Well, as many of you know there has been another round of protesting from the New Deal that the government is trying to push through. I am not able to go into details as anything I write here would be considered journalism and could land me in trouble. All I can say is that despite some harrowing experiences all of the volunteers have remained safe.
Currently many of the volunteers in the problem areas are consolidated. This includes all the people who currently live on the Dodola-Goba road. We are in Hawassa keeping up with people in our site as best as we can, and monitoring the situation with PC. Currently the earliest we are expected to go back to site would be Thursday. Until then it is nice hotels paid for my the PC, per diem, American food, a lake, and plenty of partying. If you couldn't tell from my last post, the monotony of site was really beginning to get to me. Being in this city has done a lot to relieve my boredom and stir craziness.
For those of you who are interested, there is an interesting article on NewsVice about what is happening. Please keep our friends and coworkers in mind as they have to navigate this dangerous time where they live. Truly we are much more worried about them than we could possibly be about ourselves.
On a different note it is a bittersweet time for many of us as some fellow PCVs are finishing their service. The last of the G8 volunteers are on their way out, with one exception, and we wish them all the best. It is exciting for them to move on and get to the next phase of their life, but they will be missed from our PC family.
P.S. I want to say to Danny's family, thank you for the Christmas card. It was so nice of you to think of me, and I am glad you have been reading my blog. I got it the day before we were removed from site so I have not had a chance to send anything back to you. But, know I appreciate the thought and I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
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