what i did today

i spent my morning making this big tree with apples, kind of like "the Giving Tree"...
someday if i can get my hands on a copy of it, i'll try to translate that book and read it to the kids!
all the apples will have pictures of my youngest students at K#1 on them and it will be hung up and hopefully used again next year. not as exciting as the birthday cake poster- but i had a good time listening to the band "fun." and watercoloring paper that's not meant for it:)

after making this then bringing it down to the kindergarten #1, i made my rounds throughout noyemberyan and finally had a meeting with the head of the environmental/forestry NGO called "Verelk". it's funny, by now you might think i'd have met just about everyone and met with every organization in this town-- but i've been meeting new people weekly who have great ideas for projects... apparently, i can't say no. (and i wouldn't want to- this people have had really good ideas and even plans of how to do it)

so, with today being the last day of school for a lot of the kids- i see many peace corps volunteers getting ready for their break of class routine and getting geared up to do summer camps and the "Border to Border" initiative- me, i think summer is going to be my busiest time right here. with 3 youth english clubs starting next week and the kindergartens being open during the summer, a new womens NGO starting up, and possibly a grant... it'll be a really needed vacation when my moms come to visit this july!

here is a link of a travel resource i found online for the "Marz" i am in- Tavush. 72 pages of interesting places, pictures, and facts about the region i'm living in=

http://www.tacentral.com/tavush/TAVUSH_Region_compress.pdf