Thank you.

I am enormously appreciative of people’s kindness and generosity back at home. Care packages and letters really do make it easier to live here. It’s like love in a box. I don’t know what I’d do without my mom constantly accepting my list of things I need/want (licorice!) and diligently getting those things together for me. I think it helps that she likes to shop J Thanks Mom!

To all of my siblings, whom have the busiest lives I know, and still managed to send me packages; thanks Jonathan/Mary, Erica/Zach, and Laura (with the help of Joe!).

To my Aunt Dorothy and her friend Darlene who contributed in helping to send me a Christmas package. Thank you Dorothy and Darlene! Please keep reading my blog!

And to all my friends back at home, from childhood, and college; I appreciate all the time and money it takes to put a package together and send it to Africa J Thank you Rebecca, Tera, Liz, Becky, Shannon, Adam, and Karolyn!

It’s remarkable the impact you have on someone that makes them want to help and send a package. Thank you: Joan, my NY mentor; Jaci and Neil, by far the best couple I’ve worked for (how’s the paint job holding up?); and Shannon Fredrick, my forever YMCA friend. I appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to put together a package, or write a letter. Those are priceless. Your kindness and thoughtfulness has not gone undetected.

And I promise that if any of you find yourselves in Africa or another obscure place, you can definitely expect some love in a box J

I hope everyone is doing well! Hug America for me! And please someone eat a sandwich for me!!!!