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We assume she arrived this morning but has not been able to check in. Last night she sent an email from Ethiopia.

  "So surprisingly the internet works in the Ethiopian airport.. we were all really excited.  Jill and I stepped foot for the first time on African soil and it is gorgeous! We all watched the sunrise right when we got off the airport.  There are mountains and grassy plains w/ a pretty dense city right outside.  They speak Italian and Ethiopian here b/c apparently Italy took over Ethiopia right after World War II, but were playing English Christmas music as we got off the plane, which made us feel at home" 
                There are now four of us b/c one of the girls had a different flight rerouted for some odd reason and was supposed to stay the night in Dakar.. so one of the other nurses went with her.. however they were able to spend the night Brussels instead after much coaxing.  The other two girls are long term volunteers so we feel much more informed about everything.  We met them while we were waiting for our airplane to be fixed in D.C. so its almost a blessing that that happened.. and actually after we got on a different airplane in D.C. we were about to take off.. when they informed us that the hydraulics weren't working on the new plane.. we all initially thought it was a joke that two planes had issues.. but then found out that we had to wait another couple of hours.. hence why we went to Italy and are now in Ethiopia:) but everything happens for a reason and so far none of us have lost our baggage or passports..

So we have about 6 more hours left of flying time.. almost 40 hrs of travel time so we're very ready to be in Togo, but at least now we're in the right continent.

But I love you all and I'll email you when I get to Togo! Its a very weird feeling knowing I'm so far away..

Love and miss you,

Lindsey"