Can't wait!

Well, here I am at the JFK airport, waiting to board a flight to Amsterdam that's been slightly delayed. After just a couple hours in Amsterdam (no, not enough to explore), we'll fly to Dar es Salaam. A long trip on not much sleep. 

It feels a little like I'm back on Term in Asia, flying around the world in a large group, getting to know the people with whom I'll be travelling, playing cards in the airport, and taking up quite a good chunk of the seating in the gate areas. The past couple of days have also felt a lot like Skogfjorden, discussing ideas about the definition of development and what might be involved in a job description as a "development facilitator," doing simulations of how a cross-cultural exchange in this particular setting might feel from both the perspective of the Volunteer and that of the local person whose culture the Volunteer is trying to understand. It's been so much fun to meet all sorts of people, all science and technology educators (or rather, we will be if we aren't already!), many of whom have recently graduated from college and some of whom know people I know. We're all super excited to be going, although I think we also share many of the same anxieties about what we might find in Tanzania.

So I'm off to Africa. Really truly beginning what I've planned for and anticipated for so long. Can't wait!