Working Hard to Wrap Up

The title summarizes what Ryan is doing. With the 10th Faith Alive anniversary coming on 23rd –24th June, he’s working hard to get all of the things he’s produced to the printer ASAP (not unlike his work at the NSC). I enjoyed going to Yankari National Park with Carmen earlier this week, though, the animals were mostly “inside,” as in not out at the river because it’s rainy season. Thursday I gave a lecture to med students at JUTH on “computer applications in medicine” for Dr. Chris, which largely emphasized what are still only potentials here. Next Wed will be our final day with FA and we’ll share at the staff meeting – Ryan’s putting together a simple slide show with some of the 300+ pics he’s taken and I’ll share highlights from the research analyses I’ve done. We hope to encourage the staff by reflecting back to them the unique and quality work they’re doing here. We’re extremely grateful for the chance we’ve had to learn so much here in Jos about HIV/AIDS, to work alongside wonderful people at both FA and NIFES, to complete projects (at least our parts) that we think are of reasonable quality and helpful to others, and to have had the times of rest we’ve had. Life has been a different and simpler pace here (especially for me), which has been enjoyable, though, we’re also looking forward to reconnecting with our community and work in Madison in July (after some time in Berlin and RI).