Oops

Ok so i probably should have been keeping this up but since i have been here, i never really have a desire to get on a computer. I have an internet phone that serves me well, so i hope to make a daily thing out of this. I guess not only for other people to read and see what is going on but also so i can go back and remember what all has happened while i was in zambia for two years. Im not much for journal writing but we will see where this goes.

So i got into country on february 23rd of 2008 and its nearly february of 2009...nearly a year in country. Since we have two months of training, our service didnt actually start until april, so i wont be done until april of 2010. But if its been nearly a year in country now, everything else is bound to go by just as quick.

So right now, i am sitting in the house of one of the shop owners in masansa. He lives right in town and has electricity so i get to charge my phone and ipod whenever im in town, which is several times a week. The electricity isnt the most reliable, its gone off three times since ive been here this morning, but its so much better than nothing. Im here earlier than i usually am because it is the rainy season right now and since the sun was shining, i decided to beat the rain and get here. Nothing like biking trying to get home in the pouring rain! But it would be so nice for the sun to stay out all day. Its been mostly cloudy lately which can be depressing sometimes. What i wouldnt give to even be in the hot season again. At least once you get done sweating, it dries and you dont feel so gross. But during the rainy season, you sweat and its so humid that it takes forever for it to dry, so you feel gross, it feels gross to be wearing sweaty clothes, you just feel slobbish. And then it rains on you. So you have a mixture of sweat and rain on you. Now its time to wash those clothes! You get that gross mixture out of your clothes, but then because of the humidity and lack of sun, it takes forever for clothes to dry. What i wouldnt give for a washer and drier!

But life isnt as bad as it may seem. It just takes some getting adjusted to. Each season brings a new challenge, so i need to face this one as well and it will be just ok!

I know my writing is a little spastic going this way and that, but i hope to make sense and explain what is going on here as well as possible. Also, i want to remind everyone that its always good to get mail over here. It definitely doesnt have to be a package...unless you are in a really giving mood. Just a letter, email or anything helps! If you dont know it, or have lost it, here is my address again:

Phil Bradley PCV
PO Box 840038
Mkushi, Zambia
Africa

Well i think i should maybe go to my school or something. Either tonight or tomorrow, ill write something else. Who knows! Hope all is well!