{siku ya nne na siku tano}

{day four and five}
so yesterday morning my family went on a grand adventure of our own, to our cabin up in the uinta's near mirror lake!

it is our own sweet little get away. we enjoyed the weekend snowmobiling, reading, taking naps, and playing lots and lots of games of settlers of catan (our family's personal favorite).

anyway, enough about my weekend. the days are getting shorter and shorter. can you believe that i only have 22 days left until i leave for africa?! that is not very many, just over three weeks, with so much left to do! first off, i have 11 soccer balls sitting in the corner of my room waiting to be deflated and stuffed into a suitcase. i also have to get together all of my visa information, go in for my routine check-up's to make sure everything is set before i leave the country for a few months. there is much to be done, with no so much time. we'll fit it all in though, and i'm very excited to leave!

did you know?

Progress towards ensuring women equal access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities, justice
and security has been uneven.  While countries such as Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa, have made progress promoting women to leadership positions (with the highest proportion of women legislators in the world in Rwanda), many countries in Africa have failed to address gender issues. Girls have a lower rate of
enrollment in primary school (86 girls to 100 boys) and secondary school. Women represent more than 60    
percent of the region’s illiterate population. The region has also witnessed high rates of violence against
women including rape and sexual abuse in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Liberia and Niger