We wemt to Daniel's graduation which was on May 24th in Middlebury. The day started off pouring rain, but by the end of the ceremony, the sun had come out and it was beautiful. Daniel even got an honors on his thesis - which was pretty exciting considering Daniel's interesting college experience. We packed up and boogied on home so that we could leave that Tuesday for Tanzania. God knows how long we were on the plane; but we got to Mtwara airport on the 28th sometime in the early afternoon. We had sent Joseph the itirnerary, and spoken to him repeatedly, but with Joseph you never knew if he was paying attention. Ray and I were sweating it out on the last flight from Dar es Saalam to Mtwara, just praying that Joseph would be at the airport to meet him When we got off the plane and walked across the tarmac, we were so happy to see hi! Ray ran right through the security to give his son a hug, and sheepishly had to come back for passport control.
In Dar es Saalam when we got off the plane through customs, the (white) customs officer asked "Why did you come to Tanzania, to see the animals"; and I replied, "no I came to see my son".
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