Greetings sir,

Hopefully it hasn't been long enough for you to forget about me.

Much thanks to your recommendation, I have been given a great position with the US Peace Corps, and I am currently in Africa as we speak. I am in a country called Namibia, just north of South Africa on the side of the Atlantic ocean. The country is very beautiful, diverse ecological aspects, and inspirational land formations, but it's hot! I'm in an old mining town called Tsumeb, which is considered the 'garden town' of Namibia, everything is green, even the hills of oxidized copper. I have been thoroughly enjoying myself, the people are great and I love my job. The only problem I have is that this country is an old apartheid state, it used to be administered by South Africa. Apartheid is an evil thing, and there are still many visible remnants of it here; and to be honest, it makes me sick. I'm trying to do everything I can do prove to people here that not all white people are evil.

Aside from that tangent, I've been placed at a teachers resource center, which is a place for teachers to come and get some continuing education, unfortunately it is grossly underutilized. Until the time I will be training teachers, I've been training community members on basic computer skills, things like Microsoft Office, Internet use, email, etc. It is most enjoyable. I have also been working closely with the Namibian government, specifically the Ministry of Education; I have been fixing computers for them, as well as doing some network troubleshooting, soon I will also be setting up a database server for them, thusly utilizing the knowledge you have imparted unto me.

I want to take this time to say thank you for empowering me with education, which I am now using to empower others, I must go now, there is a severe computer shortage here, and a university student needs to use mine.

Thanks again sir...
Sam Dolph