tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81333924253456823472024-03-19T06:51:02.290+04:00The Labors of Other MenDustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-10729052447439950112013-01-23T05:09:00.001+04:002013-01-23T05:12:37.926+04:00The End...Not sure if anyone is still reading this, but I thought I'd check in one last time for a little closure. After twenty-seven months and a lot of hard work - we're back in the US of A. We're rebuilding our American life and trying to hold on to all the amazing truths we learned during our time in the Peace Corps. We've been floating between our families in Austin and Houston until we figure out the next step. We just got home from a week-long trip to Georgia - the state this time - to visit all our old friends. I got the chance to give a presentation about our Peace Corps service to my former students - freshmen when we left, seniors today - crazy weird. At the end of the presentation, I got to tell them a few of the lessons I've learned. I couldn't think of a better way to close out the blog than that. So, here it goes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've learned...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-To appreciate the chance I have as an American to
question, to criticize, and to have a voice…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-To balance that criticism with a respect for the system
that gives me such freedom…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- To “see myself as others see me”… that humility is not
weakness but wisdom…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- To appreciate the rights I’m guaranteed as a woman and
to fight for those around the world who are denied those same rights…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- To take myself less seriously…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- To remember that “control” is an illusion…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- To embrace who I
am, not who I am “supposed to be”...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-That we all have the power to create and destroy – with
our words as well as our deeds…with our actions as well as our failure to act…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- That the labels we use to identify ourselves often
serve as nothing more than a wall to keep others out…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- That life exists beyond my dot on the map…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are a few shots from our time back at home, our trip back, and our last days in Azerbaijan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for checking in on us. Here's to the next adventure.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas Shenanigans on the Motor Bike </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The nieces - Lots of Sass Happening In This Shot...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in Beaukiss, Texas - Doesn't Get Much Better Than This...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best Graffiti Ever, Near Doolin, Ireland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dingle, Ireland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Fences, Near Dingle, Ireland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins Near Dingle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ireland, Near Dingle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sea of Galilee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins at Capernaum </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Salty Shore at the Dead Sea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dead Sea Up Close</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin Looking Over the Valley Below, Masada</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Dead Sea From the Top, Masada</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Way Up, Masada</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down The Via Dolorosa - A Shocking Mix of Old and New</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking Over the Old City of Jerusalem from The Mount of Olives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Tbilisi - The Cure for the Common...Anything!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Best View In Tbilisi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Tbilisi With My Girl!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of My Favorite People On the Planet - Who Runs The World? These Girls Will...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying Good-Bye to My AZETA Counterparts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The GABA Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best Cake Ever...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin's Azeri Dance Steps At the GABA Farewell Party</td></tr>
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<br />Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-88428290473097872602012-10-05T01:02:00.000+05:002012-10-05T01:12:24.895+05:00Almost...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hello, Friends...</div>
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We are fast approaching our last days in Azerbaijan. Crazy talk. </div>
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We're painting over the words on our walls, throwing out our threadbare (and slightly brown-tinted) clothes, finalizing travel plans, and booking flights. Again...absolute crazy talk. I cannot believe that it's almost here. As many of you know, there were days when I did not think I would make it...the historic Rat Wars of 2012, for example. But here we are...and the better for it. </div>
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Our days are now spent filling out piles of PC paperwork and trying frantically to make sure the projects we started here don't nose-dive once we're gone. And maybe they will..and maybe that's okay. We did what we could with the time and resources we had and that's that. I just hope that's enough.</div>
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So, the big question is - what now? Since I don't know...I thought that I'd use some resources that the PC sent out to help us with "the next steps"... personality profiles, career aptitude evaluations, etc...that are meant to match us to our best career pathway. </div>
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Here are my results: Literature Teacher (thanks, magic computer), Funeral Director, Aerospace Engineer,Corrections Officer, Choreographer...so get ready to don some black and dance your way into custody...and space...while I tell you a little bit about a crazy cool cat named Walt Whitman. Good Grief - I'm screwed. </div>
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I don't feel too bad...although Dustin's actually got a plan...a goal...a future...all that good stuff, he took the assessments with me. Here's what he got: Solid Waste Management Supervisor (so close), Botanist (not far off, mushroom hunter), Casino Pit Boss, Border Patrol Agent, Art Therapist. Really?? Really personality profiler?? I'd like to meet the person that created these algorithms or whatever-the-crap is matching us to our destinies and tell them that they may need to re-think a hyphen or a bracket or whatever goes in an algorithm.</div>
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Who knows...all <i>I </i>know is that we're coming home in a month. Amen.</div>
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Here are a few shots from the last few weeks of summer and the start of fall... Enjoy. </div>
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See y'all soon!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recently Had a Promotional Event for RTW at the City's New (and Only) Cinema - 56 Girls...I'm With Some of RTW's Leaders Celebrating After the Movie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Our Yard...So Pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super Cheap Summer Favorites</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're Big Fans of TED Talks (Check 'em Out)...and Dustin Helped Some Ganja Students Plan Their Own TED-X Event!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin's Main Counterpart Invited Us To His Family's Home in the Region of Qax - This is Their Backyard - Incredible</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin Took a Trip Into The Regions To Consult With Farmers About Funding / Small Business Grants - This Is One of Many Stops ... He was fed honey at just about every stop...and a spoonful of local pollen to go with it.</td></tr>
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And Another...Can You Guess What He Ate Here?</div>
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Dustin Organized a Bird-Watching Trip For Local Youth With a Guide From the Azerbaijan Ornithological Society -- For Those of You That Know Dustin Well, You Know That This Was a Big Day...</div>
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Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-84573173277329584262012-09-05T10:02:00.000+05:002012-09-05T10:05:42.441+05:00Environmental Protection through Illustration and ActionAzerbaijan is at a critical junction and ripe for environmental investment. The 2010 Human Development Report, a United Nations publication, ranked Azerbaijan 67th out of 169 countries which indicates that food, industry, and security are at adequate levels to allow for attention to turn to environmental concerns. Although the general population in Azerbaijan recognizes environmental problems, trash on the ground, the sour smell of burning trash, and sediment and litter filled water ways, they have very little information or knowledge about what they can do to change these conditions. This project aims to not only educate youth and community members in Ganja about environmental protection, but also to illustrate a behavior change through relevant and realistic action that will lead the community towards accountability. The illustrations will provide an example of how to take control of their future and create self-help possibilities. After seeing the benefits of recycling, both economic and social, and learning about the importance of environmental protection, the community’s behavior towards trash will start to change.<br />
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Goal: To Increase Environmental awareness and accountability in the Ganja Community through, illustrating plastic recycling, water management, and environmental education.<br />
Objectives<br />
-After 2 months, 20 project members will be trained on environmental protection and prepared as trainers for further training.<br />
-After 7 months, 1000 kg of plastic will be collected from NGOs, restaurants, and community organizations.<br />
-After 6 months, 600 youth (from 20 schools and community organizations) will have been informed about environmental protection, the project goal, and project planning through project member presentations.<br />
- After 4 months, drip irrigation and environmental information signs will be installed in Ganja’s Nizami Monumental Park.<br />
-After 6 months, a video will be created by project members documenting the project and sharing the projects message and accomplishments<br />
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A few pictures from one of our trainings....<br />
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Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-28272123364693389982012-09-01T18:54:00.001+05:002012-09-02T16:54:59.419+05:00To My Brother...There are things I fight for and things I fight against...<br />
I fight to remember the contours of your face, the lilt in your voice...<br />
I fight to hold tight to memories that are already wearing paper-thin...<br />
I fight to find you in smells and sounds and sensations around me, a world away from you...<br />
But I fight against turning you into a legend, a fictional hero, a snapshot of fleeting perfection.<br />
You were flawed in brilliant and beautiful ways - and that's what the world fell in love with.<br />
It is our imperfections that make us...that made you...authentic, original, breathtaking. <br />
I fight to hold on to the reality of you, to the simplicity and goodness and brokenness that made you ours.<br />
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Always Fighting for You,<br />
KJ<br />
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Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-49189739228864575952012-07-21T23:05:00.000+05:002012-07-22T01:17:58.510+05:00A Little AZHappy End of July!! Congratulations to all of our friends expecting and bringing home little ones - we can't wait to meet them! <br />
We've had an incredible month...exhausting, but incredible. Here are a few shots from the last month or so. Hope you enjoy them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>A "Kiçik Toy" -- A Circumcision Party...Don't Ask</strong><br />
<em>Top Left</em> -- Momma Natavan and the uh...Lucky Boy<br />
<em>Top Right</em> -- Kelly and Shahla<br />
<em>Bottom Left</em> -- The Spread - They Don't Play Around<br />
<em>Bottom Right</em> -- Kelly, Humay, and a Clown...Yep, There Are Clowns</td></tr>
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After almost two years in Ganja, we're still discovering new things. The next three pictures are from a culture center hidden away in an old building on a side street near the government buildings. The mural is huge, but each image depicts a different traditional story. Pretty cool...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural Image, Culture Center -- Ganja, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural Image, Culture Center -- Ganja, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural Image, Culture Center -- Ganja, AZ</td></tr>
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Summer tends to slow down in Ganja for a few reasons - one, most of our students are in university and many of them travel to their home regions during the summer time - and two, since the weather is usually crazy hot, many families leave the city and spend time in the mountains to get a little relief from the weather. So, that gave us a bit of time to do a little traveling of our own. We tried to take advantage of this lull and support a Peace Corps program at the same time. PCVs in AZ have set up a Community Based Tourism (CBT) program. It is an attempt to get tourists out into some of the most isolated but beautiful spots in the country. It's a great opportunity to have a truly authentic cultural experience. I've included a map to give it a little scope as well as pictures from most of our stops. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Green Line = Our Summer Trip</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stop #1: Guba -- Our Friend, Joey, Leads Nightly Sing-Alongs in His Neighborhood in Guba, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stop # 2: Laza, AZ -- The View From Our Porch, Sheep and Waterfalls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daisies in the Stream, Laza, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greater Caucasus Mountains, Laza, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hillside, Greater Caucasus Mountains, Laza, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laza Village, From the Hillside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KJ&D -- Greater Caucasus Mountains, Laza, AZ </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Formation, Laza, AZ<br />
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Stop #3: Sumgayit, AZ -- We stopped in Sumgayit to visit our host family from training. Lots of changes, but same incredible family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin Getting Some Roadside Life Lessons From Our Hosts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Granite Formations - Talysh Mountains -- Lerik, AZ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washing Hands at the Bulag (Spring) Before Heading Back to Town For the Night In The Old Lada -- Lerik, AZ</td></tr>
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First off - a little "hey, hey, hey" to my dad -- <strong>Happy, Happy Father's Day, Big Dave!</strong> We love and miss you so! Only 4.5 more months to go - then I'm counting on you to be my go-to Waffle House buddy! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KJ & Big Dave -- Thanks to Jennifer for all the Pictures...<br />
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Summer is officially here...it is crazy hot, and things are busy. Summer camps are kind of a PCV's bread and butter in the summer time. We've got two under our belts so far - Balaken (a region on the northern border) Art Camp and Girls' Soccer Camp. This week, my Run the World club starts a girls' hip-hop dance camp. So - only a few weeks into summertime, and we're already exhausted. We're hoping to use July to unplug for a bit and do our last tour of Azerbaijan. Crazy...<br />
Here are a few shots from our first two camps. Hope you enjoy them. See you soon!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Azerbaijani Bank funded a soccer camp in the regions this past week for girls ages 11-15. It is very rare to see girls participating in any athletic events here. So, it was great to see these girls getting excited and physical - very cool. A few of the girls that came to camp live at a local shelter for children - families who can't take care of them due to death in the family, financial problems, abuse, etc. - The first day of camp, we were walking to the field, and two of the girls were walking with me, holding my hands. They were trying to get to know me and trying to make simple conversation in Azeri that I could understand. One pulled on my hand and said -- "Do you have any sisters?"so I said, "Yes,I have sisters." A few seconds later, a tug on my other arm - "Do you have any brothers?" ... "Yes, I have a brother." Silence...more walking. A tug from the other side, "Do you have a mom?"..."Yes, I have a mom." Right away from the other side - "Do you have a dad too?"... "Yes, I have a dad too."<br />
At that point, both girls stopped in their tracks. Still clinging to my hands, they looked at me with shock in their expressions. "You are so lucky," they said, "you have <em>everything</em>." <br />
Broke me in two...how often I forget that I <u>do</u> have everything as long as I have the people I love...hoping I never lose sight of that truth. </td></tr>
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A Few Shots From Balaken Arts Camp - Dustin brought his Environmental Club students to lead a session at the camp. At the end of the week, his My Mic crew came to lead a start-up in Balaken. Thanks to the Balaken PCVs for a great time!</div>
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We just got back from a two week trip around the west coast of Turkey - Istanbul to Channakale (Troy / Gallipoli) to Selchuk (Ephesus) to Patara Beach. It's an amazing feeling to know the history that's lived just beneath your feet - Xerxes, Constantine, Alexander the Great...really incredible. We had a great time - it was a wonderful opportunity to sit back and re-evaluate where we are and where we want to be in the next few years. With five months to go in Azerbaijan, we're getting very excited about what's to come. Starting over will be a little daunting, I'm sure - but we're ready. <br />
Here are a few shots from our trip - hope you enjoy them. <br />
Love y'all!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Famous Iznik (Nicean) Tiles - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sultan's Library - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Exterior Wall of the Topkapi Palace - From the Palace Gardens<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Mosaic Uncovered in the Hagia Sophia<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Blue Mosque from a Window of the Hagia Sophia - Istanbul<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Hagia Sophia - The Church of Holy Wisdom -- First A Church, Later Converted Into a Mosque, Now a Museum...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Blue Mosque - Istanbul<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The New Mosque, Near the Egyptian Bazaar, Istanbul<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Wall Outside of St. George Monastery, Prince's Islands - Istanbul -- The Wax Drippings Run the Length of the Entire Wall - They Are All That Remains of Years Worth of Pilgrims' Prayers<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trojan Horse Replica - Troy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins @ Troy <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins @ Troy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poppies in the Ruins - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins @ Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KJ&D - Library Ruins - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KJ&D - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amphitheater - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins of the Church of Mary - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins of the Church of Mary - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins of the Basilica of St. John - Ephesus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins of the Basilica of St. John - Ephesus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patara Beach - The View From My Towel...Doesn't Get Much Better Than This...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The View From Our Hotel - To Get to the Beach, You Walk Through an Active Dig Site - You Can See The Theater Ruins in the Background Here...</td></tr>
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So thank you - we hope that we can show you how much we mean that - because words will never be enough. <br />
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</tbody></table>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-13382719070352863892012-04-24T10:54:00.000+05:002012-04-24T10:54:22.997+05:00Earth Day ProjectHere are some more pics of the Community's Environment Club and their earth day project...<br />
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and here is a link to contribute to this movement...<br />
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<a href="https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=314-097" target="_blank">Full Circle Azerbaijan</a>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-24073802231472185372012-04-09T21:03:00.002+05:002012-04-09T21:06:08.905+05:00In the Immortal Words of the One and Only, Beyonce...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: black;">Who Run the World?... GIRLS... So much for subject-verb agreement - but I must admit, it adds a little sass.</span></div>For the last few months, my main focus here in Ganja has been RUN THE WORLD (RTW)...a girls' club for students in 9th grade through University. The goal is to create a safe and uplifting environment where girls can come to feel safe, strong, and confident. We choose monthly topics for discussion and activities...body image, health and fitness, leadership, etc. <br />
This may not sound like much in a world where a girl can do just about anything she pleases - but that's not the kind of world these girls live in. These are girls that are struggling with limited options, little-to-no say in their futures, and a culture where their value is often limited to the kitchen. <br />
The girls of RTW are seeking some help with funding for the summer and fall activities. If you are so inclined, you can help us out by making a tax deductible donation through the following link...<br />
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Thanks so much for your help! These girls <strong>can</strong> run the world, and it'd be a much better place if they did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RTW - Making "Media Says" Collages...which we then proceeded to destroy with scissors...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RTW - Discussion about the media's distorted representation of "beauty"...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace and Love and Thankful Hearts - from RTW, Ganja, AZ...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-48417487638411067102012-03-26T19:09:00.000+05:002012-03-26T19:09:00.535+05:00Here It Comes......after five months of frozen water and frozen toes, we're finally starting to thaw. This past week Azerbaijan celebrated the Novruz holiday - a Zoroastrian tradition celebrating the spring and the new year - which means we got a nice week off. In the last few months we've hit several major milestones - 7 years of marriage and a 30th birthday. Also, we're now well past our halfway point and have gotten our official "close of service" date - November 9th -- see y'all around Thanksgiving! Here are a few shots from the last few weeks...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first sign of spring in our backyard - a little color in a world full of gray does good things for the soul, my friends...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My AzETA Counterparts - Humay and Shahla. Shahla is pulling out one of Humay's hairs to do a little fortune telling - a Novruz tradition for most women in Azerbaijan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most of the "fortune telling" has to do with marriage and babies. Shahla's taken Humay's hair and wrapped it around my wedding ring - they dip it in the water three times, then count how many times the ring hits the side of the glass - that's the age they'll be when they get married...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A statue in one of our favorite parks - she seems a little weepy - I think i would be too if I was sitting in the snow all day. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Bottle House" -- a Ganja attraction - a house...covered in bottles...and other stuff</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtpVwcsbhfM" target="_blank">My Microphone Azerbaijan</a>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-11973215093881943692012-03-02T12:13:00.000+04:002012-03-02T12:13:05.046+04:00Youth Environment ClubWe helped start the city's first student run environment club. Here are a few pictures they took around the city to raise awareness...<br />
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</div>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-37124599763961826682012-02-18T13:50:00.000+04:002012-02-18T13:50:01.819+04:00Hand me a microphone, man…I’ll change the world<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Hand me a microphone, man…I’ll change the world.” We’d been sitting at a street side café under the canopy of a huge umbrella on one of the multitudes of public squares in Wroclaw, Poland drinking beer and indulging in a bit of sidewalk philosophy – everything from parenting to politics. We’d met our friends, Nat and his wife Haley, in Germany where he was stationed with the U.S. Army, then travelled to Poland to see the sights. Our conversation that day had been quite the marathon – the kind of conversation that lasts for hours and when you’ve finished, you’ve solved all the problems of the world. Nat’s line has become famous in our household…first as an endearing tribute to Nat the character, now as a mantra of truth and possibility. Why the change? Very simply, we joined the Peace Corps, and moved away from a world of luxury – luxury not measured in material goods, but in the freedom to express ourselves with variety and volume. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">We serve in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan; an ancient city of over 300,000 which houses five Universities and a host of international NGOs. You’d think, that in a city whose heart beats with youth and education, the town would be a hot bed of thought and activity. However, with a tradition of Soviet stoicism and a current economic climate inhospitable toward creative pastimes, the city’s youth have struggled to find positive outlets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">After a few months at site, I realized that the city’s youth aren’t without thought…aren’t without passion…aren’t without identify. They are simply without an outlet by which to convey them - and in the Spring of 2011, Ganja, My Microphone was born. It all began </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">with a group of volunteers teaming up with the local NGOs and youth centers to mix interest with action and create a safe place for artistic self-expression. The event draws on the country’s rich history of poetry, music, and dance. Participants, most of them high school or University students, are given 5 minutes at the mic. Soon, an organic growth of both eastern and western artistry began to emerge – traditional dance, choreographed hip-hop, mugham, the poetry of Nizami Gencevi, the poetry of e.e. cummings, rap, beat box, traditional Azeri music, saz, tar, violin, piano…all merging and melding<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to create the new voice of the youth of Ganja.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The event is held monthly in an old Russian Orthodox church, now a state puppet theater, on the banks of the Ganja River. I can’t help but enter the building with a sense of reverence, not only for the building itself – the intricate inlaid wood floors and the solemn slope of the rafters - but for the history and the future of the building itself – for what it has witnessed. A house of worship that once swelled with the sounds of praise to an all-powerful creator now fills with the sounds of a generation of hope. This building breathes life itself. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I think of the voices that have changed the world – the words of humble men and women who had a chance to speak and an outlet with which to convey their voice to the masses, and I can’t help but scan the faces in the room searching for <em>that</em> voice. There’s no way to adequately express the sensation of watching a young man or a young woman walk slowly to the mic, head down, voice quavering…and to see that same person walk away changed – new and energized and full of both the realization of self and of community. As the one year anniversary of the event nears, with an average of 120 students in attendance each month, with 25-30 performers at each event, and with My Mic now spreading into neighboring regions, it is evident that as voices emerge and praise for expression abounds, hope itself grows. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Hand me a microphone, man…I'll change the world.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Kelly Windham</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNUNMQZf49o-AbKAFAxpva8yzwZKsphIoT5M51tFBkANz-0UdNyxXzQIQ6w26XZ4tHF-ZglT1H7YM3OTKg6josjvhs9Y_yZazWMDYYcdRPu7Ptm-t6f31XVqzQZmxN0T2pPa0Ai3cFqg/s1600/D'sHead,MyMic+192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNUNMQZf49o-AbKAFAxpva8yzwZKsphIoT5M51tFBkANz-0UdNyxXzQIQ6w26XZ4tHF-ZglT1H7YM3OTKg6josjvhs9Y_yZazWMDYYcdRPu7Ptm-t6f31XVqzQZmxN0T2pPa0Ai3cFqg/s400/D'sHead,MyMic+192.JPG" width="371" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-64363073596211319702012-01-07T08:52:00.000+04:002012-01-07T08:52:58.532+04:00It's a Long Way Home...After almost three wonderful weeks at home, and over 30 straight hours on almost every conceivable mode of transportation, we're back in Ganja - safe and sound...and cold.<br />
We had such a great trip home - we (or maybe just me) shed a few tears over Target and lettuce and washing machines and central heating and actual lines at the grocery store. It was a great time to recharge and start thinking about what we want our lives to look like when we come home in 10.5 months. Thanks to those of you that took time out of your hectic holiday schedules to check in on us. We are so thankful for you all. <br />
There's no better medicine than a little bit of home. <br />
Here are a few pictures from our trip, enjoy. <br />
Happy, Happy New Year!!<br />
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- D's "My Mic" event has become something truly incredible...something sustainable - a Peace Corps buzz word, and a pretty elusive goal for volunteers. Last month it had traditional Azeri music & dancing, break dancers, beat boxers, a guitar club, a rock band, and poetry reading. It's amazing to realize that you can actually <em>see</em> confidence grow in these young people...they step up to the mic one person and leave another. It sounds dramatic, but it's true. This event gives them a chance to shine, and that's exactly what they do.<br />
- The Ganja AzETA (Azerbaijan English Teachers' Association) branch - my primary host organization - is showing great promise this year, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We're starting an "AzETA Serves" chapter that is doing a clothing drive for a local orphanage this fall and will start another drive in the spring. We're also planning a literacy project with little ones that will focus on storytelling and creative writing. <br />
- And all the hour here, hour there gaps in our days are filled with conversation clubs, essay revisions, and lesson planning. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We're getting so excited for our trip home in December. I cannot wait. Only seven weeks to go...Of course, I've been keeping a list of all the things I miss (which means food because I am an Atwood / Lanfear). Dustin thinks this is totally unproductive, but there are far worse things I could do, right?...So, here are the big ones...</div><div style="text-align: center;">- MEXICAN FOOD...all of it, including Taco Bell enchiritos (which some people don't consider Mexican food, but I say stop being so snotty and eat it already...) - BBQ - TEXAS BBQ...that means beef brisket, my friends - MARGARITAS...which some people would lump into the Mexican food category, but I think it deserves a category all its own - WAFFLE HOUSE...I know my Georgia crew is hearing this one...smothered, covered, and peppered, kids - AUNTIE ANNE'S PRETZEL DOGS & PEOPLE WATCHING...you know you do it - MELLOW MUSHROOM...bring it on...LUBY'S LUANNE WITH FRIED FISH...because there's nothing like eating moderately priced cafeteria food with elderly people. Oh yeah...</div><div style="text-align: center;">We love you guys. Thanks for keeping up with us. Hopefully we'll catch up with some of you in TX! Here are some pictures to show you what we've been up to lately...</div><br />
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The Arena Was Pretty Empty - So All The Americans Waving Flags and Chanting "USA" Were A Little Obvious<br />
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We've Now Been To Two Azeri Weddings. This is Ilaha - She Was a Peace Corps Trainer and Works At Dustin's Office. This Day Also Happens To Be Our One Year Anniversary In Azerbaijan. Azeri Weddings Are Pretty Glamorous - Hence The Golden, Sparkle Walls...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember Kama, Our Host Sister in Sumgayit? We Went Back A Few Weeks Ago For Her Oldest Brother's Wedding. So Much Fun...I Think We've Got The Azeri Dancing Down To A Science...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfYynVGVrBnSBeLMG9BpBOtuhjsnaV4i9bJwfkYkS_1UCY5YL9EYFoeooZuq59ThsyCB6I6HecLPEG_mjF4UfCAQz6hX2oqux5vWuIUULuy0XTwCIbcOkzBcuY_EBqX8gpT7Md0eIlKA/s1600/IMG_0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfYynVGVrBnSBeLMG9BpBOtuhjsnaV4i9bJwfkYkS_1UCY5YL9EYFoeooZuq59ThsyCB6I6HecLPEG_mjF4UfCAQz6hX2oqux5vWuIUULuy0XTwCIbcOkzBcuY_EBqX8gpT7Md0eIlKA/s400/IMG_0078.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">His name is Saladin. He has agreed to share his story with us and a meal with me. The story began centuries ago in the <place w:st="on">Middle East</place>, when a charismatic leader won a momentous battle at Hattin that marked a turning point in a historic struggle. On a Roman road near Tiberias, in present day <country-region w:st="on">Israel</country-region>, Saladin the first sultan of <country-region w:st="on">Egypt</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on">Syria</country-region> defeated the Crusaders, delivering a crippling blow that paved the way for the re-capture of <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Palestine</city></place> in 1187 by the Ayyubid dynasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saladin founded this Muslim empire centered in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Egypt</country-region></place> and of Kurdish origin. His chivalry and vision distinguished him as both a leader and adversary, a unique man then and now. Despite being the nemesis of the Crusaders, King Richard the Lionheart spoke of him with respect and even today he is a celebrated example of the principles of chivalry in both eastern and western cultures alike, a legacy of balance in an atmosphere pitching with conflict and contradictions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Saladin is also a king, both in name and character. Situated in a new crucible of conflict, but also marking a turning point and acting as a catalyst for change still to come.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Commanding chisels and gouges, instead of armies, our Saladin spends his days carving doors, staircases, and moldings, for <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</country-region></place>’s few, but powerful elite. When he is without work, which often occurs in a changing and developing country, he shakes off the title of tradesman and turns to his relief carvings for outlet and expression. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relief carving is a limitless form of artistic expression as old as antiquity. It is a sculptural form in which figures and scenes are carved in a flat panel of wood. The figures project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely. The process is unique because it involves removing wood from a flat panel in such a way that the object appears to rise out of the wood. My host adds that other forms of sculpture are based on adding material, clay for example, but when tasked with removing material the difficulty increases. Our Saladin sometimes spends long hours bent over a project, ripping away at layers of life built over hundreds of years, while at the same time creating a new one that will outlast the previous. Persian walnut is his material of choice, a tree native to the <place w:st="on">Caucasus</place> region, and known for its beautiful tone, tight grain, and unequaled density, which is evidenced by the layers of callus on the bottom of our hero’s hands.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Back at the dinner table he serves us <span class="st">barbequed </span>mutton. He tells me about how he got his start as an artist 20 years ago and that he feels he has never finished a piece because like the world around him it too is alive, and changes with him. He tells a story, pausing to stare with reverie at the bruise stained sky, about hanging a carving on the wall, then 10 years later taking it back down to alter a detail or add a dimension. A self-taught carpenter and artist, his art hangs on it’s own merit in the local art gallery in Ganja, and he tells a proud story of one of his pieces being displayed in a Russian Government building somewhere in St. Petersburg, a city often described as the most western of Russian cities and known for having the largest art museum in the world. It is fitting that our Saladin’s work finds residence here in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Russia</country-region></place>’s majestic former capital. With deep breaths and passionate tones he describes his pictures which are overflowing with waterfalls, shady trees, and soaring mountains. At first glance they look like utopian dreams reflecting nature on a good day. But upon inspection you see that the trees take on human qualities with the curve of gender and evolve into clouds with eyes and tears that drip into the life below. Other reliefs echo symbolic references to the number seven. The Koran’s seven heavens, creation’s seven days, and the rainbow’s seven colors. From East to West, <place w:st="on">Nile</place> to Amazon, Abraham to OZ, his pictures illustrate for the viewer age old wonders and herculean thoughts. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">After dinner he demonstrates his process by taking a blank walnut panel and quickly sketching out a scene in pencil. He escapes into his work as I wonder about the simplicity of his success and the elegance of his hand. He continues talking about the direction the picture could go, as well as commenting on the direction of art and creativity in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</country-region></place>. He agrees that there is a need for more imagination in this culture struggling with its past and path. Like shaping a piece of art, he carefully encourages his children to be artists in a political and economic environment unfriendly to imaginative means. Back at the table with tea, we travel back in time with him as he lays out pictures of past projects and a life time of work. But according to our leader his work is not work at all, but rather a release. When I ask what he thinks about while he labors, he describes a flight to a new world surrounded by the scene he wants to create. Fashioning his future with each thrust of the hand and sealing his heroic fate. I’ve traveled enough to know how rare it is in both this culture and abroad to enjoy your occupation. Most men can’t see beyond the nearest supervisor or the era’s social expectation. But like a King, our Saladin rules his work and inspires, building his empire out of imagination and love of details and the ability to escape into a fantastic world swirling with regal white birds silhouetted against a purple sky.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Saladin has artwork for sale and can be contacted at the following email address: <a href="mailto:saladinartwork@gmail.com">saladinartwork@gmail.com</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Dustin Windham</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Peace Corps Volunteer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Ganja</span></city><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">, <country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</country-region></span></place><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-33035300267683570952011-09-11T21:17:00.000+05:002011-09-11T21:17:02.640+05:00Getting Ready for Eurovison 2012Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest (<a href="http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012">http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012</a>) last year so they get to host it in 2012. A couple of our friends put together this video to prepare the music lovers that will flock to the capital....<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/f4-U6TGX1T4">Baku State of Mind</a>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-9613705177506797422011-09-05T15:55:00.001+05:002011-09-09T21:54:13.489+05:00Life or death and everything else<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Western popular culture seems to think that mortality is a choice. Take this pill, drink this juice, eat that food, and your body will forget it’s made for seasons, both beautiful and bland. But what do <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Azerbaijanis</i> think is required to live a healthy and fulfilled life? This is the question I presented to a group of students at the Agriculture University in Ganja, Azerbaijan. In an unused laboratory once a place to measure quality, and distill ideas, now dormant, dry and dust covered, we mused on one of humanities oldest questions. From behind empty beakers and broken pipettes I saw hands go up. “Vugar, yes what is your opinion”….The students are in the their 2<sup>nd</sup> year at the Azerbaijan State Agrarian University, a school with an enrollment of around 3,000 students, and a history dating back to 1929, making it the first and only agriculture university in the country. Vugar responds with, “never drink cold water (in fact the less water you drink the better), mix jam with hot tea to fight a cold, use cactus to combat computer rays, and don’t sit on uncovered concrete,” typical answers for this formal and skeptical culture. The goal for the day was to discuss the organic agriculture movement both in Azerbaijan and abroad. Worldwide Industrial growth, a hungry and growing population, and a jump in scientific capabilities has led to questionable practices and a growing concern for the impacts modernity has on our health and environment. In the US the concept of organic is in vogue, and although I have not heard of a cactus cure for radiation, just about every other remedy exists - coconut water to wash away the toxins, a cut from a cow that’s been treated kindly, or a peanut butter and potato diet. Azerbaijan’s organic movement seems to have started out of necessity, but now has the opportunity to transition to a market driven by demand. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, farmers were left with little choice, no nearby industry, poor infrastructure, limited access to fertilizers and pesticides, but as the country moves towards development farmers are being given other alternatives. In the US, organic begins with a set of standards that limit: pesticides, hormones, radiation, antibiotics, genetically modified inputs, and is monitored through strict documentation. This process usually leads to higher quality, but higher prices and lower quantities as well. Here in Azerbaijan the question is whether or not people will choose organic when given the option. As Vugar and the rest of the class continue to argue over what is the best way to fight against mortality, I thought about the food we eat and the benefits of a choice. I believe freedom starts with a choice. But what about the source of that choice? Is it internal, something you have the power to control, or external, only available when offered by the standing government or nearest bully. I believe the former, and because of that I see the steps towards organic as monumental. Not due to the added nutrition value, or the few extra years it might add to your life, but that it will provide the people of Azerbaijan with a new choice. We may not have a choice in life or death but in everything else the freedom lies in the option not the outcome. Vugar, the boys, and the one girl in the class, never conceded agreement with my argument, but I saw Vugar’s eyes shift to the floor when towards the end of the discussion one student stood up and mockingly ask “What good is another head of cabbage on the shelf if it costs twice as much?”…. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Dustin Windham</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Peace Corps Volunteer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Ganja, Azerbaijan</span></div>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-89254183900451167032011-08-30T22:10:00.000+05:002011-08-30T22:10:48.734+05:00I Take You With Me...Everywhere I Go...<br />
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<div align="center">"They left me <br />
with your shadow, <br />
saying things like <br />
Life is not fair <br />
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& I believed them <br />
for a long time. <br />
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But today, <br />
I remembered <br />
the way you laughed <br />
& the heat <br />
of your hand <br />
in mine <br />
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& I knew that <br />
life is more fair <br />
than we can <br />
ever imagine <br />
if <br />
we are there to live it"</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Brian Andreas - StoryPeople</div>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-85846477976217474122011-08-30T21:49:00.000+05:002011-08-30T21:49:41.892+05:00Dancing, Anyone?A little glimpse into the dance culture of Azerbaijan...<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJThCGXc1yU">Dustin's GABA Office Party</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DAcj34j9fY">Ganja My Microphone - July 2011</a><br />
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Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-64773067675152226992011-08-03T23:47:00.000+05:002011-08-03T23:47:03.057+05:00Our House...Here's our house...check it out.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa33V7Hlttc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa33V7Hlttc</a>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-32624051607085515542011-08-03T23:05:00.000+05:002011-08-03T23:05:01.872+05:00Summertime in the AZSummertime in Azerbaijan is a lot like Texas - hot. We made our two best purchases of our PCV lives the last few months, a fan and a kiddie pool, which we spend most of our waking moments in or around. <br />
We've been traveling around the regions for the last few weeks, spending some time with PCVs around the country. Here are a few pictures...<br />
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</tbody></table>Dustin and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07362788455387361937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133392425345682347.post-52164255446615608152011-06-20T10:25:00.000+05:002011-06-20T10:25:36.258+05:00From the Field My host organization in the community is Ganja Agribusiness Association (GABA), one of the country’s leading Agriculture NGOs. GABA is committed to sustainable development of the country’s agriculture sector, which employs over 30% of the working population. GABA's activities include work in the following fields:<br />
-Agriculture Extension<br />
-Greenhouse Agriculture<br />
-Organic Agriculture<br />
-Agriculture Policy Reform<br />
-Market Research<br />
-Environmentally Sustainable Land Use<br />
Last month we went into the field to evaluate some of our ongoing projects…<br />
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Greenhouse agriculture project<br />
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