Tyndell's New Favorite Friend

This post is way late in the making...a couple of weeks ago...or uh..three...our great friend, Jason, just happened to be in Fort Lauderdale for one night and we got to have dinner with him. Jason was one of my teammates when we were in the Peace Corps in Mali - his village was about 10km outside Sikasso where Jeff and I lived so we worked with/hung out with him tons during our stint there. He got me through a lot of hard days there for sure. Jason is also one of my favorite people - he is hilarious and scary smart and probably one of the most passionate people I've ever met about improving livelihoods around the world. It is inspiring to know him. If fact, Jason still works for the Peace Corps but as a health sector director for volunteers...he is a "patron-ba" if you ask me - so he still lives and works in Africa and so, we never get to see him obviously. It was such a nice surprise that between his move from Malawi to Liberia that he had some time off to visit family near us, so hooray! It was so great catching up and Tyndell also adored him. In fact, I've NEVER EVER seen Tyndell crawl into someone's arms and talk/play with them so easily and quickly as she did with Jason. She must know how cool he is. If Tyndell were a Malian, she'd say "Seydou...you're cool!" Aww - Jason - I miss you already and best of luck in your ventures in Liberia. Thanks for sharing your short time in Florida with us. xoxox