Update #2

Chris' Mom again: I spoke with Chris this past weekend. He's back at his site. He was at the training facility with the other PC volunteers for about 3 weeks. The Peace Corps is watching political developments closely and feel that its safe for most of the volunteers to return to their sites. They are keeping in close contact with the PCVs and will evacuate if there is continued unrest. But for now, Chris is safe. We'll keep you posted of any developments. He wanted me to thank you all for keeping him in your thoughts and hopefully he'll be able to add to this blog shortly--his additions are much more interesting than mine!

Update

This is Chris' Mom--I spoke with him today and he asked me to post an update to let you know what's been happening in Madagascar over the last two weeks and that he's fine.

There's been some political unrest in the country--you can google Madagascar news for information.

The Peace Corps have taken their volunteers in Madagascar to their training facility in a remote area so that they are away from the violence. They're closely monitoring the situation in the country and if they feel its necessary they'll relocate the volunteers to a location in Africa to determine how to proceed.

He asked that you hold off on sending any packages or letters at this time as he doesn't know when he'll be back in his banking town to retrieve them.

I'll keep you posted on updates as I hear them and we all thank you for keeping him in your thoughts. Robin