Y'all will love this....here is an African dance video from a Tanzanian village we visited. Unfortunately, I did not actually get to participate in the dancing!

PICS OF BURUNDI AND TANZANIA

Members of the basket-weaving cooperative in Cendajuru, Burundi

The classroom I mentioned in an earlier post....the children sit on the floor that you see here, with virtually no supplies. The teacher lives behind a partition in the back corner of the room.

The cutest kids...in a Batwa village in Burundi

The reception center for repatriating refugees in Burundi. They will receive the supplies shown here before returning to their villages.

Homes in Camp Nduta, Tanzania

One last look at the refugee camp in Tanzania, before heading to the US

I have been in 8 airports since Saturday afternoon, from Bujumbura to Kigali to Addis Ababa to Rome to Washington DC to Charlotte to Chicago and finally to Omaha, NE. Also, a 70 degree difference in temp during this time period! This may be a record, though I am not sure. Any thoughts? Due to the crazy travel schedule and lack of sleep I have not had a lot of time to process my experience from this side of the world. I can never forget the experiences I had there, from the kids calling out mzungu (white person) on the streets, in the most friendly way, to the desperate villages with no food or education to all of the wonderful people I met and worked with every day.....I am glad to be home but wouldn't trade the experience for anything! Looking forward to sharing more with all of you soon..

Ahh- the wonders of high-speed internet! I'm back, after a very long journey that began at about 8 am EST Saturday and just ended now at 6 pm Sunday... will post more thoughts on the re-entry as they come. just wanted to say hi to all...