Hi everyone,

Sorry for the lack of updates--as you might have heard, there has been a coup d'etat in Mali basically overnight and we know less than y'all do at this point. But never fear! We are safe and happy and very far away from all the craziness in Bamako. They are taking good care of us and trying to keep us updated, so we'll try to do the same. People in village are kind of upset and it's eerily quiet, but nothing bad has happened at all. We love it here and hope that we can stay with these amazing people!

We will be working on our previously-planned blog posts since it's a lot of not working and waiting right now. Stay tuned!