Posted By:
Kenneth A. CohenSteve,
That's great! I urge to to go visit him. You'll see stuff that most people never see. My wife and I just got back from Ghana where we visited our son who is a PCV teaching Math. Great trip!!!! We traveled all over Ghana with him (his site is more or less in the middle of the country) and we actually visited a slave camp on the Burkina border. We spent several days with him in his village - no running water or indoor plumbing. One must go to the bore hole in the village center and bring water back water in buckets. Pretty rudimentary. Fortunately, when I did this, the young women of the village took pity on the old man and carried it back for me on their heads. In any case, I learned that my boy is already more of a man than I ever was or will ever be.
BTW, he did the Philly orientation thing too. Did they gather at the Holiday Inn? Your boy will have experiences and make contacts on which you cannot put a monetary value.
Gloat on!!!!
Ken