hey everyone I am so glad to hear from all of you on the message board i makes me miss home less while i am here. today we learned how the water filters are made and worked with the team in charge of constructing them. then they let us help make a few it was really fun and dirty :) after the filter construction process we headed for the market. i didn't realize how much of an oasis the songhai center is because once we left the gates of the center we were surro...

hey guys I am in benin now. we got in late last night after an hour long car ride or stop and go swearving traffic. i felt so sick when i got here. the songahi center is amazing and has so much interesting stuff. gotta make this one quick i love you all jamie

hey all I one last blog before i had to africa in the morning. today we went back to versailles to see the inside: we met a really nice guy in line who just moved here from california to play for a french soccer team, so he tagged along with us through the inside of versailles. he was really patient with the craziness of us girls: We also hiked the eiffel tower and went bqck to the student quarter for some more of that amazing gellato and crepes.well i am off to ...

hey guys so today is our last day in paris :( I am sad it is all comming to an end but also at the sam time excited that we are headed for an even bigger adventure. today we are going to visit the louve and versallies again. and get some more gellato in the latin quarter :) it was seriously so good. i am surprised that we have spent very little money and also very proud of myself at the same time :) well gotta go but I will be back soon next time probably from Be...

hey guys so i decided the one thing i am not giving upo is the internet :) I am taking lots of picture here we have made a few friends here one guy from spain who gave us a free boat ride and offered to take us to a party with his friends... don't worry we were smart and stuck together as we kindly declined and headed for the metro we saw sanit michel and the student quarter along with some of the best gelato ever. today we are headed for the international distri...