Counterpart Conference

Today I had the fortunate opportunity to be the Director of my center, Abu Sugar (pronounced Sougir, I think it means falcon, but it is defiantly some sort of bird), a five-foot flat, skinny, chain-smoking, but enthusiastic former colonial in the Jordanian Army. He has a decent grasp of English, but thankfully insisted on speaking Arabic to me, and seems to be, in a word, amusing, but in a good and congenial way. He looks a bit uncomed, but I am very happy with what I have seen so far. Additionally, I learned that for my living arrangements I will have my own house, which is currently under renovation. Additionally, I will be a short three and a half hours from the capital Amman, which, due to the roads, is shorter than some of my colleagues to the north of me who live in the mountains. But I am very excited and looking forward to seeing my site on Saturday.