Ho Ho Ho

We are well into winter now, and into my 2 years of services. I am now over a third of the way done with my 27 months. It doesn't feel like I've been here that long yet, but we are already talking with the G16 group and answering their questions about Georgia. I remember thinking the group before us must know everything and be so put together when they were answering our questions. I do not feel that way about myself, but when I look back over the last 8 months I've grown so much. Most things here have just become part of everyday life. Things I was worried about when I first came to Georgia I do now without even thinking about them. My language skills aren't great, but some how I get around everyday just fine. We had a PC training and everyone started talking about first memories of each other. It's crazy to think that there was a time when I didn't know the people who are such a big part of my life now.

Stories:
I Believe in Santa-I am trying to talk about my projects more on this blog and not just my travels. This project was really cool to be involved in. This project was done with one of my organizations, Believe. Kids in Poti were picked to write letters to Santa. Those letters were taken to Batumi Hilton and put on a tree. Staff then picked a letter and got the gifts listed on the letter for the kids. With the help of Santa, we delivered all the gifts over three days. The kids were so happy and excited to get their gifts. I really wanted our Santa to give me one good HO HO HO, it never happened. I just kept telling him to be jolly and laugh. Turns out Santa has a different laugh in Georgia then he does in the states. Who knew. Here is a video I made for the organizations youtube channel.  
American Camp and IST-I was able to help at an American Camp in Bakuriani. It was a 10 day camp and I helped with the last 5 days of it. The camp was run by pcvs and Georgians. It is always fun to have both groups working together on projects. We taught the kids about American national parks, movies and songs, other English speaking countries, and dancing. The dancing was the best part for me. The kids really liked it and some of the girls picked it up really fast. We even had them make up their own dance moves at the end. Bakuriani is a ski town so it snowed the whole time we were there. If I had ever learned how to ski I would have loved all the fresh powder, because I haven't I liked watching it snow from the window of my heated room. The day we left camp was the first day of our PC training (IST), so we went right from camp to the PC office. Training was a lot of fun and very useful. It was with both counterparts and PCVs. The last part of training was writing our 8 month action plan. I have so much going on in the next 8 months. I think we have some really great projects coming up.

Because when you go to a summer resort in the winter you play snow tennis.