year one

names people call me and i respond too:

-trevor

-travor

-travster

-trav-star

-ocen

-shammy

-Jesus

-Jesus' brother

*pretty sure the last two are because of the current state my hair is in.

things i have done in year one:

-learned to squat comfortably over a hole for a prolonged period of time

-met and become friends with people who are not American

-become friends with amazing Americans that if not for Peace Corps would never have had the opportunity to meet

-somehow learned to order unique foods in a unique language

-eaten strange things including: large rats bought off a roadside stand (having been "smoked" days earlier), ants and every edible part of the cow and goat

-spent Christmas in a village in the middle of nowhere. Amazing family, amazing time

-spear hunting on the Ugandan savanna with around 20 locals

-done several safari's...seeing animals most only dream about

-hung out with a drunk elephant in the middle of a village for over an hour (that's bull-bull. he eats the spent grain the villagers use in making local brew)

-been punched by a mountain gorilla

-spent a weekend at "the source" of the Nile river

-worked with villagers that are grateful, kind and loving

-seen the world is much larger than America

-learned patience

-realized i don't need to own a t.v.

-realized i don't have enough time left