Buff Nose

I got clearance to go back to my sight this morning from the doctor. He says my nose isn't broken, so I am leaving for Kasama tomorrow morning and then back to site on Saturday. I'll be come out again for five days from September 16 through 22 for a youth career week we are holding in Kasama. Check back in then.

Buff Nose

Village football is always an adventure, and Sunday was no exception. My nose had a collision with the back of someone's head during the match and blood started pooring out everywhere. As I was laying on the side of the field bleeding all over myself with about forty little kids surrounding me, I thought to myself "Man I wish there weren't forty little kids standing around staring at me right now." Suddenly out of nowhere a guy came running up from behind me weilding a tree branch and started swatting at the kids as if they were flys and he was swinging a giant fly swatter. I thanked the guy, stuffed some tissue up my nose and rode my bike the 15 kilometers home. I contacted the medical officer and they told me to come to Lusaka for x-rays. I have been in Lusaka for almost two days now and have yet to actually get x-rays done. Hopefully I can get them done today and get out of here ASAP. That's the only news for now. Hopefully I can post again after I get the x-ray results.

Nothing

Hello people. Everything is good in Africa. I came into Kasama after taking a new volunteer out to Katie Meier's site, since she has gone home for medical reasons. We met with farmers and toured the village. It was weird being in somebody else's house that isn't really anyone's house. After that we came into Kasama for Jeremy, Annie, and Brett's going away party. It was a nialist party, so nothing really happened and nobody really cared. Now I'm in Kasama taking care of a few things before heading back to site tomorrow.

As for site I have been working with the farmers I sent for training in Lusaka to get them rolling on teaching other farmers. I also measured a furrow for another group and have been teaching English at the local school. When I go back I want to start my last visits to all my farmers, so that I have time to get to everyone. I will be back in Kasama some time in September, but I'm not sure of the exact date yet. Happy Patriot's Day if I don't get to a computer before September 11.