On my way back to Madagascar

Well I arrived in New York yesterday and will be here for 10 days. I leave for Madagascar on August 22nd and arrive on the 24th. I am very excited to get back. The last couple weeks were very busy with packing and re-packing then sending packages by mail and still need to send another because Southafrican Airways only lets your cary-on to weigh 18 pounds. As I traveled yesterday my cary-on without my laptop was 25 pounds. I sure don't know how I collected so much stuff. Hopefully next time it won't be so bad. LOL. This weekend I will go to buffalo to visit with my friends Beth and David Larson. They were the pastorial team at the church when I first started there. I will update again when I get back to Mad.

Sandi's latest travel

Well, I left Tucson on June 11, 2008 and went to NYC for two days. I tried to get my visa extended but was told it was too far in advance. I will have to wait until just before I go back and get a 30 day renewal visa. After visiting the Malagasy Embsay I went to the Statue of Liberty. Of all the times I visited there this was the first time I went to the Island. Other times I just took a ferry the went by the Statue of Liberty. Boy it was awsome. On the 13th I went to Michigan just in time for my mothers birthday. She turned 80 on June 15, 2008. This past week I went to the Mackinaw Bridge and went to get an updated Indian card. By the way if you aren't sure what this means, it is an American Indian. Doesn't mean a lot except to me as a reminder of my hearatage. Today is Sunday and I found a really nice church here in Bay City Michigan. I was allowed to give a short 10 min talk about my testamony. I will try to write more later.

New to this stuff

Here I am back in Tucson and just learning how to do this. Nichole is here visiting from CA and showed me how to get started.