counterpart workshop

hey yall:) im in a big city in the middle of guinea doing a workshop where we meet our guinean counterpart who works for the gov in the sector which we are assigned, mine is agroforestry. i actuallyfound out today that i have two, one man and one woman. we are staying in a hotel in the foothills which is really pretty and most impt, NOT HOT haha. im using a foreign keyboard so typing is slow and there is no exclamation pts. i dont have time for an individual email to all of u bc im on a little 15 min break, so poppa bear, if your reading this, the second cheapest way to call over here is to buy a calling card at wallgreens or cvs. it is super easy or so ive heard and a lot cheaper than just using ur long dist plan w/ cingular. call me ASAP (after 5pm my time plz so ill have my phone on) and tell me what adress exactly u sent the package to, b/c if u sent it to the embassy which matt told me ill prob never get it unless i tell one of the admin people to intercept it immediately. to everyone else: if u send anything, letter or package, plz use the adress ive put on this blog several times. anyway, a lil more about here... super excited b/c there is a generator at this hotel, which doesnt mean a/c, but does mean that when they turn it on after dark we have light. there is also running water, but dont get excited, it is FREEZING cold haha. also, no toilettes, still just squat holes, but they flush...i dont really understand the logistics but ill try to explain it in person when i come back. if either jeff or steph is reading this, i still havent forgotten that u said youd come visit and im holding u to it haha. matt too, u better come and bring kristin too. on sunday we take a bush taxi with our counterparts to our sites for a 3 day visit b/f we return to our training village for 2 more weeks. after that we have a couple of days in conakry to buy stuff for our huts, yes, i will be living in q circular mud hut with thqtched rof hahaha. i have to buy everything i will need except food, like moving into a new appt haha. well, time is running out and i have SO MUCH MORE TO SAY/EXPLAIN. ugghh, frustration haha. well, i am healthy and relatively happy and thriving right now, but well see how it is when i have to leave all my new friends and be in my hut alpne for two years haha. I love all of u and think about all of yall all the time exclamation haha. bye for now till conakry:)