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I have a lot to write to talk about everything that has happened over the last month or so, but today I feel I should write something as a thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes I have gotten.

I was worried that my birthday here in Africa would bland, if not completely uneventful however it really was not the case. Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes. When i checked Facebook on my phone it said that I had gotten 130 birth messages. Seriously! Thank you all for remembering me and thinking about me.

A special thank you to everyone here that came out to make my birthday good as this ended up being one of the best birthdays I have ever had. I baked brownies for my class who sang me happy birthday in Rukwangali (Ana guana sa Thomas!), the video I will cherish for the rest of my life. Seriously great. Then tonight I went to the river lodge that overlooks the Namibian/Angolan border and was surrounded by friends, both new and old, as we watched the sun change from white to yellow to blood-red as it sank below the river as we were serenaded by hippos and bats swooped overhead and the guinea fowls sang an impromptu song. I even was given gifts, which I was not expecting at all!

My friends and family have made my transition to life in Africa so smooth, easy, and expectedly nice that I really cannot imagine my life without you all. Thank you so much for being in my life and caring about what I am doing here so much. I would really be lost without you all and I am welling up a bit while I am writing this. I can’t say “thank you” enough.

More writings will come very soon, but in the mean time, thank you. Thank you a million times over because I would never be able to do what I am doing now without the support I have gotten from all of my loved ones, old, new, and existing!