Exciting news!!!

So, I finally heard back from Erin today. She called around 1:30 to talk about the Latin American program. So she got word from the program director that they weren't going to allow any sort of flexibility with the Spanish requirement, so I officially turned down that program (Ken and I had discussed this prior, don't worry). Since the Latin American program wasn't really a viable offer, she agreed to resubmit our applications for review. The next review period isn't until late November/early December so we ended our conversation with the understanding that we wouldn't hear from her for a couple of months. Cool, good, this is what I was expecting, but I was bummed that everything was going to be on hold until the holidays.

ONE HOUR LATER, she called back and left a message on my cell phone. I saw that she had called and was really confused because she had just told me that I wouldn't hear from her for months. I listened to my message, and it was her telling me that we are being considered for a program in Africa! That was quick! I don't know the country or specific region, but it is a non-French speaking country and if everything goes as planned we will be leaving in August 2010. Ken will be doing work in agriculture and I will be doing health education with a focus on HIV. To accept the proposal, we have to fill out a bunch of paperwork listing our skills/signing our life away, and are expected to email them back by Friday. I'm so excited about this offer. It is exactly what I wanted to be doing, and where I wanted to be going. I would have gone to Latin America and been excited about the program, but it just didn't feel right. This feels so right it's a little terrifying. It's one of those "Oh God this is really going to happen, do I really want to do this? If I say yes, it's really going to happen, and my entire life is going to change" kind of moments. Terrifying, but exciting and we're going to say yes. So, wish us luck. I'll obviously update with more information as soon as we get it.