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The Grapevine

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Limnaya has started telling me gossip! Hooray! This is huge! It means a.) that I can understand a lot more Hassaniya than I used to b.) that I know the people she’s gossiping about and c.) that she really is my friend!

Time to send this off. Hope all is well and that you’re all happy and healthy.

Love,
Kate

PS – Greger looked into getting us all a post office box in Aleg, so that we could circumvent the dismal Peace Corps mail delivery. But, listen to this, they can’t give us a box, because they lost all the keys! Ha! Awesome. If you’re brave, try sending a letter to
Kate Van Roekel
S/C Corps de la Paix
Aleg, République Islamique de la Mauritanie

If not, keep on with the Nouakchott letter. I’ll let you know the results of this little experiment.

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