The good news is that we’ve had three days of uninterrupted electricity, the bad news is that our internet is a little shaky. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too, particularly not in Togo! So I’m left to spill my thoughts on Pages and copy it later when I can get online.
Wrapping up our time here is bittersweet, there are so many thoughts and emotions flying around my head it is hard to lay hold of one for any length of time.
My time at the AIDS clinic has been very revealing, thought-provoking, inspiring, and emotional. I am anxious to get back here and continue what’s been started. I think that being exposed to something like that can be a real burden, but it helps if you know there is something you can do to help and you actually do it. Seeing how well people live when they have access to and take their ARVs, plus take advantage of other services offered has been inspirational. I am humbled by the people I’ve met, both workers at the clinic, and members.
I am excited to see all of our friends and family back home. My girls will be spoiled with tv, sweet cereal, jumping on the trampoline, swimming, air conditioning, snacks, and maybe some toys, too. I look forward to playing games and laughing a lot with both sides of our family, drinking coffee in the morning on my parents deck with Michal coming out before she even fully wakes up to jump on the trampoline, seeing LuLu and the other family dogs, going to Grable, IN, worshipping in English, and having a date with my husband.
