Hi everyone,
We are very sad to say that we have been evacuated from Mali. While it's the completely correct decision to make with the security/coup/Touareg situation going on, it doesn't make it any less heartwrenching. We love Mali so much and love our community, our family, our friends, and even our stupid chicken, Pizza. This is extremely difficult for everyone whose lives have been touched by PC Mali.
We are currently in a super-secret, safe, and lovely country in West Africa doing a "close-of-service" evacuation conference for several days to discuss our options and do all of the paperwork to close out PC Mali. Things are very intense right now as we try to make decisions about our lives for the next months and years, so we will try to update you guys when things are less insane. Right now I think it is safe to say that we will not be transferring to another country to serve right away (as in, straight from secret location to a new country next week), but we may not return to America yet either. We still very much want to serve, so we are exploring those options and will let you all know what happens.
Please keep all of us PCVs, and all of our Malian family we love so much, in your thoughts this week as we try to deal with our loss, grief, confusion, and disappointment.
-Caro & Cass
Aaargh, I'm just now reading all of this. Wow, so Guyana! Toby and I are living in Brazil now (errr, did I tell you that?) and there is a tree here with a nut called a Guyana Chestnut, or Monkey Pee Tree. I was going to go pick some nuts, but shied down because I wasn't sure how people would take the girl who doesn't speak the right language climbing the tree in the grocery store parking lot. But now I'm totally going to do it. And I'll tell you how they are, so you can pick some in their native (I assume) country. Good luck to you guys there, I hope it's all super great, and it's good to know you guys are safE!!!!!
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