My neighbor and long time friend brought me over my Close of Service goodbye gift. A tradition dishdash, robe, head piece and prayer beads. We spent the evening with me dressed up and drinking coffee on the roof.
Tom was teaching a very energetic student. This student was smart, but didn't know how to interact with her surroundings. Tom made it an effort to illustrate 'raising hands' as a respectful way to get someone's attention.
As a Volunteer, you need to make do with what you have. My wife, Marlene, baked some tasty lemon sponge pudding in luncheon meat tins. I took the photo on April 23, 2011 in our apartment at Mu'tah University, Jordan.
This is a photo of my counterpart, myself, and our 5th and 6th grade students on the last day of school in my last year of service. It was taken at our school, minutes before their final English exam took place.
My host family had my fellow training group over for lunch. We all sat, talked and Jessica taught my host sister the 'hand slapping game.' It was the hit of the afternoon.
We all were being taught Arabic in a local school. It was the first week in the country and the lessons had gotten stressful. We moved outside to get fresh air and the morale brightened.
One of our LCFs taught a fellow volunteer to play the local drums. The bus ride from seeing historic landmark was that much more fun with live music and everyone singing along.
After arriving at our host training site, my site-mate and I were brought to play soccer with our host brother's friends. They had never seen a digital camera up close and were posing while Tom played with a few of them in the background.