it makes me very sad to tell you that we are being emergency evacuated from mali. we received news this evening and are leaving in a few hours. the details are in the works, and apparently we are traveling to a neighboring country to take care of all things administrative and logistical.
i do have a little good news. i did have the chance to bike back to my village this morning and spend the day walking around talking with people and i sort of had the chance to say goodbye. the evacuation was not confirmed until after i left this afternoon, but i had a sneaking suspicion.
i'll let you all know where we end up and where in the world this peace corps adventure will take us next.
the peace corps application said, "peace corps, how far will you go?" well, i know the answer to that now. far. beyond the beyonds apparently. i feel like my life is an etch-a-sketch right now. and somebody just shook it up somethin' awful.
thanks for all your encouraging messages, good wishes, and prayers for safety. we are doing well, just sad to be leaving such a wonderful country knowing that the people have such a long road ahead. and to top it all off...it's just the beginning of hot season.
talk to you soon-ish,
bevin
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