So, last week was a bit crazy and for good reason.  I was making plans to get engaged.  I couldn’t talk about it much online because Lindsey, my fiancee, would’ve read it, as she is probably reading this now as well.  It was a lot of fun and an exciting Saturday to be sure, for [...]

So, while I was away in Guinea, I and many of my colleagues took a whole bunch of photos and took some video as well.  I have finally uploaded all the photos and videos and you can access them all online!  Videos can be found on vimeo.com and photos can be found at flickr.com.  I [...]

Tomorrow is our last full day.  We leave tomorrow evening on an overnight flight from Conakry to Paris.  When I wake up tomorrow it will be a day full of goodbyes.  Today was a day without much business.  We didn’t see any alliance projects, it was just a day to relax and reflect on the [...]

We finally left the interior and headed back toward Conakry but before we got there we had 2 more stops to make.  It was hard to leave the ‘rustic’ cabins, especially with that view but I think I kind of like Conakry too.  The first stop was at the Compassion hospital in Mamou (or just [...]

Today was a fantastic day!  I loved every minute of it and wish I could’ve spent a few more days up here.  The IW’s are great people and on top of that, they have 4 kids (including twins).  Can you believe it?  4 kids!  It’s like the perfect number of children.  They have 3 boys [...]