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hey everyone. my week here in the zambian capitol of lusaka is just winding down as our in service training has ended. its been quite interesting...seeing all of my friends from training that i havent seen in three months plus meeting a bunch of other ones from different intakes/programs. also we had many training sessions that were interesting on topics like beekeping, organic farming, etc.

lusaka is feeling almost like being in america, kinda, sorta. theres tons of stores here like shopping malls at home, great resturants, grocery stores and even a movie theater where we saw the borat movie yesterday. so this past week has been very surreal and felt kind like being back home-ish. we even hung out at the marine base the other day (there are six marines stationed in zambia to protect the embasy). they have a great house with many ammenities peace corps doesnt have (pool, pool table, bb court, etc). its been great, much fun being here but i wont mind returning to my site. theres just a few weeks up there before i'll head off to namibia for christmas vacation, so it will be good to put some work in and get back on my bike. i've just begun my work with creating ponds for the school so i want to leave them with some stuff to do over my x-mas break.

also my house is finnaly finished! its great, i like it too much and its quite comfortable. what a wonderful starter home in the middle of nowhere. most likely ill be posting some pictures on here when i'm back through lusaka on the way to namibia.

thats about it. take care, stay safe and make sure whatever your doing that you have some fun and laugh each day.