goodbye ceremony

The Health Extension Workers, especially Tesfaynesh Abebe, and my school counterpart / language teacher, Dora, prepared a wonderful goodbye ceremony for me! In Ethiopia, grass on the floor is used for celebrations, ceremonies and holidays. Tomorrow I leave my site in Sidama (in southern Ethiopia), where I have lived for two years. Then for one week I will be a "Resource Volunteer" with the incoming Peace Corps Health Volunteers. I close my service as a Peace Corps Volunteer March 19 and return to the USA March 20!