So...we got our sites

And i would just like to mention that I have no written this post 2 times...since the first time it didnt post!!! GRRRRRRR!!!
ok moving on..
We are here in Zambia and slowly but surely getting used to it all. The rest of the group is now here and thats been fun! We are all trying to get to know each other and as well as the UNZA students. I love them all...the UNZA students have been amazing! They even took us (the original 4) out the first Saturday that we were in town (Dont worry grandma and Papa, it was very safe and we were never in danger!!!)
They took us to a local club..that was an adventure! We had a great time and I was grateful to have 1 adjustment day without the other 24 SJSU students.
Sunday was spent at the "get to know you" bbq. The UNZA Drum Team came out and did a few dances and sang some songs...way cool!
Then we did icebreakers and hang out and had a bbq, it was all soo much fun. Sunday night the rest of the group decided to go out and me, being the responsible mature young lady that I am, decided to stay in and sleep (Mostly its the fact that I am having some mild side affects to the malaria medication and I am also coming down with a cold, but I like the idea that I am a mature and responsible young adult, so thats my story and I am sticking to it!!!)
Monday: We visited all the sites. There are 6 in total, 2 working with special needs children, 2 schools (one of which Oprah is a sponsor of), a street kids treatment center, and an AIDS Clinic. After we saw all the sites, we went to the main down town (very busy and tons of people) and had a scavenger hunt in small groups to get to know each other better. That was interesting. When we got back we had a meeting to pick out sites. So here they are:
Christiana got Yashemi (the one that is sponsored by Oprah) and she could not be happier about it
Danny and I are both at Salvation Home (the street kids treatment center)
and Berto is at the AIDS Clinic (Which was my second choice and I was really torn between the 2)
So now we have spent a couple of days there:
Day one...slightly overwhelming but I am loving it. Salvation Home was on lockdown since the night before 7 kids snuck out and got high and had to be dragged back to the center by Mama Carol. Mama Carol is amazing, she is the American woman from Minnesota who got divorced, sold her house and has been running and Salvation Home ever since. She 5'0" and is tough as nails...i love her! We spent most of the day talking about why they were on a lockdown and what can they do to solve the problems. It was intense to say the least. These kids have the saddest stories I have ever heard...its incredible how amazing these kids are. They just want attention. I was given a rap name yesterday lol its Fairy Baby! It was too funny! I am having a great time!
Today Apetekar made me stay home and sleep. I was coughing too much at our meeting last night for him to let me go to work...for 3 reasons: me being sick around kids who are highly susceptible to getting sick is a bad idea, and me being sick around kids who are already sick is a BAD idea, and lastly, me being sick and not getting better by this weekend when we go to Victoria Falls would suck (in Apetakars words, not mine)
So I slept all day, it was glorious! The first time I think that I have really slept since I left on the 11th!
Christiana is loving her site! I asked her if she had anything else she wanted to add to that, she said no (sorry Ana followers)

Tomorrow we are going out on the streets and seeing what we can do there, if anything. Mama Carol likes to make sure that the areas with the highest concentration of street children know that she exists! So thats tomorrow!
Then we leave Friday morning for Victoria Falls.
ok so thats all for now! I will update soon!