Hey all!

You pretty much all know how terrible I am at e-mailing so I thought I'd attempt a blog. Ha! Now the pressure is on to be clever and witty :) Just wanted to write a quick note to let everyone know we made it to The Gambia. Thanks for all the e-mails, messages and phone calls before I left!

Our first stop was in London for three days. Whirlwind but great! We ended up there during a heat wave. It was a primer for Africa since it hit 37.7 degrees there one day. It's actually cooler here in Gambia. Well, maybe not today. I feel like I might be melting... It's amazing what you get used to though. I've been saying that it feels like I opened up the July issue of National Geographic and climbed right in. The country and the people here are beautiful! And there are butterflies everywhere.

We've been doing a lot of work since we arrived - meetings everyday. Teaching starts Monday and I'm getting nervous but excited. Our Gambian colleagues are super and have been a lot of help. Now if only I could remember all their names.

I have lots of write about but I'll keep this one short for now.
Feel free to e-mail :)
love, b