Hello Everyone

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to send a little note, as my departure for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has become official. After I return to the States on Dec 8, I will have three weeks to spend the holidays with family and friends before my plane departs on January 1 for The Netherlands, where I will be for another three days for meetings before I take off to Addis Ababa. I will spend the next six months (minimum) living and working in Addis Ababa. During that time I may be visiting Kenya and other surrounding countries for meetings with NGO representatives and officials. I will also be returning to the Netherlands in March and May for meetings and the World Conference to be held in The Hague.

In June 2007 I will return to the States for my bestest friend's bachelorette party and wedding! And of course to see family and friends :)

P.S. I want to take this chance to thank everyone for their support throughout the last year as life has been a roller-coaster of emotions, waiting periods, and many, many volunteer hours.

There is no me without you

So how does it happen that - while most people instinctively try to save themselves and their families from a catastrophe - a few slow down, look back, and suddenly reach out to strangers? Instead of fleeing in the opposite direction, a few wade into the rising waters to try to yank the drowning onto higher land.
~Melissa Fay Greene, There is No Me Without You