It’s been a long time since my last blog post – how did that happen? I’ve been in Africa for over six months and already it’s starting to seem like two years is a rather short time. These past two months have been filled with a lot of Peace Corps trainings and programs that took me away from my village. It’s great to be eating more normally and hanging out with other Americans, but it also causes my language skills to decay and leaves me feeling a bit disconnected with my purpose here. I’m heading back to village later today, just before the start of Ramadan which begins the evening of June 5 th . I’m sure I’ll have more to say about that later. And I also expect to have more to say about my water projects soon as well. Both grants (one to bring water taps into the village and one to improve the water supply for the women’s garden) are well along in the administrative process. I’m thinking we’ll be in the construction phase in June, inshallah. If you are interested in reading more ab...