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Happy New Year!
Better late than never. I had a great time in Jarabacoa. I has been fairly rainy and cold lately, so on Saturday I finally broke down, went to Santiago, and bought a coat. I went to about 30 stores and found 1 coat. Not one type of coat,but literally, one coat. One heavy coat...there were plenty of jean jackets, but nothing but this one for actual cold weather. It would not have exactly been my first choice if there had been options, but it is definitely preferable over being cold every morning, night, and whenever it rains.
Check out this site: www.27charcos.com and you can see where Im going in 2 weeks for a meeting. We have regional safety meetings a few times a year at different peoples sites in our region, so Im lucky that this just happens to be where my meeting is and we can jump off of waterfalls after. Tough break, huh?
Shortly after that, I will be heading back to Santo Domingo for a few days because in February marks the 45th anniversary of the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. All the PCVs that have ever served here are invited, but right now, they expect about 150-200 to come and there are going to be several events, although Im not sure exactly what yet. There will be a mini-artesan fair so I will be selling coffee again, but it will not be the headache of last time, as there is only one table for all of us in coffee, so I will be working with other volunteers instead of my project partner. Im looking forward to it and it will be interesting to meet some of the volunteers who have served here in the past.
Right now, besides my diagnostic, Fior (the secretary at the Association) and I are working on some office problems, namely updating all the loan amounts to the growers of the associations. As there isnt usually electricity to use the computer, we have to maintain manual accounts as well, but the former secretary did not keep up with them so we have got ourselves a big headache trying to work out how much each socio owes. This is something she could do by herself, but its peak season for coffee and this is a headache on top of the regular work of the office. I think we will finish up soon, but I can safely say there wont be a lack of projects for me here during the next 2 years.
Posted by katie on January 15, 2007 02:53 PM | Permalink
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Comments so far:
So miss coffee oficianado...is the coffee good? I think you should send me some so I can try it. I will make Rhae and Galen and Bubba jealous....
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Posted by:
Cory |
January 16, 2007 05:46 PM
Hey Katie! Greetings from Kansas. I am on break from my photography class, and I thought I would visit your site. Its neat to read your blogs and see what you have been doing. I hope your experience has been great so far...we miss you in Kansas, and hope to see you soon!
Love your cousin! Jennifer
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Posted by:
Jennifer McDermeit |
January 22, 2007 04:19 PM
Well, I hope you have a great time diving off some waterfalls. That's ridiculous. And I wish I could have gone shopping with you for that one coat. Sounds like an adventure. :)
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Posted by:
nico |
January 22, 2007 10:50 PM
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