Today marks a very memorable day for Nate and me. One year ago today, we met on the Y. (Nate's village) airstrip when introduced by teammates, shook hands and smiled at each other, and then said goodbye a few minutes later so my plane could head on to D. (my village). Little did I know as I flew the 15 minute trip over to D. that Nate was concocting a plan with his teammate Kassu to make a 5 hour ATV trip to D. the next week to get to know me. For my part, I had been excited and nervous to meet him, having heard many good things about him from various SIM Sudan personnel over the previous weeks. I had delivered some of his mail from Nairobi that day, as well as a bag of miniature Mars bars that a Y. teammate suggested I should pick up for him, as a treat in the bush. (Thanks for the tip Bev!) Later in the day, after I arrived back in D., I was pleasantly surprised to get not one but TWO text messages from Nate on my satellite phone. He nonchalantly thanked me for the mail and wanted to check that we'd arrived safely. You can imagine my shock and excitement the next week when I heard that Nate and Kassu were planning to come over and visit us for a few days! To be continued next week...
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