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Gambian Mike: January 2013

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Thursday, January 31, 2013. 87 days since I last wrote anything. I haven’t forgotten, I have procrastinated without an excuse. Now that I sit down and think a lot has gone one since that one November day. I have moved into the “city,” I live in an apartment that is similar to America, TV, microwave, stove/oven and a refrigerator. It has running water and power also. It’s nice, about a 10 minute walk to the PC office where I work now. Sister and Brother in Law. I got to see Park City, Utah and parts of th...

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Gambian Mike: Another Trek

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013. I recently went on trek for a week to check on projects and help develop some new sites for new volunteers. Myself and Seth went along. He brought his nice SLR camera and we both took lots of pictures with it. Me in the middle of a village. This trek we did a lot of Mango grafting. We helped a couple PCVs with improving their varieties of Mangos. It is the end of the rainy season. 65279;. 65279;. The Leader of the Beards and the followers. January 5, 2014 at 7:02 PM.

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Gambian Mike: March 2012

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Friday, March 30, 2012. One of my best friends in my village wife just gave birth to a baby girl. Monday was the Naming ceremony and it was quite the party. I brought out a brand new “completo,” for the event. I was even called out to dance for all the women. They started singing me a song and I couldn’t resist. Me and Cutty, Yaya's sister dancing. Showing them how to dance again. Below are a few pictures of some people at the ceremony. My aunt and "baby Sue". Me and Fatou and baby Fatoumata. 810 days la...

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Gambian Mike: October 2012

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Saturday, October 6, 2012. I just got back from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. First off it is pronounced Wagadugu in English but spelled Ouagadougou. The couple of weeks leading up to my departure I was telling people both in America and in The Gambia that I was flying to Burkina Faso and the typical response from people was “where is that? And why do you have fly? Inside I just laughed. I quickly realized I would say the same thing before I came here. I didn’t know Burkina Faso from The Gambia. We went to ...

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Gambian Mike: February 2013

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Monday, February 25, 2013. I just recently returned from a weeklong trip to Senegal. Myself two staff and 10 other PCVs went to look at PC Senegal’s Master Farmer program. It’s a great program where you take a counterpart and teach them improved techniques in farmer and gardening and then use their land as an example farm/garden and then bring other host country nationals to their site and let your counterpart explain what they are doing. From the roof of the Kaolack hotel. The end of a long day. I have ...

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Gambian Mike: June 2013

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Monday, June 24, 2013. I received some more pictures from a buddy this weekend and figured I would share them. This is from the first semifinal game that took place Saturday evening. The team in the white and blue ended up winning. I referee; I have gained so much respect for referees in the past 6 months. Its great experience and I enjoy it and it’s something that I want to try and do when I go back to the states. Dealing with a coach. If you would have asked me before I left is I would be a basketball ...

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Gambian Mike: November 2012

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Monday, November 19, 2012. Being in Peace Corps is like being on a roller coaster. I have heard it before and I will hear it again. I don’t like roller coasters and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I have been on one. But, I like Peace Corps. I could see how people compare the two. There are times when you’re up and times when you are down. During your service of 27 months there is always this looming question that you ask yourself and other asks, “Are you extending”? For reasons outsi...

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Gambian Mike: September 2012

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Saturday, September 22, 2012. Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop. This week was the culmination of the last nine months of work. Tuesday and Wednesday I had my fruit tree grafting workshop. This workshop was funded through a food security small grant from USAID that I applied for back in April. The goal of the project was construct a fruit tree nursery and hold a two day workshop. The mango variety we grafted was Kent the citrus varieties were Nova, Clementine, Washington Navel, Valencia, Japanese and Tangerine.

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Gambian Mike: Last Hurahh

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014. It has been a while since the last time I have updated my blog. I have gone to America, returned started thinking and preparing for the future after Peace Corps and now I am counting the days when I will leave The Gambia; my home for the past 40 months. This guy is crazy, I showed the picture to Bah2 our Gambian program assistant and he just laughed and said he probably is selling medicine for snake bites, which is ironic. People were rushing over and buying little sacks...

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Gambian Mike: February 2014

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014. It has been a while since the last time I have updated my blog. I have gone to America, returned started thinking and preparing for the future after Peace Corps and now I am counting the days when I will leave The Gambia; my home for the past 40 months. This guy is crazy, I showed the picture to Bah2 our Gambian program assistant and he just laughed and said he probably is selling medicine for snake bites, which is ironic. People were rushing over and buying little sacks...