So much to write, so little time

I am absolutely horrible about keeping up with this blog. I guess it has to do with the fact that this is not a vacation like my last trip. I am here to work, which these days includes 3 different jobs. I am doing World Vision full time, and then Loblaw's and Sears on an ad hoc basis. My goal is to eliminate extra-curricular work by the middle of August, so less than a month.

I am in Zambia right now, after having spent one little week in Kenya after my jaunt off to London. I returned to Kenya with an intern, and it is good to have someone else around. Makes things more interesting. He is a good kid, but definitely a kid. He has that excitable nature which means he is full of energy. And from Northern Ireland, so has a good accent going for him.

I spent the past weekend in Livingstone, back with my old volunteer project and seeing friends. I had the most amazing experience when I went back to my school. I got there a bit after class had begun, and they were all taking their test. I walked into the classroom, and when they saw me, they all started yelling 'Teacher, teacher' and jumped up to hug me and kiss me. They were so genuinely excited to see me and showed such real emotion, it moved me. Anyway, I spent the day with my kids. The rest of the weekend was nice, I saw some friends at the market, went to a compound to see a woman I was visiting who is HIV+ with 9 kids (she is doing very well, she has planted a garden to provide food for her family), saw Alex (a boy I was helping - also HIV + - I carried him to a clinic the last time I was there - it is good to seem him happy and strong). I also saw friends on the volunteer staff, we went to Vic Falls, had dinner, went to some old haunts. All in all a wonderful weekend.

Now I am in Lusaka for a meeting with World Vision. I am always amazed at how international they are. There is a guy from El Salvador, a woman from Canada, a woman from the US, 2 Australians, a guy from Malawi, a guy from Zambia, a guy from Swaziland, and a guy from India. Quite the crew. The off to Kenya on Thursday, and then the weekend on safari at the Mara. My dance card is pretty darn full . . .