Hello From Lusaka!

Hey there! I'm in Zambia! This will be a short post because I don't have a lot of time on here... I had to pay for internet here at a cafe and it was Kw6000 for 30 minutes of time. Not too bad... that is like $1.20 for 30 minutes...

Things are great here in Zambia, it is hot and humid and the rains come occasionally. The whole area is very green and the birds are beautiful. I can't even begin to describe how interesting Zambia is... I will write to you all soon via mail, but this is the last internet I may have for 1 month or more. So be patient.

I will share more with you later and maybe post some photos.

Have a great day and God Bless you all from ZAMBIA!!!

Not Much Time Left

About six days to be exact... (no I'm not writing in complete sentences!) Anyway, there isn't much time left for me to enjoy the company of family and friends or to keep blogging for that matter. So this might be the last message I post here before I'm either in Washington D.C. or in Zambia. Once I am in Zambia, there won't be very frequent posts to this page, but rest assured that I will make the effort to write something here for you to scan over every once in a while. Similarly I will likely not have access to e-mail on a regular basis. So if you send me an e-mail be patient with me and I will be sure to send a reply your way!

Mail takes around 4-6 weeks to travel between Zambia and the United States, and an additional amount of time to be delivered on either end; so if you send me a letter now on 2/10/09, it will make it to Zambia maybe on 3/10/09 and into my hands by the end of March perhaps? Likewise when I reply to your letters it will take the same time to slide its way over into your hands from Africa so if you were to write to me today you might expect a letter back by some time in April or May...

If you visit this site looking for an update on my status you might be rewarded with some information. However if not, keeping in mind what is written above, send me a letter at the following address:

Christopher Rodriguez, PCV
U.S. Peace Corps/Zambia
P.O. Box 50707
Lusaka, Zambia, Africa

*Be advised I will have a different address once I am posted to a site in early May so keep a look out for that on here then. However, be aware too that the above address will be valid for the entire duration of time that I am in Zambia.

Well, I guess that does it for now... So as much as it pains me to say: this is Good Bye for now :(

God Bless you all and may the Peace of His Son Jesus abide with you always.