Rough Week

So as some of you know last week was a little bit difficult for me. On the way home from In Service Training we got stopped because there had been a bus accident. Three other volunteers were on the bus and luckily they walked away from the accident but many other people weren't as lucky. My friend Chadsey was on the bus and he has a long blog post and pictures on the accident here:

http://peacecorpschadsey.blogspot.com/2010/01/ooooo-here-we-go-slam.html

This was a little disturbing to me because I have to take the bus more often than most PCVs as I am about six hours away from the nearest bank where I have to travel every month.

In addition to that happening two of my friends are now leaving, one for personal reasons and one for safety reasons. My friend who is leaving for safety reasons was my first friend in Peace Corps, she and I met at Logan Airport on our way to Philadelphia for staging. I am really bummed that she has to leave Benin but I am hoping that she will end up somewhere nearby.

The week ended much better than it started, I am now back in Kandi (where we have just acquired a wii!) and yesterday I made chocolate cake with butter cream frosting from scratch to celebrate Tracie's birthday!

I just want to thank those of you who were around to talk me through my tough week, it may have been one of the hardest so far in Benin. I really appreciate your support and I could not be here without it!