On to Africa

I wish you could have been there to see my face as I climbed the steps from the 5th floor dungeon of Swift yesterday as I finished my last exam at this hallowed institution. I probably smiled for five minutes straight. It was such a great feeling that I don't think can really be explained...it can only be experienced. It feels so good to have accomplished something like graduating from college because it took a lot of hard work, determination, and of course...a lot of help from a ton of people!!

I now enter a new stage of life....the life of a real adult!! Blahh hahaha. No, it's exciting....especially since so much of the near future is up for interpretation. I have decided to live in Cincy next year. God gave me a pretty big sign about that one! Hopefully, I'll have a job lined up for August.

But, for now, I can move on to Africa. 22 days and I'll be leaving on a jet-plane, bound to Namibia. *So my computer just randomly picked out the graduation song by Vitamin C, how awesome is that!!* I went and got me some Hep A/B, Typhoid, Tetanus, Diptheria, and Pertussis (Tdap). So far I feel just fine. My arm is a little sore, but it's expected and is nothing to complain about. I have to go back in about 10 days to get me some Polio and MMR. We'll see how those go :-D

But man, I am so excited for Africa. We got a first draft of our schedule. We've got a full schedule and will definitely be kept busy. It looks like we will for sure be doing some clinic rejuvenation, school outreach (teaching AIDS education), door-to-door ministry, and a ton more!

I'm especially excited because we are going to Etosha National Park, in northern Namibia. It's a real-deal safari game-park with lions, giraffes, elephants and everything! It's the one thing I really wanted to do just for fun. It looks like we are also going to this place called GocheGanas, just outside of Windhoek. We won't be staying there b/c it's a luxury health resort, but apparently we can go and check out the wildlife there. We do have a 2-story house in Windhoek with a pool and Braai (grill) area. We'll be there for about half the time, and off in the hinterlands camping or staying with (random, to me) people the other half.

I'll let you know when I find out more...but for now, I must begin the season of graduation parties!