Well its about 7:00 pm here in Nigeria and we are on our way to the airport. We fly out soon. We fly to Amsterdam and then to Chicago. We are all very excited to be back home. It was a life changing trip for many of us! Looking back some of my favorite things has been the service work (working in villages, playing with children, meeting wonderful Nigerian people). We have made friendships that will last a lifetime and many of us will be back to Africa again I'm sure. I know I will. Right before I left for this trip I had a friend tell me "Africa gets in your blood." How true that is! I love the people here and plan to be back many times to help those that need it---especially the children. Our team leader, Elise told the group during a meeting that,"the only difference between American children and african children is ONE thing---OPPORTUNITY!" How true that is.
We will all do our best to be the voice for these people that need our help. Rotary is a wondrful organization that we can partner with to do this!
Thank you all for following. I might post a few more times and then will post pictures when I get home. Thank you for all the comments and prayers. It got me through during the tough times. Love you all!
Kelli
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