And the reality sets in...

Peace and well wishes...

Well...it's finally here...I leave for Malawi on the 24th of May...by the time you read this I'll be on a 17 hour flight to Johannasburg, South Africa than to Lilongwe, Malawi...

There was a lot of people I didn't get a chance to holla at face to face...sorry about that...but to everyone that's reading this I want you to know that although I am not there in body...I am there in spirit...and will always be connected with you...

On another note...whose gonna be the first to write me a letter...cause I'm gonna need them letters in the next few weeks...best believe if you write...I'll definitely write you back...cause I'll be doing a lot of that...here is my address...

Hydeen K. Beverly, PCV

Peace Corps/Malawi

Box 208

Lilongwe

Malawi

packages are welcomed as well...send them in padded envelopes instead of boxes...Thanks in advance

Anyway...I am blessed that I am getting this opportunity to go to Africa...hopefully through the stories I tell and the pictures I post...you'll be able to share this experience with me

Welcome to all the new subscribers...to see all earlier posts click on the title of this post and any other post, which will send you to Carrying the Wait...

Well...I'm not gonna say goodby...because ya'll are still with me...and I am still with you...so until next time...stay safe and continue to live life

Peace...

Mother Africa is calling me Home...

Peace...

I know a lot of you remember back in the days when you would be outside playin with your friends...and all of a sudden you'd hear your mom calling you telling you "it's time to come in and eat..." No matter how far down the block you was or how far around the corner you was...at some point you'd hear that call...and if you didn't hear it something in your soul heard it...and your spirit would tell you "to go home and eat..."

Well...Mother Africa is calling me Home...

I was right down the street when she looked out the door to call my name...I heard her on the first call...but she called me a couple of times anyway...I finished that last hand of pitty pat...grabbed my three dollars in winnings from the pot and said to my homies "yo...I gotta go in and eat dinner...I'll be right back..." As I was walking up the block...I looked back and noticed that no one else was moving from the steps of the boarded up house...so that made me think that they'd still be there doing the same thing when I get back...

To be continued...


My search for Hip Hop is carrying me home to Africa. I will be serving as a community health coordinator in Malawi, which is in southeast Africa near Mozambique and Tanzania...


So stay tuned...as I will keep you posted with pictures, happenings, thoughts, stories...and maybe some videos...


h.k. beverly
L.I.P. instead of R.I.P.
Live in Peace