Hey!

Sorry it has been so long since an update. Things have been very busy the last few weeks. A delegation came and went. Me and Lukasz took a bus to Turkey to meet them. It was pretty cool traveling but Turkey was pretty intense. Overall the delegation went well. The people were cool and we saw a lot of great people. Most of the villages/camps we visited I had already been to. The last village we visited, I had been to about a week before and had lunch/five cups of tea with our friend who I'll just call Kaka, which basically means sir in Kurdish. When we took the delegation to Kaka's house, we had tea and went around the room to introduce ourselves. When it was my turn, I said I'm from the u.s.a.. Kaka looked at me and said "No, you're from Kurdistan." That was pretty awesome.

Well, I leave in three days. I'm excited to go back home. I'm also sick right now. That sucks bad.

I left Oklahoma eight weeks ago. I don't know how I feel about it. I can't make up my mind whether or not it feels like I've really been gone this long. In some ways yes, in some ways no. I miss home though. But I'm also really happy I'm here. It's going to be weird/bittersweet when I leave.

In other news, I took a hot shower today. Until now the water I showered in came from a tank on the roof, I think so it was never hot, but not really cold. I quit showering when it started cooling down so I was getting pretty gross. It's pretty stupid but I thought in my mind I would just go without a shower instead of taking a cold one. I decided to find a way to heat up water and bathe with it somehow but I never thought of a good way to do that. Then I found out the house I'm in has a boiler on the first floor so I can take a hot shower basically whenever if the boiler is turned on in advance. I think that's pretty funny. I feel sooooooo good right now. It's amazing.


I'll be home in about three weeks. And a delegation is coming next week, so that's cool.

We made shirts for a conference this weekend. Mine says "Make Falafel, Not War" in Kurdish, of course.

The scenery on the way to Rania is beautiful. I'm probably going to pursue a career in modeling when I get back to the U.S.

Chihchun and Sr. Rosemarie.