9 visits!!!! WOAH!

so looks like i had an all-time high of NINE VISITS yesterday, according to my trusty google analytics...exciting! i suppose i gots to keep posting. i am guessing that its because pictures are more of an immediate draw than 10 paragraphs of me rambling on about myself...although both are of course very enjoyable. i will continue my "awesome yemenis" slideshow on this fine day. unfortunately, i do not have any more good articles to share with you...probably because i don't really look, i mostly just wait for them to fall into my lap. but that is indeed still on my mind, so that's good...


after fighting to get his picture taken, this kid burst into tears...that was absolutely the most effective way to get his picture taken.


qat chew at mhmd's house...doing the yemeni smile


mhmd happily alongside his friend, fatHi. many brothers wait to have a joint wedding celebration because it's much cheaper. mhmd is engaged to a girl named eman, and his brother actually just got engaged, but he says it will be at least a year until they can afford to get married.


me and the grooms!


me and abdullah, another close friend of mhmd and the baby of the group :)


first qat chew in my mufraj (living room). me and mohammed lookin a lil goofy :)


three students (mohammed, aref, and azd) who went on the YES high school exchange program to the US. this was during a trip down to aden...




my kiddies :)


thanksgiving in sanaa was absolutely amazing! and quite diverse!