Still Alive

Hey all.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been quite busy indeed facilitating community needs assessments, various workshops, and other useful tools for community involvement and social science research...thank you Evergreen!

Anyway, I hope to be able to post some pictures here in a few weeks of me and a few friends, my buddy Magnus, who is my Afrikaans trainer, and a few other things you may find of interest.

I am quite safe...despite being robbed at knifepoint. Do not worry, they only took my watch, N$400, and my lunch. Ok, I undestand the money and the watch...but my lunch!?! Give me a break. I was hungry! Oh well, what can you do? It was quite a funny experience, I had to go home and just laugh. What else could one do in such a situation? The lunch was merely the icing on the cake.

Anyway, I'm just on a quick break, thought I'd sneak away and let everyone know that I am indeed doing fine and loving Namibia. I am in Grootfontein until December 29th, and then back to Okahandja. I will not be at my permanent site until January 9. Hooray! So excited to get this going, looking forward to getting my life in order in Keetmanshoop. However, I cannot complain, being able to travel around the country over the past few weeks has been a very valuable experience, one that I would not have traded for anything.

So, in short. I hope everyone is doing well. Keep in touch. Thank you for the birthday notes. Wish I could have had more time to respond to them. It was great to hear from everybody. I'll give a shout out to Jojo. Thanks for the nice long letter buddy, I miss ya man!

Lotsa love going out to my American friends and family. Peace out and keep it real y'all.

Sethman