If your mind didn't go to a very hair-metal 80s band place reading the title of this post, we're not friends.
Tuesday we get on a plane to JFK, make a connection in Amsterdam, land in Uganda and head to Kigali. In about 16 hrs I'll be headed to Chicago. I am not so much exactly totally packed, but I have a fairly impressive pile of crap in the living room. In order to fall off the grid for 3 months, both of us had to suspend our cell coverage and car insurance, inform our banks we would be leaving the country, leave enough in our accounts to cover miscellaneous bills while gone, cancel our medical insurance, obtain travel insurance, pass criminal background checks - and this is all AFTER we both eliminated rent and utilities. They don't make it easy but we're making a break for it anyway.
If you would like to send us a care package or donate to one of the many orphanages and women's organizations the program works with, you can reach us here:
Our Names
c/o Faith Victory Association
P.O Box 2800
Kigali, Rwanda
Letters and envelopes take about 10 days, and packages take about 4 weeks.
I always said I wouldn't believe we were really going until we were actually there, and two days before we get on a plane, it's still true. I am, however, getting increasingly excited, 9 months (!!!!) after we started planning this little escapade, to actually post about Rwanda FROM RWANDA. Almost there!
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When you have your bearings, post the items most appropriate to a care package for the kids there so we don't send useless stuff.
ReplyDeleteKeep up with your malaria medication! Mefloquine has less side effects than the drugs they prescribe in the USA and you can get it there.
Enjoy the unlimited free booze on the international flight...