Exams are done, placement wraps up tomorrow, and (get this) I have once again started reading for pleasure which I must say feels amazing (hahaha). Once again I have to thank everyone for being so eager to contribute to my trip, it was all very very much appreciated.
So the bags are half packed... I've pretty much bought everything I need to get except another pair of earphones and some sandals but those will be bought next week... I've decided to bring Alex Haleys Roots with me which I feel is exceedingly appropriate for this trip (don't you think??). Those 700 pages should keep me company over the next little while...
I must say, I never expected to be heading to Africa this soon... I always thought of it as something I would do much later in life, but I think this is probably a better time for it. I still have a lot of people telling me that I'm not going to want to come back home (and I have a sneaking suspicion that they're right) so I've been researching a lot of different opportunities that may have me heading back there sometime this year... Whatever happens I will keep you all updated! No promises on what my access to internet will be like once I'm in Burkina, but if I get to a computer, my blog will be one of the first things I check.
Thanks again for your support.
Peace!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Two weeks to go!!
Hello Hello!
So... I have one exam to go before I can call this university thing quits (until I do a grad degree anyway, so I guess its only temporary gratification haha) but that means only 2 weeks till I break out of the Western World and jump head first in to the rural West African lifestyle! Absolutely excited but getting somewhat nervous as well... This is a big deal.
If you haven't heard, one of the organizations that I will be voluteering with in Burkina has asked for donations of children's french books (to help them establish their library for children living with HIV/AIDS) as well as children's toys. If you have any of these items you are willing to part with, let me know so I can take them over with me. Might be bringing some other things down with me (i.e. tooth brushes) if I can get them, so if you have any other ideas just give me a shout!
I think that's it for now...
Until next time... :)
So... I have one exam to go before I can call this university thing quits (until I do a grad degree anyway, so I guess its only temporary gratification haha) but that means only 2 weeks till I break out of the Western World and jump head first in to the rural West African lifestyle! Absolutely excited but getting somewhat nervous as well... This is a big deal.
If you haven't heard, one of the organizations that I will be voluteering with in Burkina has asked for donations of children's french books (to help them establish their library for children living with HIV/AIDS) as well as children's toys. If you have any of these items you are willing to part with, let me know so I can take them over with me. Might be bringing some other things down with me (i.e. tooth brushes) if I can get them, so if you have any other ideas just give me a shout!
I think that's it for now...
Until next time... :)
Friday, April 3, 2009
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