On the mend

I'm on the mend.

I just saw the doctor and then went to see the specialist. Infection is getting better, still a bit of pain but definitely an improvement. The doctor would prefer me to stick around until the pain is gone but I have CAMP GLOW Parakou next week, our big girls camp! So they are lettimg me go with the promise that if the pain doesn't completely subside in the next week or if it gets at all worse, I'll be on the first bus back down here. Works for me.

Wahoo! So I'm going to try to get out on the really early bus tomorrow. Then I'll head to Parakou on Friday to help with camp preparations, as there are two other volunteers near me bringing girls who can make sure mine get there okay. Then camp all next week. Wahoo!

48 days to Freetown. Let me clarify - I am not excited to leave Benin. I have loved (mostly) my time here, I'm very much going to miss the people and the work I've done here. But I'm very excited about Freetown, my time on Mercy, and whatever excitement is going to happen next. I think if I was leaving Benin without something exciting coming, it would be awful. Anyway, I just don't want the world to think I can't wait to get out of here because that is definitely not the case. I will definitely leave a piece of my heart here in Benin.

Peace, K