So life�s still hectic for me and it seems like for everyone else (except for Raffi?). Last Saturday we went for our clean up again and we chose the same street to clean up. I was surprised at how much cleaner the same street was this time around, albeit a lot of cigarette butts and other rubbish, I still found it cleaner than the previous time. Could our message, creating awareness and developing a sense of ownership be working already after such a brief time? Whatever the reason we had a lot more locals asking us questions and this time we were prepared with pamphlets explaining our cause and contact numbers for their future involvement. By far this has been a very rewarding project and I�ll keep you updated on future plans of �Our City, Our Home�.

I had my first English teaching class yesterday with the families from �Duty to Live�. There were 22 students altogether ranging from age 17 up to 50�s, although there were 2 juniors as well. After giving them an initial �test� I decided to split them into two groups. As it turns out I�ll have 6 in an intermediate group, the other 16 in beginners class. So I�ll be teaching English classes on Monday and Wednesday nights. Once the class finished last night, the young girls (early 20�s) came up to me one by one and told me how much they enjoyed the class and how much they liked me and appreciated what I was doing. I can tell you my heart just crushed, I felt amazing!