A recipe for adventure.... A call for correspondents

The spirits and stories of individuals like sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, David Doubilet, Roald Amundsen, and Liu Xiaobo inspire us to recognize no boundaries or limits. From the charm of Sir Fermor, we learn that a smile and backpack can take you farther than any humble beginning may suggest. 
 being honest and making a stand for/against something. From these individuals we should learn.

Life has never been, nor will it ever be, easy. We are all dealt a hand and it is our job to play it to it's truest potential. In theory...
From the lives of Yonli Sougilompo, Dahani Adamou, and Ouoba Christophe we learn that some hands are rather difficult to play. Fate often plays with a stacked deck and the majority of people lose, despite how well they may have played their hands. From the misfortune of Sougilompo, I've learned that no matter how difficult the hand dealt by fate, we cannot fold. Adamou has taught me that if at first you don't succeed and even if you keep trying and working, there is no guarantee that you will succeed. The brilliant Christophe taught me how to find the diamonds in the rough, no matter how dirty they may be. To these individuals, we should listen.

Although you may not recognize or know any of the stories attached to the 7 names above; I encourage you to learn and grow from them. The aforementioned, easily recognizable, 4 names represent people we all can research using any online search engine. The latter, unknown 3 names, represent people in my village interested 1)in sharing their stories with you and 2)in hearing your story. 

Although all 7 stories teach us something, 3 of them require you to exert a minimal amount of energy and ask. If you are interested in sharing a bit of yourself, time, and energy with some of my fantastic villagers then you are invited to write letters. Nothing long, time consuming, or novel-like in nature; I invite you to simply share and ask questions. Those interested should e-mail me at Williams.[MYFIRSTNAME]11@gmail.com. 
(I'll taken are of translations and will e-mail back responses)

On behalf of my villagers, Thank You. 

Live, learn, & love... The recipe for an adventure, even if you can't leave your 9-5.

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Peace Corps Burkina Faso

B.A. Psychology with GIS & Religion Minors
University of Maryland, College Park
Alpha Phi Omega

E-mail: williams.patrick11@gmail.com

One Year, two months, and 7 days in Le Faso

Happy Holidays!!

So I've been a bit bad about updating lately but in order to make it up to you guys, I've made a new photo album and put the link below. I figured a picture is worth a thousand words and with close to 200 pictures I figured that I could share a little bit of what I've been up to in the past year. The pictures, for the most part, are in order and have captions explaining them.

<-- Click Me (heh)

Also, as I am in America for the holidays I hope to see as many of you as possible and am thankful for the little bit of time I have had with the few of you I have already seen. 

I'm truly thankful for all of my friends and family who have showed me so much love and support over the past 14 months.  Thank You!

Enjoy the pictures and Happy Holidays!!