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Santa Claus

Getting ready to make my appearance as Santa Claus at the French School in my town.
Hanging out with my Boy Scout Troop

I was a troop leader with this Boy Scout Troop in my town.
Peace Corps Feet

I sent this home and my family was mortified, not because of the dirty feet, but the unshaved legs!
Esteban Wakes Up

Esteban was an awesome cat and probably accounted for a few thousand of my photos during my service. Here is he waking up.
Shopping at the mall Yemen 1976

1976 Shopping in "Souk", Covered Marketplace, near Mokha, Yemen where Mokha coffee was originally exported to Europe in 17th century.
The Rains

The rains were welcomed by all after months of hot, dry, and dusty days. The children loved hanging out in my house and making popcorn while it poured or standing on my porch to play games during the light rains.
Sweet Shoes

Every Peace Corps Volunteer misses a favorite food that is not easily available in their host country. I missed chocolate! My aunt knew this and she mailed me a 5lb Hershey chocolate bar, A five pound chocolate bar was quite the attraction in my small town, so we used it as a raffle item to raise funds for the school auditorium we were building. This building project was my Peace Corps Partnership project,. The Parent Teacher Committee was working hard to raise funds in Nicaragua to matc...
Teacher Amanda with students

Taking a break with students, in between classes
Funning with bikes

My host brother and I were just funning around, taking silly pictures.
Learning how to weave carpets

While in Morocco I learned how to make two types of carpets. This is a pile/knotted carpet, almost always woven in red, sometimes with black designs. The looms were set up in women's homes so they could work whenever they had a chance. The women sold the carpets in the local market, or kept them for their own use. This type of carpet would take several weeks to complete.

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