Sainuu

Hope everyone is doing well. I am in the city today planning for a conference that I will be teaching at tomorrow. I decided to sign on and update everyone really quick. There is only 2 weeks left until the swearing in ceremony and everyone is so anxious to hear where they will be for the next two years. I just finished my practice teaching this week. I taught an adult English class with the help of another volunteer. We had a mixed group and it was amazing to see them improve over the three weeks of class. I am really excited to get into my primary teaching though. If you are reading this and want pictures sent to your email. leave your email in a comment or email me at jglenn1182@gmail.com. I will be back in the city in a few weeks and I will send all my pictures out. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Whats up with Jeff!!!!

Hello, I am finally writing in on my blog. It is hard to get to the internet in the town I am currently living in. I am sorry I have not updated before now but here ya go....

So I have been at PST for about 2 months now and things are amazing here. I have finally gotten past the "oh my goodness things are so different here" and now it just seems like another day in the life of. The first week here was hard because even though I tried not to have any expectations it was not what I expected. In addition there was some problems back in America that made it hard to adjust here. Those are taken care of though and all is good. I live in a Ger and it is pretty cool. They say the worst time to live in a ger is during rain. That is okay though because Mongolia usually doesn't get much rain. LOL!!!! Except this year!!! It is okay though my ger has held up very good with only a few water problems. My Host family is really nice to me. They give me space and freedom which is much needed while adujusting to a new culture. They are very friendly people and although we still don't understand most of what we are saying to each other, we have great sign language and motions. There is a holiday here in the summer called Nadaam and it is a fun time where people get together and go watch horse racing, dancing, and the most entertaining for me was the wrestling. My family tried to get me into the wrestling but I didn't do it. I am thinking about doing it next year though. Nadaam was a lot of fun. I can't believe I have already been here two months. This week our training group went through a rough patch. One of our friends in our group had to leave. She has only been gone a day but she was super cool and she will be missed.

I have pictures to post and send out so if you want them sent to you please leave your email address or email me at jglenn1182@gmail.com. Thanks for all the support and I will talk to you later.

Jeff

2 months and Counting

I think back and I remember the day that I recieved my invitation to Mongolia. It seems like it was just yesterday that I came to work excited to share the news. I realized today that I only have two months before I leave and I am still super excited. I think about everything I have to get done during this time and I just know time is going to keep on tick tick tickin away. My last day at my job is going to be May 8 followed by graduation on the 9th. After I have done the graduation ceremony I will be leaveing for Colorado for a week and then California for a week to visit some family for the last little bit before I go. Then I will come back to Oklahoma for a few days and leave on May 31st for San Fran. I cannot wait!!! It has been so great talking to others that will be going with me to Mongolia and I just can't wait to meet them and hang out. I just think the attitudes that I have seen so far our team is just going to ROCK!!!! Well I am going to go think about packing. Thanks for reading.

-Jeff

Space Saver Bags

I finally got them...the Space Saver Vac bags. I even tested them out last night and they worked like a charm. In one of the carry on bags I packed up my big winter coat and it smashed it down to almost nothing. In the Extra Large bag I put my bed spread and three pillows and once again it smahed it down. I can't wait to pack for Mongolia. I am going to have so much fun. Fellow volunteers you should get a set of these bags. I got mine at QVC.com. They were only 31.00 for 15 bags. GREAT DEAL!!!

Sunday/Funday

So today was such a nice day. I sat outside on the patio and just relaxed in the sun. I read some of my book and just took it easy. It was such a great day and since I missed an hour it was nice just to relax.

Almost half way there

Well it is coming up on the middle of the semester and I am very happy about that. I am excited because I am almost done and about to get out of here. Everyday that passes I get more and more excited for the next adventure (MONGOLIA). I am getting my wisdom teeth extracted in March at the end of the month so that won't be any fun but I have to do it. Well thanks for reading!!! Have a great day!!!

Shopping List

So i finally got a packing list for my move to Mongolia. I need a few things and I am really suprised I dont need more. I should be able to get the rest of the stuff I need for about 200-250.00. I was wondering if the Space saver bags that you vacuum all of the air out and it shrinks really work as well as they say they do? If anyone knows will you please post and let me know how they work.