Reality Sinking In

It is starting to hit me how much of a culture shock this is going to be! I'll probably be the only American for many miles around, unless there happens to be another service person from like the Peace Corps around.  I'll be living with Namibian teachers, in a Namibian village, potentially kilometers from the nearest paved road! How cool is that?!

Bunk 5 girls from Hawkeye will appreciate this--I am guaranteed to have have water wherever I am placed, however, any sort of heat in that water is highly unlikely.  So cold showers for six months.  Used to that, at least!

Apparently, there are huge spiders EVERYWHERE! Harmless ones, but still... HUGE. and EVERYWHERE, according to the volunteer, Hannah, who I interviewed with. She has been a huge help with planning my packing list! Thank you, Hannah!

Note: I write in a very spastic, train-of-thought kind of way.  It may end up being hard to follow, but I'll do my best to at least break up the paragraphs into separate ideas. No promises.

Big Payment Coming Up!

I am heading to Namibia in 44 days, 21 hours, and 41 minutes. Thank goodness for count-down apps!

However, there is a very large hurdle I have to overcome before this blog will become interesting or meaningful. 

I have to pay for the trip to get there. It will cost me $4990 through WorldTeach, plus another $1000 for vaccines, supplies and visas etc. I am working as much as many hours as I can substitute teaching, babysitting, teaching swimming lessons, lifeguarding, and filling out grant applications etc, so that I can put every penny toward traveling to Africa to teach students full time, and provide extracurricular experiences in theater to students infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.  

YOU CAN HELP!!! Donate at  https://www.kintera.org/site/c.buLRIbNOIbJ2G/b.6150667/k.E809/PayDonate/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp?c=buLRIbNOIbJ2G&b=6150667&en=jsJMJUNDKbLIKVNCJhKQJUNFKgJXKfMSLjJSJaMRJiJQL6NMKoI7H. Any donations before the end of November will be the most helpful, since that is when the largest payment is due!

Thanks for your support!