We were finally given a little free time, to job shadow other volunteers in Georgian Peace Corps. I was lucky to shadow a delightful young woman in Ozergeti, Jessica Craven, working at a non-profit there. The NGOs I feel are temporarily filling a gap left between the new government and the old Soviet Union. Youth development, prison parole support, job skills, etc. When the Soviets left, they took much of the industrial machinery with them, plus a very large customer market. But the Georgian citizens are doing very well in moving forward: finding new markets, new industries, etc.
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New church in kutaisi... Kutaisi is one of the five oldest cities in the world! And was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Colchis. Archeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the kingdom of Colchis as early as the second millennium BC. Several historians believe that, in Argonautica, a Greekepic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their journey to Colchis.
Also see pictures of Jessica's host family, Mexican night. Kutaisi also has a popular McDonaldi's ...especially for birthday parties. |
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| Jessica and host family |
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| McDonalds |
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| Mexican is a BIG DEAL here. New spices, hurrah |
