Latest Happenings

So, while I was in limbo, I had a chance to hang out and do some fun things with my awesome friends who were so sweet to cheer me up. We did a big caving adventure where we hiked for an hour or so down to this cave. We had some hard-core spilunking for a good three hours before we hiked back late late in the night and ended up at this nice little hot spring where the tour company had ice-cold beers and the best pizza ever in the world waiting for us! We each got our own delicious pizza and let our bodies relax in the hot spring... the whole adventure was the most perfect thing for my mind and body.

Crawling through

I believe this was called a chimney move...?

TIGHT squeeze!

A long climb up!
I wonder how much diferent this would be in America. I mean, they would have to have so much safety equipment, the whole 'leaving the cave completely natural' thing really wouldn't work. Hooray for Swaziland and REAL caving! 

The gang (Some British guy, Peirs, me, Janna, Ruby, Ryan, and Lewis)

In other news, my new site continues to be absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I can't stop taking pictures of the sunset! I like to wake up at 5(ish) every morning and hike out to this ridge to watch the sunrise. Talk about a 180 from life where I was! The kids are adorable, social, loving, and curious, so my job is WAY easy.
This week I went and helped put on Peace Corps' GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) camp in Siteki. This year I was just helping out, but next year I am on the organizing committee. It was a huge success! So wonderful to see all of these young girls learning, taking chances, expressing themselves, and just having fun! I am excited to start a GLOW club in my new community and take girls to the camp next year! I also attended a Caregivers Seminar in Mbabane this week. It was so good to learn about brain development in youth and the effects of different kinds of trauma and ways to work on those things. I really want to start counceling kids and get them recognizing feelings and learning how to work through the hard ones - learning how to control themselves when tough things happen.
I hope everyone is doing well! I know I am. Thank you for keeping up with me and for thinking of me! I sure think a lot about you guys!

Yes. This is where I live, and this is why I have sunset addiction.

Oh, also, my address is still the same despite the site change:
Katie Walters PCV
PO Box 2797
Mbabane H100
Swaziland
AFRICA