I’ve been reminded by several people that I haven’t listed a mailing address. Here it is:

When your mail your letters packages and post cards, write this address, in this manner:

PCV Joshua King
Box 66
Tbilisi 0194
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

Letters usually take 4-6 weeks to arrive, packages longer, post cards arriver sooner.
Everything is usually x-rayed at US Embassy, packages are often inspected.
It will cost you $.90 to mail a one ounce letter from the states to Georgia

I don’t know how the regional postal system works, so I am going to have everything to sent to peace corps head quarters in Tibilisi. I’ll come in once a month to collect it.

The 17th was my first day of school. I was more of a “getting to know you” day. We sang the national anthem. The 9th graders welcomed the incoming first grade class. There will be 4 new girls this year. I was introduced by the director to all of the parents in attendance. There were several awards distributed, one of them was for superior athlete, the English faculty handed out the “linguist kangaroo” award. I don’t know how the students were selected, my counter part told me there was a national test. I’ll have to double check that. It looked official, but I dont know, I guess I’d be surprised if the linguist kangaroo was a national award.
Awards and introductions lasted for an hour and a half. Most of the students returned home with their parents, although some stayed for a game of dodge ball. The teachers retired to the lounge where we enjoyed coffee, cakes and rosehip liqueur. All in all, it was a very gentle start to the school year. More soon

ps. that is a picture of my training school.