Ok one of my friends sends me 10 questions a letter she gets from a book. I am posting this because other than a few random projects I have been helping on I really have nothing new to post here. I have been in country for over a year now, and not much surprises me [...]

Well sorry I have not posted anything for a while.  No real reason for not posting anything, other than just being lazy.  I wish I had some new great story, but nothing too great to tell.  Let me see, I have an infestation of  mosquitoes. Now this is not some silly little infestation.  I manage [...]

You ever had one of those days where you swear animals can sense what is happening and what you are trying to do to them.  Well a few days ago I noticed that we had adopted several mice involuntarily at our transit house.  Now I am not saying I mind mice I just get really [...]

Well I have been getting some mail suggesting (rather forcefully) that I need to update my blog.  So here is the boring story that is my life.  Since my last post I have been in Kombo a lot.  We had a boat cruise on the 3rd of July for the 4th.  It was the only [...]

Well what can I say I have been at site for nearly 6 months. A lot has happened and a lot is just about to start changing. For the last 5 months it has been mind numbingly hot. I mean wow. No rain, no clouds, no break. Oh it would cool off at night. It [...]

“The Five People You Meet In Heaven” Author: I forgot (go figure) 5of 5 (A must read) This book is truly awesome. It sort of reminds me of “The Shack”. At the risk or ruining a good book I will say no more about the actual plot of the book. It is just one of [...]

Report   Rank: PCV   Name: Yaayaa Dremmeh   Mission: Destroy ant colony in Jonkongo (Back yard, Bath Area, Toilet)   Remarks: With the scent of Bayonet still clinging to my nose, I crunch through yet one more m & m. What an interesting evening this has been. I had not planned on starting a [...]

Ok, well this most recent sickness was real pain.  I was at site with my usual work load a whole bunch.  I have a garden that needs water, ducks that need a new home and a new pond, and i need to collect more tree seeds for a live fence i am building.  I was [...]

This month has been a month has been tough.  I have lost 2 things that i had come to care about. The first of these things was a dog.  Now when i came to this country i had no intention of getting a dog or owning one while i was here.  There were just too many [...]

Ok, I have a request.  I would like the second book in the Left Behind series.  The title is Tribulation Force.  Please somebody puts dibs on it and that way i only end up with one copy.  Thanks. More Spiritual Book Experiencing God It is by Richard Blackaby. 5 of 5 It is an excellent book.  It will [...]

Ok so I have lots of time to read books, so if you want to have conversations about books. I am going to list the ones I have read while at site and I will give you my thoughts. Most of the books will fall in one of 2 categories. One category [...]

Ok well just in case any of you care since being in country. I have had food poisoning twice. The first time was back in Camp Tendaba. Camp Tendaba is where we went for group training, back when I was in training village. It seems so long ago when I put [...]

(Big Daddy Reference) (I know somebody out there did not get it and I felt bad so yea. Go watch it I enjoyed it) Meat here is a crap shoot. If you are in village it is even sketchier. I have eaten hippo since I arrived at site. I could not tell [...]

Ok, Peace Corp The Gambia (PCTG) does a great job of taking care of us. They give us an awesome med kit that is fully stocked with all kinds of fun treats. They will hook us up with Gatorade, (your hard earned tax dollars at work my friends) and believe me I used [...]

Ok, I have been debating about this all week and i have decided to run with it.  You will see why in other posts, but as far as this post is concerned.  I say step up, and by that i mean.  I want to be the volunteer with the most visitors.  That is right i [...]

Ok I have several new posts to get up here, and in the interest of not having access to internet very often I have chosen to have this blog site post periodically. This does a couple of things one. It allows me to appear like I am actually here more often than I [...]

Ok, well as of tomorrow I am headed up to my site for 3 month challange.  I have sworn in and I am officially a Peace Corp Volunteer.  So that means I actually have to start acting like one.  My mailing address for the next 2 years is basically the same, but instead of putting [...]

Hey, What a crazy 2 months.  Time here is just plain weird.  The days seem like years and months feel like minutes.  I have been in a huge hurry just to sit and wait.  If I appear to be talking crazy, join the peace corp and you will understand completely.  I thought that the things [...]

Well here is what has been going on for the last two months.  I have been living in a Training village working on my language and technical training. 6:30 am get up 6:45 go to garden and water 7:15  sit and read bible 7:45 greet family for the morning 7:55 leave for class 8:00 language class starts 9:30 lunch break 10:00 class 12:00 break 1:00 [...]

Well here is what is new and kickin.  As of tomorrow at 7 am I leave for up country.  I have had a crazy week.  We have been doing everything from language to tech training.  The days have been long and hard but I cannot complain. The language I will be learning is Mandinka.  I [...]

Well here is goodbye.  I am sorry to say, but my earlier post with address is no good.  I miss read the email and that address will only be good for a couple of days. Adios, Matt

Opening Well I am going to give this blogging thing a try. I will hopefully use this site to keep everybody up to date on what is happening in my peace corp life. I will start by giving everybody the information that I already have. First of all, Yes I am extremely excited to be joining [...]

You subscribe to this blog.  Not because the grammar is horrible and the spelling is worse, but because this will maybe be where I end up posting all of my Peace Corp information