14 days

It's 7:10 am. At this same time, September 4th, I will be stuffing the remaining necessities into my bags and taking one last look around as a reminder of what I will be leaving and eventually coming back to. Somehow I am ready for this...I suppose I need to be.

• Water treatment tablets, check.
  
• Head lamp, check.
  
• Protein bars, check.
  
• Adapter, check.
  
• Lip chap, sunblock, and deet, double check!

Friends, I want to thank you all for your generous support! So far, over $4,000 has been raised for this initiative. This will definitely help cover some major costs and make living in the camp a little more tolerable. Water treatment tablets are definitely going to come in handy during times of emergency when boiling water is impossible or inconvenient and anti-malarial pills will also be a great deterrent from the skeeters' poison.

Before I wrap this up though, I want to send a special thanks to my mum, especially for her moral support. Your endless curiosity in this endeavor has truly made me feel more prepared and capable to cope with uncertainty and to offer all I can to the students and others I will be working beside. Thank you for your patience and unconditional love.