Merry Christmas from Grenada's Peace Corps!

Volleyball Competition

This week was the volleyball competition for the adult teams and marked a milestone for volleyball in Grenada. Like I mentioned before, the sport has been dormant for about 12 years and so this is the first year they've picked it back up. I'm really excited to be a part of the progress and especially to get to be a player as well as a coach. And so far my team, the St. George's Women, are undefeated! There's one more week of games next week that I will unfortunately miss because I'm going home for Christmas Vacation, but I know they will be great. The opening games attracted a lot of attention from fans and I'm hoping someday it will be up there in the ranks with football and cricket. Wishful thinking, I know, but a girl can dream, right?

World AIDS Day

December 1 was World AIDS Day and one of the projects a few of us volunteers helped facilitate was a week of sessions on HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, & Values in different secondary schools. Brady did an excellent job leading the activities and it was a huge encouragement to have some of the students ask us more in-depth questions afterward. Even if just one person got tested for HIV because of what they learned, it was worth it.

Shereen gets her diploma

One of my girls from the Limes After School Program graduated from secondary school tonight! I was honored to be invited and it was neat to share that milestone with her (and reminisce on my high school days). Although I really wish someone had told me the graduation ceremonies here are over 4 hours long!!! Not that it would have kept me from attending, but at least I would have been better prepared with a sack lunch and crossword puzzle.

Presentation Boys College

I've been coaching volleyball at PBC for the past couple months and this week was the Secondary School Tournament. We didn't win any matches, but the boys showed great form out there, especially considering this was the first time most of them have ever played volleyball. They represented their school's first volleyball team and I was very proud of them!