Where it's at:

Points of interest in the Family Frei:
- The Don Pedro High School yearbooks came out, and my sister was voted Best All Around, Most Likely to Succeed, Class Clown, and Most Athletic. My brother was voted Best Dressed. (Lets keep it on the D.L. that there are only six students in their graduating class).
- My mom and my sister are making rock candy in the kitchen window above the sink.
- Our closest neighbors got chickens, so now our rooster and their rooster have crowing contests at ungodly hours in the morning.
- After the monthly trip to Costco, my mom came back with a case of Juice Squeezes in all flavors. I love Juice Squeezes.
- I got a big FedEx package from the Peace Corps asking me to go to Benin, West Africa.

While I am excited about all of these recent happenings, I hope you all have the discernment to know which one I’m most excited about. Never mind the fact that I had to look at a map to figure out where Benin even is, I almost peed my pants when I got that packages. So far my dad has done more research on the country than I have, but this is only because I have been busy being a bridesmaid for my best friend from growing up. I have had a little time though, to learn that it is one of the most stable countries in Africa, and yet it ranks 161 out of 177 countries in the UN Human Development Report. I’ll be teaching English to 7th- 12th graders. And now I have to go get busy filling out visa applications.