Alive and well down on the farm in Gokje
Hi everyone,
It has been a while since I have gotten the opportunity to actually sit down and post something to the blog since I have been here. As you may or may not know I am now living in a town just to the west of Ashgabat, called Gokche. I am living with a host family that has now four cows, they killed one last week in celebration of Turkmenistan's Independence day, which is October 27. I get up every morning and feed the cows and muck the stalls, thankfully I have yet to have the pleasure of milking the cows.
I am working in School 18 within Gokche working with all different age groups. I have already started teaching practice lessons, organized and ran a camp with the other Gokche volunteers, and have started beggining planning a teacher training session and a number of clubs. Plus with working six days a week, we stay busy whether it is learning language or in the classroom.
Learning the language is coming along. The basic grammar of Turkmen I understand, now I just need to build up my vocabulary. Wish me luck. I will find out where I will be placed for the next two years in three weeks. I will definetly let you all know as soon as I find out what my new address will be after December.
Thank you to all of you that have sent letters already. If you have any juicy questions that I havent answered in this post, please write me a letter. It takes about 2 1/2 weeks for the mail to get here, so just be patient with my response.
Peace
Chris
"Remember its not about you, its about how open you let yourself become."
-Matt Cregor 2005-
It has been a while since I have gotten the opportunity to actually sit down and post something to the blog since I have been here. As you may or may not know I am now living in a town just to the west of Ashgabat, called Gokche. I am living with a host family that has now four cows, they killed one last week in celebration of Turkmenistan's Independence day, which is October 27. I get up every morning and feed the cows and muck the stalls, thankfully I have yet to have the pleasure of milking the cows.
I am working in School 18 within Gokche working with all different age groups. I have already started teaching practice lessons, organized and ran a camp with the other Gokche volunteers, and have started beggining planning a teacher training session and a number of clubs. Plus with working six days a week, we stay busy whether it is learning language or in the classroom.
Learning the language is coming along. The basic grammar of Turkmen I understand, now I just need to build up my vocabulary. Wish me luck. I will find out where I will be placed for the next two years in three weeks. I will definetly let you all know as soon as I find out what my new address will be after December.
Thank you to all of you that have sent letters already. If you have any juicy questions that I havent answered in this post, please write me a letter. It takes about 2 1/2 weeks for the mail to get here, so just be patient with my response.
Peace
Chris
"Remember its not about you, its about how open you let yourself become."
-Matt Cregor 2005-
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