First Blog Entry From Georgia!!!

Gamarjoba Megobrebi!

Well, here we are: I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Gori (Stalin's hometown) surrounded by little Georgian kiddies (mostly named Giorgi) playing Counter-Strike. My training site-mate Josh just told me that he automatically is logged into my blog account from his computer across the room, so I guess I'm also speaking to the future strangers who will be accessing my blog/email/bank accounts.

We (Martha and I) are learning Georgian and Teaching Techniques 9 hours a day 6 days a week in a lovely town outside of Gori (which will be kept secret for security purposes), and living with a fantastic host family who are not (for good or bad) forcing wine down our throats. :) They are, however, preparing embarrassingly large and delicious meals for us. Just yesterday, for example, we had a meal at a host familiy who prepared a half dozen dishes, 2 or 3 desserts, with fresh fruit grown 10 feet away, and that was lunch!

The training portion of Service is a touch highschool, with tons of homework, rules and regulations, but Martha and I are doing well. (though I think I could really use a bit of extra work on my verb conjugations.) I've included a couple pictures from the first week of training. I'm going to try to get more time to write later this week, and also see if someone is buying/posting on my accounts. :)

Ciao,

Julien