Three Things!

First of all I want to thank my mom and all of my aunts and uncles and cousins and grandmothers who have been sending me packages.

Second I wanted to share and article that illustrates just why it's so appreciated and important for people to send me food!

Mauritania deports 139 illegal Gambian migrants


APA - Nouakchott (Mauritania) Mauritania on Friday deported 139 Gambians who were attempting to travel illegally to the Canary Islands, official sources said here.

The illegal migrants were intercepted Friday morning by a coastguard vessel of the gendarmerie off the Mauritanian coast after leaving Banjul six days ago.

All the returnees left Nouakchott, except one 24-year-old young man suffering from acute diarrhoea.

For the past few years, Mauritania has been the first target of thousands of sub-Saharan as they attempt to reach Spain or other countries in Europe.\
http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=77486

Yes, Even the African's in Mauritania get Diarrhea so badly that they can't be deported!

Third, last night was the first night where it actually got cold enough that I could wear my Chief's pajama pants, put a sheet over me and by 5 in the morning I even needed to put my University of Puget Sound hoodie to be warm and comfy. We are finally approaching the 'cold' season. Although cold is relative seeing as we were all shivering yesterday morning when we checked and found out the temperature was a freezing 77 degrees at 7 in the AM.