Postcard Wall Is Complete

A few final cards have joined the wall. These will likely be the final additions, as our time here comes to an end in less than 2 weeks. If you sent us one (or many) we thank you, if you are planning to send us one you are too late, if you sent one that never arrived don’t worry about it as that is pretty common, if you never sent one shame on you. There are kids in Africa starving for news from their friends.

Jay Oleson from Sam’s high school class sent one from his home in Bretton Woods, NH. Good to hear from him and great to get an antique postcard through the mail (it must be about 100 years old). Very Brewster’s Millions.


J.B. Boyd sent us a card from South Carolina rather than make good on his claim to come visit us in Africa. We think he was just trying to get out of the deal where he stayed with us in Africa in exchange for a painting, or maybe he was just taunting us because he lives in a "real" tropical paradise.

The Wandering Wallaces of Dialafara, Kayes region fame seem to have had a pretty good year. They spent it teaching English in France and then worked at summer camps there before touring Italy where they sent us a card from Pisa. They are now off to China for a year to teach English there. Exciting.


Emily Doerr continued her impressive postcard sending rate. She has a new job and they seem to be sending her all over the globe. She checked in from Belgrade (which looks just like it did back in the ‘40s) and from Skopje, Macedonia (or at least we think that is what it says but we are pretty sure they spelled it wrong). She was wondering if she had sent cards from the most bizarre places and normally she might be in the running (although Finland and West Virginia are hard to beat) except that we both agreed that the random card from a stranger in Malaysia who just happened to read our blog was hard to top. Emily was just in South America and we hope to get some from there before we go but it is likely too late.

We listed at one time or another all the cards we received. As we said, if you did send one and it never got here don’t sweat it. We sent ones to ourselves from the USA and they never arrived, so we know it does happen. We just want to say to those that did send us cards, thank you. Life as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa is not always easy and we didn’t always want to be here. Looking at that wall and seeing all the support we get from great people made it bearable at times when it really wasn’t. So, thank you all for reminding us what we left behind and who awaits our return, you helped us through this more than you know.