inching that way

Yes, as we approach the date it is getting realer and realer. It has been 7 years since I was in Zimbabwe, and I'm sure that so much has changed and yet so much has stayed the same. It is interesting to think back to the first impressions I had of arriving in Africa, weary and worn after the long flight. To me, it felt so much like Jamaica, lush, slow and slightly chaotic. It will be so exciting to experience this with Rosemary, being able to connect in a different way.

Last time I was there, I was staying with the wonderful Banky family. Since then, they've all left Zimbabwe (from what I hear.) I hope to be able to connect with some of their family members that I met. I know as well, that I'll be meeting a whole bunch of family members of my own. It is quite an interesting thing to meet your father in law, mother in law, etc. for the first time. Not quite the same experience as meeting them as a hopeful suitor of their daughter, but intimidating none the less.

It will be interesting seeing the situation first hand, what exactly the effect of all of the economic struggle the country has gone through. We have some freinds who return from Zimbabwe that seem to think that there's nothing wrong with the situation and that Mugabe is a swell guy. Others return and think that he really has to go. I hope I can give a straight perspective on that to all of you.

Stay tuned, I hear they're warming up the engines on the plane...