Introduction

What’s up folks! This is my first official blog entry. I’ve never blogged before, so I’ll be learning as I go. My name is Rashad Ghaffar and I’m currently living in Charlotte, North Carolina. As some of you may know I’ve joined the Peace Corps. I thought it would be a good idea to start a blog due to the fact that the living conditions of the country I’m going to be living in might limit my communication. This way whenever I get a chance, I can update everyone at once how everything is going. I’m not really going to write a lot about me, but what I experience more from a journalistic point of view. My life is boring enough living it, let alone talking about it. I’ll try to make entries interesting and brief. I’m quiet by nature vocally, but I can write for days, so I’ll have to catch myself when I’m getting long winded. I plan on getting a descent camera before I go, so I can upload as many pictures and videos as possible. That way if I lose a lot of weight, get 10 shades darker, and come back w/ a plate in my bottom lip, wearing a loin cloth; no one will be shocked after not seeing me for 2 years. I’m scheduled to leave for Ethiopia on October 3^rd. There really won’t be too much going on between now and then, so entries will be few and far between. I’ll do an entry on why I decided to do the Peace Corps, and another on all I went through during the application process, which lasted 10 months. Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully through this blog we can all make this journey together.