Blogger Failure

Turns out I am not very good at keeping up to date with my blogging. Maybe once I am gone I will get better... at least that is the hope.

I am officially back in MI until I leave for Gambia. I am scheduled to fly to Philly on June 29th and I leave Philly for the Gambia on June 30th.

For anybody who wants to write me letters I have included my address below. You should write! It would be very very much appreciated :D

Cheers,
Samantha

Samantha Jarema, PCV
U.S. Peace Corps
PO Box 582
Banjul, The Gambia
West Africa

Also, Here are a few suggestions for writing from previous volunteers. They are pretty good:

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With mail, “patience” is the watchword. The mail service in The Gambia is not as efficient as the U.S. Postal Service. It can take approximately three to four weeks for mail coming from a Volunteer’s post in The Gambia to arrive in the United States via the local postal system. Sometimes mail is hand carried to the States by a traveler and then mailed through the US postal system. This leg of the trip can take another several weeks as it is also dependent on the frequency of travelers to the U.S.

The following suggestions may be helpful:
-- Determine, in your first letters, an estimate of how long it takes for transit and establish a predictable pattern of how often you will write to each other.
-- Number your letters so that the Volunteer knows if he/she has missed one.
-- Send postcards in envelopes, as they tend to get lost or stolen.
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