Hey all,

Things are going pretty well. I am still working on getting around my community and meeting all the different groups. Some of them meet only once or twice a month which is kind of difficult.

Projects that I have been working on are a community newsletter which has advertising from business in the town as well as articles written by community groups about what they are doing or activities they may be having. I am working on the first publication right now and hope to have it done by November 1st.

I am also in the process of starting my first english class for adults. I planned my first meeting to give more information about the program we will be following as it is through an organization called IPEA and the students will have to pay $5.00 for the book. The other volunteer who was in my community, who has since finished her service, told me to expect about 50 people at the meeting. Only 10 people came.....I attributed this to the fact that it was raining cats and dogs on the night of the meeting. However, since then the class has grown to 23 people. I am now working on getting everyone to pay me before I actually order the books.

I have to go because I need to catch my bus back to my site! More to come later!

Much Love!

Emily