The time has come to bid goodbye to Africa, as the team leaves the continent. For the next five months, the project will be running with only local participation, leadership and motivation.
Becka and Michael will be touring the United States from east to west visiting friends and relatives, and being special guests at events surrounding support of the important work we all hope to continue in Uganda. They will return in September 2007 for another year.
Annie and Josh will be returning to Seattle where Annie begins the long and laborous task of developing, sorting, editing and printing photo selections reflecting key moments of the time abroad. Good luck Annie, and good work!
At some point in the future, we hope to share these with all the families, friends, coworkers, and supporters--our special community surrounding this important conservation effort!
Janine returns to Seattle a few days after Annie and Josh. She'll be stopping over in Amsterdam, Netherlands to have the stitches removed from her right knee.
...what, you didn't hear about that?!???#*#*#*#%*
It was the day she and her crew flipped the raft upside down in the center of a class-5 rapid on the Nile. She's pretty excited to see what the scar looks like, and to tell the story to her grandkids...
"Back when granny had teeth," she'll say,
"She was rafting on the Nile River in Africa..." (sounds pretty impressive, eh?). "
"...and here's the scar from the stitches..."
She's already started queries to magazines to see if they will consider articles about the events overseas.
As we wash the smell of African morning campfires out of our hair at the hotel prior to departure, we are reminded of the sights and sounds of a land rich and fertile with a smoky skyline--vibrating with activity. The clothes we bring home have a strange perfume, exotic and warm, making our memories more vivid, and our comfortable beds, indoor plumbing, plentiful food and electricity seem strange and foreign.
Our busy lives will change a little because of the new things we have known and seen.
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