sorry its been so long

So its been a while since my last post. I got really busy in May. I survived my first year in the Armenian schools. Not that there is something dangerous about Armenian schools, which could be inferred from me using the verb survive. But it was a challenge, that is what I wanted to convey with the verb survive. I met all of the challenges. A major challenge was,and is, the language barrier. But I have worked hard on my Armenian and have seen it improve. Not any huge leaps, but bits and bits of improvements. I also met the challenges by teaching health and english. I have also done leadership mentoring and have started to do a bit of small business advising. And the summer is filled with opportunities as I have many summer camps to work. And I am also really excited to be able to go home for a couple of weeks. It will be a good summer with a good year put behind me.

felt like a RA today

For three years as a RA I put up hundreds of flyers about events I was doing in the residence hall. Today I posted several flyers in my school advertising a seminar a fellow Peace Corp Volunteer is doing along with her Armenian counterpart. They are going to come talk about education and work opportunities for girls in Armenia and abroad. After I put up the flyers all the girls seemed really excited about it. And unlike residence hall which have been saterated by flyers by RAs for many years, my school has not been and the flyers got a lot of attention. I am really excited about the seminar, hopefully we will have a good turnout. And it felt good to be a bit of a RA again today.