On My Way

It's three in the morning and I'm an hour away from my last day at UPS (take two). I have to admit that I'm sad to be leaving a great group of Upsers behind, but working at UPS is not where I'm supposed to be. I'm taking the big leap to work in Africa. I'll be working on an African Union contract that prepares African military personnel for deployment in peace keeping operations in African conflict zones. ??? I know what a lot of you are thinking. Will doesn't have any military experience. I was lucky enough to land the one civilian job in the group. The NGO position. I'll be helping prepare the officers to deal with NGOs ( non-government organizations, international non-profits) and reporters. I never thought studying political science and french would get me anywhere like this, but I was lucky enough to get this breakthrough job. So in around six hours I will take the big jump from Kansas boy to world traveler. I'm thankful for everyone who helped bring me to this point and I hope I can live up to the examples that have been set for me. I spent a week in Bujumbura, Burundi in May and this job will take me to Uganda. I'll try to put some fun entries in here mixed in with cultural and educational posts about the places I'm at!