On 22 August 2009 I will leave the US for 1 year to serve as a ESL teacher at a school in Moundou, Chad. I know less French than a mountain goat from the hills of Tennessee and I have never visited the continent of Africa before, but I hope to get by on my sharp wit, a restless spirit of adventure, and — most importantly — the generosity of my host family. Many thanks to the Mennonite Central Committee and my generous supporters in the States, this journey would be impossible without you.