The Good, Bad and Ugly!

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to give a quick update on what's happening in Bulgaria. On Thursday, I found out that I'll be placed in Tryavna for the next 2 years. I'll be working mainly in an orphanage of approximately 70 children, where I'll be organizing after-school programs, sporting activities, teaching English, and other activities. I will also be working in the municipality and secondary school to organize activities for youth and adults living in the community. I'm pretty excited about Tryavna because it's a tourist town nestled below the mountains in south central Bulgaria. My counterpart is really nice, so I think there will be a lot of opportunities to do projects that I'm envisioning.

On the flip side of things I have bad news. On Wednesday I fractured my left patella playing basketball with children in my host site, so now I'm on crutches. Right now, I'm expected to be in a cast for the next 6 weeks, and hopefully surgery will not have to be performed. In 2 weeks I have to travel to Sofia for a re-evaluation to see if surgery is needed, and if not hopefully I will be put in a soft cast.

Other than that things are going well. Training is still intense, but that's expected. In a couple of weeks my group will be having our day camp for the community youth which should be really fun, at least for them. I am still a little interest to know what my modified role is going to be since I now am using an assistive device! Hopefully next time I'll have some good pictures to post from my permanent site and the day camp.

Until next time,

Peace, Love, and Understanding...