Just made it to Senegal. Nikki, Donna Cruz (from "Afternoons with Donna Cruz") and I are here with World Vision, to see how they operate. Senegal is a Muslim nation on the very western tip of Africa. This is where the hurricanes originate that wind up hitting Florida and causing big hassles.
It's complex, how this happens, but according to the "butterfly effect'", a chain of events, resulting in a hurricane, can begin a single butterfly flapping its wings. So, today's to-do list, while in Senegal:
1. Find that butterfly.
2. Kill it.
After that, we're setting out, shortly, to visit World Vision's national offices here. Then we'll get a chance to play with some sponsored kids, and some kids looking to "Return to Hope" -- kids who've lost their sponsors, and are waiting, sometimes for years, for someone to speak up to take them.
I just lugged a giant bag full of soccer balls 4,000 miles. I think the kids here love soccer. At least, they're going to, after I just lugged a giant bag full of soccer balls 4,000 miles. Oh, yes. They're going to LIKE it.
The flight here was fine. As I've written before, I always wonder what's going on up there in First Class. They have a curtain, of course, so we can't see, but it doesn't block the smells, and someone up there was making toast. "Ooh, we're First Class. Smell out toast that you can't have."
Our coworker and friend, Bruce, gave Nikki and me a ride to the airport, and everybody was pumped! It was awesome, at 5 a.m. on the morning after July 4th! We were all ready to par-tay!
