Ian, Nouria, and Yilli!!!!!

So, somehow and amazingly, Ian made his way to Zinder all the way from Ghana… I’m still shaking my head in partial disbelief. Think I mentioned it before but he took a 24 hour plus bus ride from Togo to Niamey, spent the night at the bus station and then climbed on another bus to get to Zinder. Amazing.

So, one of the first things we did was track down Nouria and Yilli (who also just recently moved to Zinder). I’m already thrilled about Nouria and Yilli hanging out. Sort of like a someone who sets up two of their best friends and then watches their relationship grow into something independent of yourself... Not sure if that makes sense, but its cool to see two girls get to be good friends and to feel responsible for it.

Then adding Ian to the mix obviously put it on a whole other surreal and wonderful level. Yilli came over to Nouria’s house and the four of us along with some neighbors played a big game of soccer. So fun.