Five Days and counting

OK so this blog stuff seems to work, - So feeling great, only five days to go and today went in to the office wrapped up most of the pressing stuff and talked over all the issues that needed dealing with with all my best friends and colleagues on the phone. Phone call this morning from God kids in Wiltshire - we had been chatting about the trip and had said come along if you wish for a week - and wow they are up for it. will start looking up flights etc. This is a big surprise as we did not think they were brave enough yet - got that one wrong. Managed to escape the meetings I had from Wednesday this week so another result, bit of paperwork - bit more time to pack, so more reasons to feel good. Just back from Jonathon's this evening - he and his partner are looking after the puss cats while we are away - More kissing goodbye and realising that we are really off. and not long now - Richard came around and agreed to pick us up at 11pm on Friday night. Scary. OK so this is a good time to fill in the detail. Teresa and I are going to Rwanda to teach. We saw an article in an Environmental Health Mag six months ago. They were just finished from a six month stint at the uni' doing environmental stuff. It all sounded good and at the time Teresa started thinking she may be up for teaching. Well the two things fitted so neatly ( well you can convince yourself of anything if you try hard enough) A few emails later and we got a reply from a Bishop who is the Principal to say welcome when can you start. Apparently we were the only people who emailed to say can we help? We have pulled together lots of teaching aids and some Country info but not nearly what we would have liked to - a little busy on the work side. Rwanda - Source of the Nile - Dr Livingstone I presume - Secorni Weaver in the mist, with silver backs - Genocide - Over 500 species of bird - Richard Atenborough and the Colubus eating Chimps. All in all a country that must be in the top ten to visit. So that's what we knew before we started. My only real concern is how I am going to deal with the details of the Genocide, the more I find out the less I understand it. Just thinking about a recent paper report I read today and tears came to my eyes. I think I am so far removed from any culture where these things can happen that I can not understand it and then I am not so sure. The interahamwe (those who kill together ) are still a force across the boarder in the Congo so why don't we as western powers do something about it. Well I know that this stands a good chance of being a theme in this record so more later. As for now - meetings and work in the morning - last time for how long!!!