Catching up on my PC, EC Adventure

Giving you all a glimpse of my Caribbean adventures... Opps, i probably should have started this months and months ago when i left for this Peace Corps extravaganza. But I didn't. O' well. I had know idea that I was going to have a lap top and internet right in my living room. So now I will write. (and post some pics., a few persons have been asking about)

I'll give you a quick jist of things so far, so then future blogs, i hope will make sense. I'll back track a bit too because I already have some great island hopping adventures behind me.

I live on a tiny Caribbean island called St.Kitts, and yes it is a beautiful vacation destination for many, and yes, it is also a developing country. The tourism industry does quite well at showing people what they want to see though. So if you vacation to St.Kitts you might only be seeing a tiny bit of the culture. Not to complain though, I live in a pretty neat place.

I work in Old Road Village and live on the Green Tree Project. My job description is a genral, Community Devlopment Worker, for my area. After months of frustrations and realizations i'm coming to understand my place within this whole experience.

My work seems to change from day to day and i just try to flow and play. I get to choose when, where and how i want to work but that still depends muchly on how people here take my being around. I'm constantly inspired to start new projects too... work with youth, elderly, women...what to do...?

Some things I do pretty regularly, if regularity here is ever allowed. Other projects are here and thier, and coming along, and going no where. And well thats just the reality of Community Development work, you never know whats going to take off. Here are some activities i occupy myself with (but it all can change so fast):

-Three days a week i teach remedial reading, to 14 fun loving kids, at the primary school.
- After setting up the school library i also do the librarian duties trying to make sure all the kids go home with a book each week and bring them back. I'm always looking for more books and donations for our tiny but growing library too.
- I help out with Girls Brigade at the Methodist church on Monday nights. A rambunctious group of girls eager to protrude themselves onto the world, a.k.a. a handful
-I help keep the brand new Community Center Library running and play the librarian with a local kid on Satuerday mornings. Tuesday and Thursday evenings I'm most likely at the Community Library too.
- I play with toys (spinning, type flagy, things and such) on Thursdays, but that is sorta post-poned at the moment, as library work and the Cubans have gotten in the way. (strang story...)
-Sundays i go to church, which is no light matter here. Between 3 to 6 hours, but they praise like no other, and so i enjoy the experience.
-I spend lots of time going to different meetings with the Ministry of Community Development, or Peace Corps, or in my community. Lots of errand running and planning, workshops... Summer is coming up and it'll be camp for kids time...

I've come to the realization that i can write for ever and ever about this hole experience but I suppose i should be out experiencing it too right and you the reader would get board quite fast. So Ill try to blog just the favorite of my happenings.