(short note from b before a week in the field)

Late nite here for me. Dane arrived this evening, so I saw him for a little bit. But I'm leaving tomorrow for 8 days and have to get my stuff together, meaning get packed physically, and also wrap up a few things here at the office--I won't have email access in Shabunda where I'll be; I'm pretty psyched to go, though, and will definitely let you know how things go when I get back. But it looks like it will be a busy few weeks. I return Tuesday the 8th and then am going to North Katanga Thursday the 10th for a few days to do some work on finalizing a proposal and meeting with some folks we're hoping would be interested in a road reconstruction project that targets disarmed and reinserted ex-combattants, as well as their host communities. Anyway, should be an interesting few weeks! Well I gotta run.