and at my site for 4 months and I'm really enjoying my time here. I feel incredibly blessed to have been placed in such a wonderful community. (I'll post pictures in the next week or so.)