Last few days in North Africa

Hey everybody! We've had an amawing time here in North Africa--I can't believe it's coming to a close! This past week, we've had a lot of fun hanging out with all the friends we've made here. The boys have been hanging out a lot with the Five Speedboys and some other guys we've met through our English classes. They went cliff jumping at the beach a few days ago. The girls have been helping out at a home for pregnant women. In this country, if a woman is pregnant and doesn't have a husband, she has to spend two years in jail. This home offers the women shelter and also offers care for the kids. We worked with the toddlers--SO cute! We had a blast, but also had our hearts broken for one of the real needs of this place. You'll see pictures and more info from that when I get home.

This week, two of us also had an opportunity to go to a choir concert, which was really fun for the music geek.... :-) We tried to go to their first performance, but got there late, so we had to go to their second performance, which happened to be at a consulate in town with a bunch of fancy dignitaries! Jordan did some sweet talking with a waiter who put our names on the list and we somehow got in to spend an evening listening to this choir and hobknobing over orderves and drinks (soda for us unfortunately) with a bunch of fancy rich people! It was pretty surreal...

We're speding our last full day in country at the beach with our friends, where, God willing, I will get to ride my camel!!!! I promise to take lots of ridiculous pictures and post them all once we get back to Australia.

After the beach, it's packing, and then we leave for Paris on Monday afternoon. Our group has one night in Paris, then we leave for Hong Kong. We have a one night layover in Hong Kong, so we'll be able to see a bit of the city there as well. We're back in Sydney by the 2nd, and we'll have a few days to sleep off the jet lag before we head to the aboriginal communitites. I'm hoping that all of our travels go well, that the airline doesn't lose my guitar again, that I can fit everything in my bag, and that all the souveniers I bought will make it through customs without being confiscated by the nit-picky Australian government...

A month an 2 days until I'm back on US soil! Can't wait to see you all!!!