Sunday, July 10, 2011 Since my last entry (which I wrote several weeks ago but didn’t get around to posting until now) there have been several major advancements in my project, and a major work/fun week. First the project update: After returning from the VAST training in Rabat I needed to pick up the data [...]

June 5, 2011 Well I just got back from a full week in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco and home to Peace Corps Headquarters. Arriving last Saturday, the work week started with a Sunday-Monday ToT (Training of Trainers), where we were the ones being trained to work a health table at the Gnaoua music [...]

This is the first of many back logged updates I will be posting this evening. I will not be fulfilling all of the teasers from the last post but at least this one will have a major cooking portion. Read up and enjoy. The most recent post without a date attached was written today.   [...]

That is right, every bite of the meal contains a piece of bread and most of the meal consists of potatoes...

And we’re back! Since the last time I posted an updated a great deal has happened.  For starters, not long after my last post I finally decided my nagging wrist pain needed a real checking out. It had been about two and a half months since arriving in country, and still not feeling it get [...]

16 May 2010 Sorry I haven’t updated in a while. I could go back and do a summary update of everything that’s been going on the past several weeks, but I’d rather just start fresh with the thoughts of today. Riding in a taxi full of PCVs, some brand new like myself, others on their [...]

Starting just before our last hub (hub is when we go back to ouarzazate) we began being invited over to each host family for tea after school. While we had already had tea at most of the houses just by chance, this time it was planned so there was a good deal of preparation that [...]

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30/3/2010 Email turned blog post: Apparently Morocco is one of the most desired programs and I can tell why. We are well funded and strongly supported by the Moroccan government. There are about 250 volunteers in Morocco split between four categories: Youth Development, Small Business Development, Rural Community Health, and Environment. My training stage totals [...]

Hi Max, Grandma and I just watched your pictures on the blog. I am able to bring my laptop over to her house. She said when she saw your first pictures. "I Darling" She is really happy to have seen where you are and what you look like. Grandma says she loves you and prays for you everyday. She likes the looks of all your friends. And of course she misses you. Hope you get this msg. We all send our love to you. Good Luck. Will wait to hear from you again. Love Grandma and Barbara

p.s. max, I will consider you a failure if you do not sacrifice at least 1 sheep during your time in morocco.

hey, i've been to Ouarzazate. While you're out there you have to go to Merzuga. It is sick. Sand dunes like out of some crazy science fiction book.

Hi Max, I love your blog, Max and will be checking in to see what new adventures you are having. I have also read your friend's Caity's blog and have subscribed to it. Didn't see a place where I could subscribe to yours...but have bookmarked it and will check in frequently. I am very impressed with what you are doing. I will share your blog with Elliott when I see him next week. He is in LA right now with Megan for Passover with her family. I met your girlfriend at your mother's Cabi party last week. Very beautiful. Take Care, Nancy

19/3/10 So who would have thought there would be other perfectionists in the Peace Corps? Well my perfectionist tendencies were well satisfied today with my CBT’s community map. Straight roads (bending reality), perfect color-coded buildings, palm trees, and even a compass rose and distance scale. This map is just one part of our community analysis [...]

(Hopefully my post titles will become more creative…) Day 13 Wow, only 13 days? (tltash, I’m supposed to be memorizing numbers 0-1000 tonight so I might as well practice) It feels as though months have gone by, and with how much I have seen, done, and learned they may as well have.  I am currently [...]

Sorry about the scattered sentence structure and grammar, just trying to give a quick update on a lot of information right now: Since I arrived in Philadelphia for Staging on Feb. 28th it has been hard to keep track of where we are or what day it is. (Doesn’t help that the date on my [...]