Dear family, friends, and loved ones,
We have arrived at Pioneer Camp after a long and tiring two
days of plane rides in good health and good spirits. Four plane rides and
eleven different time zones have finally brought us to Pioneer Camp in Lusaka , Zambia Birdland School Zambia !!
Fun Facts:
Gigi was saved by a Zambian customs officer who found her
missing down coat left on the seat of the last plane.
Sam, Carly, and Grace have been constantly trying to check
the scores of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament. We even ran into a German fan
who let us know that the Deustch had advanced to the quarterfinals.
Jack slapped himself in the face in order to wake himself up
on the last plane flight, but had redeemed himself earlier when he remembered
the exact number of gates (11) between the Chipotle and our first Ethiopian
Airlines flight.
Tommy charmed half the plane by doing an impeccably accurate
Jar-Jar Binx imitation while flying from Washington
D.C. to Addis
Ababa . The complimentary socks were used as ears.
Reed, Izzy, and Josie are continuing to express their
unconditional love to One Direction. Magazines containing “over 175 hot pics”
of the group were purchased during our 2 hour layover at Dulles.
Leora and Alice entertained the trans-Atlantic flight
passengers with their extensive knowledge of in-flight yoga stretches.
Men Prefer Blondes was watched by our chaperone Mercy as
part of the complementary in seat entertainment offered on the 13 hour
D.C.-Ethiopia flight.
Emma slept. Later she bonded with Scrumpy, one of the 4 dogs
that call Pioneer Camp home.
Sonja topped the scales as the carrier of our heaviest
suitcase. Said Don Zwiers before we left, “it gets even heavier on the way
back.”
Gabe miraculously solved our luggage problems by holding
back five different nervous breakdowns.
Look for our next post tomorrow (we think Leora and Gigi
have been haggling for a turn!)
-Jack and Carly
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