My first blog...

Hey guys,

I am starting a blog to keep all of my friends and family updated on my adventures during my 27 month stay (starting June 8th) in Burkina Faso as a Peace Corps volunteer. The program is called Girls Education and Empowerment, and basically I will be working with the community to help more kids (especially girls) into the schools there. I will also be doing after-school programs with the schools...like AIDS awareness or sports clubs. I don't really know exactly what I'll be doing or how I will do it, but I have 3 months of training to learn.
I probably won't have electricity or internet while I'm in Burkina Faso, so I will only be able to update occasionally when I stop in a city at an internet cafe.
That's all I have now. The next time I write I should be in Africa....weird.