Nyrizat won the Valentines competition with her dress and her salad!

some seniors

these girls cut class to have some fun.....10 minutes later the boys came and destroyed it!



This is my pup, but he's all grown up now!





For Valentines we make cards.....

some pics from summer camp

1. 11th grade girls in their school uniforms and they HATE wearing them, but really who can blame them
2. my school
3. our schools teacher womans volleyball team, they came in 2nd this year

1. Betsey another volunteer and i headed to Bishkek this past week for a little r&r. We met a lot of americans who were either coming home from afganistan or were just on vacation. We gave jeremy a tour of all of Bk's hot spots and got our portrait taken (the photographer told us to come back an hour later to get our photos, but he was nowhere to be found....such a scammer!)
2. dont let their looks fool you, these 7th graders are not as sweet as they may look
3. spring brought all sorts of new fragrances 4. not sure who this kid is or why he's dressed like that, kind of cool though

1. Edu and Ata planting beans
2. our little house
3. so all of these students should be in school right now, but we needed help sorting out all of our potatoes...child labor laws just arent the same!

So lately there has been some issues about volunteers keeping blogs. There is tension around where to draw the line between free speach and what would be harmful to pc's or the host country's reputation. One volunteer has already had to resign because of these issues. In order to just avoid this situation all together im going to go with the mass email route, though not ideal it just seems easier. If I dont have your email address go ahead and send it to me at frischm@gmail.com (Corri Ayne that means you!).

my host brother and i have been going hiking a lot in the hills, running into herds is pretty typical!

this is my street, quaint huh!
Edu (host bro and new years dinner!
this is my host mom and her grandaughter...she's a trouble maker I tell ya!

and you though going to the super market
was a pain...this guy is coming back from the
well with his trusty pal!

the other photo is me and some of my students. its my b-day so that means i can do whatever i want......at least thats what i told them!