I Bless The Rains Down In Africa...Again

Some of you might have noticed that I haven ' t posted for a while. Did you call? Did you write? Did you check to see if i was still alive?Sorry...just the Jewish mother in me coming out. I ' m sure you all knew that the hiatus was justified, and you simply decided that my next missive would be well worth the wait. And I certainly hope to rise to your expectations.Many things have indeed been happening. Doctor Dolly is getting married in a few months, and you can imagine theturmoiljoy that has brought to the Dalai household. In the midst of plans for that amazing(ly expensive) event (JUST KIDDING, DOLLY!!) I received a promotion to the Management team of RAD-AID, which has taken up a great deal of time. Fortunately, this came with a tripling of my salary from my favorite NGO...I went from $0 to $0, but the satisfaction derived from being a part of this is priceless.And yes, I ' ve been back in Ghana for the past week on another RAD-AID trip to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. As I noted upon last year ' s expedition to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, you just can ' t be in Africa without thinking of Toto ' s song by the same name, and I must again present both the original and a very moving chorale version:OK, time for business.I ' m here with a a team of incredible people (and then, of course, there ' sme...)Erin, with whom I traveled to Ghana last time, is head of a Radiography school in the Northeast, and plans to help out with the program here as she did two years ago.Alice ...
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