Brett Back In School

I have now finished my time overseas and have been home for almost two years now. I've decided to go to Palmer Chiropractic College as a means to create a career for myself. I miss the traveling, but the hope is that I'll be able to afford to travel all I want in my nearish future.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Up in the Northwest

Hello all-
I'm currently in Solwezi, Northwestern Province visiting some friends of mine. Annie, Devin, and I left Northern Province a few days ago and made the obnoxious 15 hour trek up here. That was actually pretty fast.
Life has been fairly quiet as of late. Since we are in the rainy season, the farmers I work with are all busy in their fields and don't have time to work with me. I've been struggling to get three appointments made per week. As far as success in the realm of fish farming is concerned, one of my farmers just harvested 185 kgs of fish after harvesting three of his ponds. This is the highest amount I've ever heard of and he was able to make a ton of money whilst having protein to provide his family with. Sometimes it gets frustrating doing this work and one begins to reconsider the effectiveness of what we do, but after a harvest like that, it reconfirms why I'm here.
In a week or so, Annie and I are hosting the second site visits for the volunteers that will become our neighbors in April. That will bring the grand total of Mporokoso (where I am) based volunteers to 5. So, despite the fact that we're out in the boonies up there, we'll have a good number of people to hang out with. Now we just have to cross our fingers that they're a fun group of people.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to post new pictures in a month or so on my way to Malawi for Easter. Until then, take care of yourselves and I look forward to talking with you in the future.