Kareena's Missions

 I last left you in the airport right before my final leg of travel. The flight was good and normal, I slept for a bit and we landed in Zambia. The first thing that stuck me as we were landing is, everything is so brown. No leaves on trees, no flowers, dry grass, there was nothing. We got off the plane and onto a bus and headed to go through immigrations and customs, all super easy and straightforward. Then we walked out into Zambia.  The director couldn't meet us, so he sent one of the drivers named Moses, our first introduction to Riverside. The airport attendednents threw our luggage into the back and we were off. And of course we have our priorities straight, we needed new SIM cards. That was a journey in and of itself. Here they drive on the left side of the road, so everytime I would look down for a period of time and then look up, I was incredibly concerned. Eventually we pulled into a parking lot near a market in the city and ventured out with Moses as our guide. We wa...

Selfie on the plane in Dallas Yesterday, which still feels like today I said goodbye to my family. I said goodbye to my cats and my best friend. It was emotional, yet it felt so surreal.  My brain knows that I won't be home for 8 months. My brain has not felt it yet; maybe that's because I simply refuse to feel it.  It's been twenty-one hours since I took off from KC. It feels like it was only three.  The first leg of the flight was delayed by twenty minutes, with only an hour layover. I was sprinting from my gate to the skyline and then from the skyline to the gate. I then had to recheck my passport and my vaccination card, get a new boarding ticket, and finally, minutes before the last call boarded the plane.  I was so stressed, but I made it praise the Lord! Second meal served during the flight: 7/10 The fifteen-hour flight was fairly pleasant. I was next to a window close to the back. There was a lovely couple sitting next to me on their way to Uganda for two wee...