The Adventure is About to Begin

As many of you know, Gen and I have both taken leaves of absence from our jobs with the San Francisco Unified School District. Having gone nearly seven years straight without living abroad, we will once again uproot ourselves from San Francisco and travel to Uganda, East Africa where we will spend the next 12 months. Gen will be reliving one of her dream jobs of teaching nursing and I will continue my quest to see every species of bird in Sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, Gen will be working as a nurse educator at Muni University in the north-western town of Arua, Uganda. The program, known as the Global Health Service Partnership, is joint partnership between the U.S. Peace Corps, PEPFAR, and Seed Global Health that sends physician, nurse, and midwife educators to Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi for a year to help train future healthcare providers. As for me, I will be spending most of my time in search of Africa's avian wildlife, with plans of travelling throughout the continent in search of those elusive birds that I did not see on past trips. We invite you all to follow us on this year-long adventure and hope you enjoy what we have to share.