Let the fun begin! (and the paperwork!)

I feel like since I received my invitation pack, all I have done is read about Burkina and read blogs and look at pictures and make lists and Google things and fill out paperwork! The good news is, I think I got the most difficult paperwork out of the way and sent in. In addition to filling out and sending visa info and new passport info (I get an official RED passport!) I sent in an updated resume and an aspiration statement. These two documents are sent to Burkina and they will be the first and only thing anyone (Burkinabè [pronounced: bur-KEE-na-bay and is an inhabitant of Burkina Faso, the equivalent of "American"] country directors) know about me until/unless they meet me. So I put a lot of time into those and once I wrote everything out I must say, I am a little bit impressive. Not outrageously so, just a little more than I previously thought.
Now, in addition to visiting friends and family and waiting for my detailed departure itinerary, all I have to do is...PACK. Which also involve buying some adventure toys. :)

It's official!

I am OFFICIALLY headed to Burkina Faso, with Orientation on October 12th :)  Now I have to read and fill out all sorts of paperwork!  I am too excited to actually read...

(Almost) No More Waiting!

After what felt like a million years of waiting, my medical papers were cleared and now I have been placed in a mysterious sub-Saharan Francophone African country (Burkina Faso?  probably) and will leave for staging (A.K.A. orientation) on October 12th.  And my official invitation is in the mail so when I officially know my official location and all of the official details I will be sure to post.  :)